Kerry Senior Football Championship

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Kerry Senior Football Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2026 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Irish Craobh Sinsear Peile Chiarraí
Code Gaelic football
Founded1889;137 years ago (1889)
Region Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry (GAA)
TrophyBishop Moynihan Cup
No. of teams17
(9 clubs)
(8 divisional teams)
Title holders Colours of Kilkenny.svg Dr. Crokes (15th title)
Most titles Colours of Kilkenny.svg Dr. Crokes (15 titles)
SponsorsGarvey's SuperValu
TV partner(s) TG4, RTÉ 2
Official website www.kerrygaa.ie/fixtures-results/?compID=199273&leagueTable=y

The Kerry Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey's SuperValu Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1889 for the top Gaelic football teams in the county of Kerry in Ireland.

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The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months, with the county final currently being played in either Austin Stack Park or FitzGerald Stadium in October. Initially played as a knock-out competition, the championship currently uses a double elimination format whereby each team is guaranteed at least two games.

The Kerry County Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The winners of the Kerry county final join the champion clubs of the other five counties to contest the provincial championship. The winning team of the county championship also has the honour of naming the captain of the Kerry senior team for the following year.

The title has been won at least once by 22 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Dr. Crokes who have both won a total of 15 titles, the most recent being in 2026.

The winners receive the Bishop Moynihan Cup, named for Denis Moynihan, Catholic Bishop of Kerry in 1952–1969. [1] [2] [3]

Format

The Championship is contested annually by Kerry's Senior clubs for that year (the teams who compete in the Kerry Club Football Championship) and Kerry's divisional teams. The Championship has almost always being played using a knockout type format, with the exception being in 2022 and 2023 when a first round group phase was used to produce 8 quarter-finalists. Since 2024 the knockout type format has returned with the first two rounds being a double-elimination format while a single-elimination format applies from then on. [4]

Relegation and promotion

Relegation from and promotion to the Championship is based on the Kerry Club Football Championship each year. Divisional sides are not affected by relegation. Due to the expansion of the Club Football Championship beginning in 2025, no teams were relegated from the Senior Championship in 2024 or 2025, but relegation returned in 2026.

Teams

2026 Teams

16 teams will compete in the 2026 Kerry Senior Football Championship: 10 clubs and 7 divisional teams.

TeamLocationClub/DivisionClub's Divisional SideColoursPosition in 2025 In championship sinceChampionship TitlesLast Championship Title
Colours of Cork.svg An Ghaeltacht Dingle Peninsula Club West Kerry Red and whiteIntermediate champions20262 2003
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Austin Stacks Tralee Club St Brendan's Black and amberRunners-up202513 2021
Colours of Cork.svg Dingle Dingle Club West Kerry Red and whiteChampions 2005 72025
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Dr Crokes Killarney Club East Kerry Black and amberFirst round 1986 14 2024
Colours of Cork.svg East Kerry East KerryDivisionN/ARed and whiteQuarter-finals192911 2023
Colours of Down.svg Kenmare Shamrocks Kenmare Club Kenmare District Black and redQuarter-finals 2017 0—
Colours of Mayo.svg Mid Kerry Mid KerryDivisionN/AGreen and redSemi-finals19474 2008
Colours of Limerick.svg Milltown/Castlemaine Milltown Club Mid Kerry Green and whiteRound 1 2024 0—
Colours of Limerick.svg Na Gaeil Tralee Club St Brendan's White and greenFirst round 2022 0—
Colours of Sligo.svg North Kerry North KerryDivisionN/ABlack and whiteFirst round20250—
Colours of Cork.svg Rathmore Rathmore Club East Kerry Red and whiteSemi-finals 2023 0—
Colours of Kerry GAA.svg South Kerry South KerryDivisionN/AGreen and goldFirst round193010 2015
Colours of Clare.svg Spa Killarney Club East Kerry Blue and goldQuarter-finals 2021 0—
Flag of Torhout.svg St Brendan's Tralee DivisionN/AGreen, black and whitePreliminary round 20—
Colours of Limerick.svg St Kieran's Castleisland DivisionN/AGreen and whitePreliminary round 219881 1988
Colours of Laois.svg Templenoe Templenoe Club Kenmare District Blue and whiteRound 1 2020 0—
Colours of Cork.svg West Kerry West KerryDivisionN/ARed and whiteQuarter-finals19303 1990

