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37-638: The Munster Senior Football Championship , known simply as the Munster Championship and shortened to Munster SFC , is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Munster , and has been contested every year, bar one, since the 1888 championship . The final, currently held on

74-461: A Munster SFC final appearance since 1960. The first 15 years of the Munster SFC saw the most equitable era in its history with five of the six participating teams claiming the title. Cork led the way by claiming seven titles, closely followed by five for Tipperary, who also became the first team to retain the title. Limerick, Waterford and Kerry all claimed one title apiece during this era. In winning

111-518: A significant source of regular income for the Munster Council and for the teams involved. For the 2019 championship , average attendances were 6,146 with a total aggregate attendance figure of 30,731. Excluding the final, these figures revealed a drop of 49% recorded from those through the turnstiles the previous year. Inter-county The first inter-county competitions the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and

148-409: A team is defeated they are eliminated from the championship. In the early years the pairings were drawn at random and there was no seeding. Each match was played as a single leg. If a match ended in a draw there was a replay. Drawn replays were settled with extra time; however, if both sides were still level at the end of extra time a second replay took place and so on until a winner was found. Extra-time

185-412: A walkover from Limerick. Postponements, disqualifications, objections, withdrawals and walkovers were regular occurrences during the initial years of the championship. Kerry became the sixth and final team to enter the championship in 1889 . On Sunday 6 October 1889, the first Munster SFC final took place. Tipperary won their first title on the field of play after a 1–2 to 0–3 defeat of Cork. Since then

222-539: Is known as an inter-county transfer and is regulated by the Provincial council if the clubs are in the same province, or by the central council of the GAA when the transferring between clubs in different provinces. A special transfer is available for students going on a J-1 visa , which allows a temporary transfer to Canada , New York or North America . Inter-county travel is movement from one county to another. It became

259-400: Is related to the individual county boards. From 2018, all inter-county head coaches must be Award 2 qualified. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and an extensive backroom team consisting of various coaches. Prior to the development of the concept of a manager in the 1970s, teams were usually managed by a team of selectors with one member acting as chairman. Since 1994,

296-518: The 1903 Munster SFC final , Kerry claimed the first of a new record of three successive titles and set in train a level of championship dominance that continues to the present day. This record was bested in each of the following decades with Kerry winning four-a-in-a-row between 1912 and 1915 , five-in-a-row between 1923 and 1927 , six-in-a-row between 1929 and 1934 , seven-in-a-row between 1936 and 1942 and eight-in-a-row between 1958 and 1965 . The dominance continued with Kerry claiming 20 of

333-490: The 2008 championship . After an outcry, the open draw was reinstated in 2009 after just one season of seeding. The policy of seeding Cork and Kerry returned once again in 2013 , however, it was abandoned after just one season and the open draw has remained in place ever since. The Munster SFC has always been an integral part of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Between 1888 and 2000

370-424: The 2025 Munster Senior Football Championship : The following teams have competed in the Munster SFC for at least one season. At the end of the Munster SFC final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The Munster Cup is held by the winning team until the following year's final. Traditionally, the presentation is made at a special rostrum in the stand where GAA and political dignitaries and special guests view

407-642: The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship took place in 1887. County teams select the best players from the clubs within the county, a practice which began in 1892. Before 1892 the winner of each counties club championship would represent the county in the All-Ireland championships. The inter-county season begins in January with each province 's warm-up competition and ends in September with

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444-572: The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship ; Kilkenny does not compete in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship , and Cavan does not currently compete in the National Hurling League , though Fingal (part of Dublin) recently did. London also competes in the hurling and Gaelic football championships and leagues, winning the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship once in 1901, Warwickshire competes in

481-478: The Tailteann Cup . Legend The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Munster SFC titles, is as follows: Legend As of 22 April 2024 (after Munster SFC semi-finals). Managers in the Munster SFC are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players from the club championships. Their influence varies from county-to-county and

518-406: The 25 available Munster SFC titles between 1958 and 1982 . Since the turn of the 20th century, Cork had claimed titles in almost every decade, including several back-to-back successes, but had never enjoyed a prolonged period of dominance. Cork won the 1987 Munster final , bringing an end to a run of success by a Kerry team that has since come to be regarded as the greatest of all time and securing

555-522: The All-Ireland final. The GAA's inter county competitions are the organisation's most attended competitions and are Ireland's most attended sporting events, while the All-Ireland finals are the most watched. and the All-Ireland Football Final is the most watched event in Ireland's sporting calendar. Usually each of the 32 GAA counties in Ireland participates in the inter-county leagues and in

592-426: The Munster SFC has been sponsored. The sponsor has usually been able to determine the championship's sponsorship name. Munster SFC matches were traditionally played at neutral venues or at a location that was deemed to be halfway between the two participants; however, all of the teams eventually came to home and away agreements. Every second meeting between these teams is played at the home venue of one of them. While

629-650: The Munster SFC, like their counterparts in Connacht , Leinster and Ulster , are rewarded by advancing directly to the All-Ireland group stage . Each of the other defeated teams, depending on their league ranking, advance to the All-Ireland SFC, or to the second-tier Tailteann Cup . Six teams currently participate in the Munster SFC. The title has been won at least once by all six of the Munster counties, four of which have won

666-468: The Munster final winners automatically qualified for the All-Ireland SFC semi-final. The introduction of the All-Ireland Qualifiers system in 2001 allowed the five defeated teams a second chance of qualifying the All-Ireland SFC, while the Munster SFC champions received a bye to the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final. Waterford no Munster SFC final since 1960 hold the longest record and weakest team in