Clubs eligible for divisional teams

DivisionClubs eligible for divisional team
East Kerry Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Listry, Kilcummin, Killarney Legion
Mid Kerry Beaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers
North Kerry Feale Rangers: Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Knockanure, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St Senan's
Shannon Rangers: Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, Tarbert
South Kerry Dromid Pearses, Kilgarvan, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem-Derrynane, St. Mary's, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville, St.Michaels/Foilmore, Tuosist,
St Brendan's St Brendan's: Churchill, St. Patrick's Blennerville, Ardfert
Tralee: John Mitchels, Kerins O'Rahillys
St Kieran's Ballymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, Scartaglin
West Kerry Annascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole

Note 1: Kenmare District no longer enter a divisional team so their affiliated clubs played for East Kerry until 2025 when Kilgarvan switched to South Kerry.

Note 2: Feale Rangers and Shannon Rangers amalgamated in 2025 to revive North Kerry.

Note 3: Tralee no longer enter a divisional team so their affiliated clubs play for St Brendan's.

Roll of honour

By club

#TeamTitlesRunners-UpChampionships wonChampionships runner-up
1 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Dr Crokes 159 1901, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1991, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024, 2026 1889, 1900, 1987, 1988, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2019
2 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Austin Stacks 1381928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1994, 2014, 2021 1929, 1933, 1980, 1981, 2001, 2010, 2013, 2025
3 Colours of Cork.svg East Kerry 113 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 1964, 1966, 1995
4 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg John Mitchels 1071929, 1937, 1947, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966 1931, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1989
Colours of Laois.svg Laune Rangers 103 1889, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1900, 1911, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996 1910, 1997, 2004
Colours of Kerry GAA.svg South Kerry 1031955, 1956, 1958, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2015 1984, 2007, 2017
7 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Tralee Mitchels 951896, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1917, 19191890, 1897, 1911, 1912, 1914
8 Colours of Cork.svg Dingle 76 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1948, 2025 1937, 1939, 1947, 2012, 2018, 2024
9 Colours of Laois.svg Kerins O'Rahilly's 691933, 1939, 1953, 1954, 1957, 2002 1928, 1930, 1936, 1940, 1956, 1961, 1963, 2008, 2021
10 Colours of Laois.svg Shannon Rangers 551942, 1945, 1964, 1972, 1977 1948, 1953, 1955, 1971, 1974
11 Colours of Mayo.svg Mid Kerry 49 1967, 1971, 1992, 2008 1965, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1990, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2023
Colours of Clare.svg Ballymacelligott 41 1891, 1894, 1895, 19181892
13 Colours of Clare.svg Feale Rangers 36 1978, 1980, 2007 1959, 1962, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1985
Colours of Cork.svg West Kerry 34 1984, 1985, 1990 1960, 1967, 1973, 1996
15 Killarney District 221949, 1983 1950, 1986
Colours of Clare.svg Kenmare District 21 1974, 1987 2016
Colours of Tyrone.svg An Ghaeltacht 21 2001, 2003 2000
Colours of Sligo.svg Tralee District 201925, 1926—
19Cahersiveen1318961901, 1904, 1905
Colours of Limerick.svg Killarney Legion 1219461945, 2015
Colours of Tipperary.svg Castleisland District1219501943, 1944
Irremore1118971894
Colours of Limerick.svg St Kieran's 11 1988 1998
Dick Fitzgeralds101951—
24 Colours of Sligo.svg North Kerry 02—1932, 1938
600px Blue HEX-3398CC White Yellow HEX-FFCD30.svg Keel02—1891, 1893
Colours of Mayo.svg Kilcummin 03—1903, 1913, 2002
Dingle Gascons02—1908, 1919
Farranfore02—1917, 1918
Listowel Selection02—1925, 1926
Colours of Kerry.svg Lispole01—1907
Colours of Waterford.svg Castleisland Desmonds 01—1991
Colours of Down.svg Kenmare Shamrocks 01— 2026

Performances by division

DivisionTitlesRunners-upTotal
Colours of Sligo.svg Tralee District 412768
Colours of Cork.svg East Kerry 302050
Colours of Mayo.svg Mid Kerry 141428
Colours of Cork.svg West Kerry 121426
Colours of Kerry GAA.svg South Kerry 11617
Colours of Laois.svg Shannon Rangers 8513
Colours of Limerick.svg St Kieran's 6511
Colours of Clare.svg Feale Rangers 4913
Colours of Clare.svg Kenmare District 224

List of finals

YearWinnersRunners-up#
ClubScoreClubScore
2026 Dr Crokes 1–24 Kenmare Shamrocks 2–12 [5]
2025 Dingle 2–13 Austin Stacks 1–12 [6]
2024 Dr Crokes 3-08 Dingle 0-11 [7]
2023 East Kerry 2-10 Mid Kerry 0-15 [8]
2022 East Kerry 1-16 Mid Kerry 0-10 [9]
2021 Austin Stacks 0-13 Kerins O'Rahillys 0-10 [10]
2020 East Kerry 2-15 Mid Kerry 0-09 [11]
2019 East Kerry 2–14 Dr Crokes 1-07 [12]
2018 Dr Crokes 1–15 Dingle 0–12 [13]
2017 Dr Crokes 0–17 South Kerry 1–12 [14] [15]
2016 Dr Crokes 2–16 Kenmare District 1–12 [16]
2015 South Kerry 1-13 (R) Killarney Legion 1-12 (R) [17]
2014 Austin Stacks 2-13 (R) Mid Kerry 1-07 (R) [18] [19] [20]
2013 Dr Crokes 4–16 Austin Stacks 0–12 [21]
2012 Dr Crokes 2–13 Dingle 0-08 [22]
2011 Dr Crokes 2-08 Mid Kerry 0-09
2010 Dr Crokes 1–15 Austin Stacks 0–11
2009 South Kerry 1-08 Dr Crokes 0-10
2008 Mid Kerry 1-07 (R) Kerins O'Rahilly's 0-09 (R) [23]
2007 Feale Rangers 1-04 South Kerry 0-06 [24]
2006 South Kerry 0-12 Dr Crokes 1-08 [25] [26]
2005 South Kerry 0-12 Dr Crokes 1-06
2004 South Kerry 1-13 Laune Rangers 2-05
2003 An Ghaeltacht 0-12 (R) Laune Rangers 2-04 (R)
2002 Kerins O'Rahilly's 0-14 Kilcummin 0-05
2001 An Ghaeltacht 1-13 Austin Stacks 0-10
2000 Dr Crokes 1-04 An Ghaeltacht 0-06
1999 East Kerry 0–10 Feale Rangers 1–06
1998 East Kerry 2–13 St Kieran's 1–10
1997 East Kerry 1–11 (R) Laune Rangers 0–08 (R)
1996 Laune Rangers 2–07 West Kerry 1–09
1995 Laune Rangers 1–07 East Kerry 0–06
1994 Austin Stacks 0–12 (R) Dr. Crokes 1–05 (R)
1993 Laune Rangers 1–15 Annascaul 1–08
1992 Mid Kerry 3–09 St Brendan's 1-10
1991 Dr Crokes 2–10 Castleisland Desmonds 1–10
1990 West Kerry 4–09 Mid Kerry 0–07
1989 Laune Rangers 2-13 John Mitchels 1-06
1988 St Kieran's 0-10 Dr Crokes 0-03
1987 Kenmare District 3-10 (R) Dr Crokes 0-18 (R)
1986 Austin Stacks 1-11 Killarney 1-07
1985 West Kerry 0-11 Feale Rangers 1-05
1984 West Kerry 1-07 South Kerry 1-06
1983 Killarney 1-10 (R) Feale Rangers 1-04 (R) [27]
1982 South Kerry 0-07 Feale Rangers 0-05
1981 South Kerry 1-12 Austin Stacks 0-11
1980 Feale Rangers 1-10 Austin Stacks 1-07
1979 Austin Stacks 1-11Castleisland0-09
1978 Feale Rangers 0-08 Mid Kerry 0-03
1977 Shannon Rangers 0-10 Feale Rangers 0-06
1976 Austin Stacks 1-14 Kenmare 0-07
1975 Austin Stacks 1-07 Mid Kerry 1-04
1974 Kenmare 2-12 Shannon Rangers 1-05
1973 Austin Stacks 2-08 West Kerry 1-06
1972 Shannon Rangers 2-08 Mid Kerry 1-07
1971 Mid Kerry 0-12 (R) Shannon Rangers 1-06 (R)
1970 East Kerry 1-15 Waterville 0-15
1969 East Kerry 2-07 Waterville 1-08
1968 East Kerry 6-08 Waterville 1-09
1967 Mid Kerry 0-12 West Kerry 2-04
1966 John Mitchels 2-10 East Kerry 1-10