703-423: The championship title has been awarded every year, except in 1921, when the championship was cancelled due to the ongoing Civil War . The championship has been dominated by Kerry, and to a lesser extent Cork, who have won the title every year since 1936, with the exception of victories by Tipperary in 2020 and Clare in 1992. Limerick have lost too many Munster SFC finals since 1896, but Waterford have been without

740-415: The counties at Buttevant . Clare defeated Limerick in the first semi-final, however, Limerick were later awarded the game as Clare champions Newmarket-on-Fergus used players from other clubs to supplement their team. Such a format was not yet allowed. The inaugural Munster SFC final between Tipperary and Limerick was to be played on Saturday 10 November 1888, however, no game was played as Tipperary received

777-507: The cup. The present Munster Cup was first used in 1928, when it was donated by the Munster Council . In 2013, there was a debate around naming the cup in honour of a former player or administrator, however, this was rejected. In March 2021, the Munster Council deferred a decision to name the trophy, with Michael Hogan and Páidí Ó Sé the two names proposed. In accordance with GAA rules, the Munster Council awards up to 26 gold medals to

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814-607: The development of the Football Association in England. The championships were open to all affiliated clubs who would first compete in county-based competitions, to be run by local county committees. The winners of each county championship would then proceed to represent that county in the All-Ireland series. For the first and only time in its history the All-Ireland Championship used an open draw format. Six teams entered

851-467: The end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found. The Munster SFC champion and runner-up qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship group stage. Qualification to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the Tailteann Cup are linked with the provincial championships and the National Football League . The Munster SFC finalists, along with

888-412: The first championship, however, this number increased to nine in 1888. Because of this, and in an effort to reduce travelling costs, the GAA decided to introduce provincial championships. The inaugural Munster Championship featured Clare , Cork , Limerick , Tipperary and Waterford . Cork and Tipperary contested the first match on Sunday 27 May 1888, as part of a hurling-football double-header between

925-400: The first of seven Munster SFC titles over the following nine seasons. For the first time in 100 years, Cork ended the nineties as the "team of the decade" after winning five Munster SFC titles in total. The first two decades of the 21st century has seen Kerry win 15 of a possible 20 Munster SFC titles. The Munster Senior Football Championship has always been a knockout tournament whereby once

962-532: The fourth Saturday in June, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Munster Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. The Munster SFC is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Senior Football Championship . The winners and runners-up of

999-544: The hurling championship only, while New York competes in the Men's Football Championship; in the past they also competed in the Hurling Championship. The British Provincial Council organises inter-county competitions for the seven counties under its control on the island of Britain . The British Provincial Council is the only area outside Ireland to organise regular inter-county matches. Changing clubs between counties

1036-403: The match. The cup is decorated with ribbons in the colours of the winning team. During the game the cup actually has both teams' sets of ribbons attached and the runners-up ribbons are removed before the presentation. The winning captain accepts the cup on behalf of his team before giving a short speech. Individual members of the winning team then have an opportunity to come to the rostrum to lift

1073-506: The newspapers began to speculate which teams might be considered the best in the country. Secondly, although the number of clubs was growing, many were slow to affiliate to the Association, leaving it short of money. Establishing a central championship held the prospect of enticing GAA clubs to process their affiliations, just as the establishment of the FA Cup had done much in the 1870s to promote

1110-399: The next few years. The GAA ran its inaugural All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1887 . The decision to establish that first championship was influenced by several factors. Firstly, inter-club contests in 1885 and 1886 were wildly popular and began to draw huge crowds. Clubs started to travel across the country to play against each other and these matches generated intense interest as

1147-453: The province in a single championship season. This practice was eventually abolished for 1991 with a return to the open draw in advance of the 1992 championship , which eventually saw Clare become the first "non-traditional" champions since 1935 . In 2020 Tipperary won a Munster SFC title for the first time since 1935. The Munster Council abandoned the open draw and returned to a system of seeding both Cork and Kerry on opposite sides before

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1184-400: The province to this day. The Munster Senior Football Championship is a single elimination tournament . Each team is afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. Pairings for matches are drawn at random and there is currently no seeding. Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at

1221-763: The six county grounds have regularly been used for championship matches in recent times, smaller club grounds have historically been used for games which may not have had such a high-profile. These grounds include: Ned Hall Park in Clonmel , FitzGerald Park in Kilmallock , Páirc na nGael in Askeaton , Páirc Mac Gearailt in Fermoy , Hennessy Memorial Park in Milltown Malbay and Frank Sheehy Park in Listowel . Stadium attendances are

1258-556: The six other provincial finalists, qualify for the All-Ireland SFC group stage as top seeds. The other eight spots in the All-Ireland SFC are allocated to the Tailteann Cup holders and the seven highest ranked counties in the National Football League that have not qualified. Teams that fail to reach the Munster SFC final and are not ranked high enough in the league qualify for the Tailteann Cup . Six counties competed in

1295-508: The title more than once. Kerry have won the most titles, with 84 in total. Kerry are the three-time title holder, having defeated Clare by 50–23 to 1–13 in the 2024 final . Following the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, new rules for Gaelic football and hurling were drawn up and published in the United Irishman newspaper. In 1886, county committees began to be established, with several counties affiliating over

1332-464: The winners of the Munster SFC final. Below is a record of each county's performance following the introduction of the qualifier system to the All-Ireland series in 2001. Before 2001 only the Munster SFC title winner contested the All-Ireland SFC. Qualifiers did not occur from 2020–2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games . They are no longer held, with weaker teams instead playing in

1369-417: Was eventually adopted in the event of a draw for all championship games except the final. The dominance of Kerry and, to a lesser extent, Cork led to both these teams being seeded on opposite sides of the championship draw. This was later viewed as a mean of penalising the other "weaker" teams. While it might be possible to beat one of these teams it was deemed near impossible to beat the two strongest teams in

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