1965 East Kerry 0-10 (R) Mid Kerry 0-04 (R)
1964 Shannon Rangers 1-10 East Kerry 1-05
1963 John Mitchels 4-04 Kerins O'Rahilly's 2-03
1962 John Mitchels 1-09 (R) Feale Rangers 0-05 (R)
1961 John Mitchels 2-09 Kerins O'Rahilly's 0-08
1960 John Mitchels 1-11 (R) West Kerry 0-03 (R)
1959 John Mitchels 3-09 (R) Feale Rangers 1-10 (R)
1958 South Kerry 1-13 St Brendan's 1-05
1957 Kerins O'Rahilly's 1-11 St Brendan's 3-01
1956 South Kerry 1-11 Kerins O'Rahilly's 0-10
1955 South Kerry 2-05 (R) Shannon Rangers 0-09 (R)
1954 Kerins O'Rahilly's 2-01 Kenmare District 1-02
1953 Kerins O'Rahilly's 1-04 Shannon Rangers 0-05
1952 John Mitchels 3-06 Kenmare District 0-06
1951Dick Fitzgeralds1-07 John Mitchels 0-03
1950 Castleisland 1-07 (R) Killarney 1-04 (R)
1949 Killarney 2-07 John Mitchels 2-03
1948 Dingle 2-10 Shannon Rangers 0-05
1947 John Mitchels 2-05 Dingle 0-09
1946 Killarney Legion 0-07 John Mitchels 0-05
1945 Shannon Rangers 1-07 Killarney Legion 0-05
1944 Dingle 1-03Castleisland0-04
1943 Dingle 3-06Castleisland2-02
1942 Shannon Rangers 2-04 John Mitchels 1-03
1941 Dingle 3-06 John Mitchels 2-00
1940 Dingle 2-06 Kerins O'Rahilly's 1-07
1939 Kerins O'Rahilly's 2-08 Dingle 1-03
1938 Dingle 3-03 North Kerry 2-05
1937 John Mitchels 1-03 Dingle 0-00
1936 Austin Stacks 0-06 Kerins O'Rahilly's 0-04
1935Championship was not played
1934Final (Austin Stacks v Kerins O'Rahilly's) was not played
1933 Kerins O'Rahilly's 5-05 Austin Stacks 0-05
1932 Austin Stacks 2-03 North Kerry 1-05
1931 Austin Stacks 2-07 John Mitchels 1-03
1930 Austin Stacks 4-04 Kerins O'Rahilly's 2-05
1929 John Mitchels 3-04 Austin Stacks 0-04
1928 Austin Stacks 3-04 Kerins O'Rahilly's 0-07
1927Championship was not played [28]
1926 Tralee Division 7-07Listowel Selection2-01
1925 Tralee Division 1-05Listowel Selection0-04
1924Championship was not played
1923Championship not finished
1922Championship was not played
1921Championship was not played
1920Championship not finished
1919 Tralee Mitchels 3-03 Dingle Gascons 2-02
1918 Ballymacelligott Farranfore
1917 Tralee Mitchels Farranfore
1916 Not finished
1915Not played
1914 Killarney Crokes 1-02 Tralee Mitchels 1-00
1913 Killarney Crokes 3-01 Kilcummin 1-00
1912 Killarney Crokes 1-06 Tralee Mitchels 0-00
1911 Laune Rangers 1-03 Tralee Mitchels 1-01
1910 Tralee Mitchels 3-04 Laune Rangers 0–04
1909Combined with 1910 championship
1908 Tralee Mitchels 0-08Dingle Gascons0-04
1907 Tralee Mitchels 0-11Lispole0-01
1906Not played
1905 Tralee Mitchels W/OCaherciveen
1904 Tralee Mitchels W/OCaherciveen
1903 Tralee Mitchels W/O Kilcummin
1902 Tralee Mitchels (Awarded)
1901 Killarney Crokes 1-02Caherciveen0-02
1900 Laune Rangers 3-04 Killarney Crokes 0-03
1899
1898
1897Irremore Tralee Mitchels
1896Caherciveen and Tralee Mitchels (Shared)
1895 Ballymacelligott
1894 Ballymacelligott W/OIrremore
1893 Laune Rangers 1-01Keel0-02
1892 Laune Rangers 3-07 Ballymacelligott 1-07
1891 Ballymacelligott 1-08Keel0-01 [29]
1890 Laune Rangers 1-04 Tralee Mitchels 0-01
1889 Laune Rangers 0-06 Killarney Crokes 0-03 [30]

Records and statistics

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Kerry Senior Football Championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps

Longest gaps between successive championship titles:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kerry SFC: Round 1 times, dates and venues confirmed". Independent.ie. 25 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Juvenile Club Notes 8th March, 2022". austinstacks.ie. 8 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Bishop Denis Moynihan". Lux Occulta.
  4. ↑ "Kerry Senior Football Championship draw". The Kerryman. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Brennan, Paul (25 October 2026). "Dr Crokes late scoring burst secures 15th Kerry SFC title against shell-shocked Kenmare Shamrocks". Irish Independent . Retrieved 25 October 2026.
  6. ↑ Leen, Tony (26 October 2025). "Paul Geaney-inspired Dingle end 77-year wait for Kerry SFC title". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Dr Crokes hit stunned Dingle for three goals to turn game and add another Kerry crown". The Kerryman. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Kerry SFC final - East Kerry make it four titles in five years after nervy win over Mid Kerry". Irish Independent. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "David Clifford decides the issue as East Kerry cruise to third title in four seasons". independent. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Austin Stacks win all Tralee decider to take 13th title". rte.ie. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  11. ↑ "David Clifford wonder goal as East Kerry make wasteful Mid pay". The Irish Examiner . 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "David Clifford goal helps East Kerry win first title in 20 years". The Irish Examiner . 10 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  13. ↑ "Dr Crokes claim record 13th Kerry title with win over Dingle". The Irish Times. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
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  15. ↑ "Sixth Kerry title in eight years for Dr Crokes". The Irish Examiner . 23 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  16. ↑ "Crokes make final their own as Kenmare struggle to cope". Irish Independent . 22 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "South Kerry land the killer punch". Irish Examiner . 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "Mid Kerry spurn late chances and save Stacks". The Irish Examiner . 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  19. ↑ "Donaghy stars as Stacks crowned Kerry champs". rte.ie. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
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  22. ↑ "Crokes cruise to three in-a-row". Irish Examiner . 29 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  23. ↑ "Kerins O'Rahilly's 0-09 Mid Kerry 1-07". RTÉ News. 30 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008.
  24. ↑ "It's Captain Galvin for Kerry as Feale land title". Irish Independent. 25 November 2012.
  25. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  27. ↑ "A glorious memory when town rivals teamed up - and won". killarneytoday.com. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  28. ↑ "Laune Rangers history 1927". 3 February 2014.
  29. ↑ "1891 | Laune Rangers History". Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  30. ↑ "1889 | Laune Rangers History". history.launerangers.ie. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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