The team last won the Munster Senior Championship in 1891, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 1891 and has never won the National League.
History
For many years the senior team played in the Junior and Intermediate Championships and had some success. They won All-Ireland titles at Junior level in 1961 and 1972, and won a Munster Championship at junior level in 1956. At Intermediate level they won Munster titles in 1970 and 1973.[citation needed]
In 2003, team made it to the fourth round of the qualifiers only to go down to Limerick 1–14 to 0–24 in Austin Stack Park in Tralee. Along the way they beat Westmeath, Carlow and beaten Ulster finalists Derry. The wins over Westmeath and Carlow represented the first time a Kerry team strung two consecutive Championship victories together. It also marked the first occasion that the Kerry hurling team played more championship games then the Kerry football team.
Kerry have never won the Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship, their most notable achievement in the championship came in 2004 when they ran Limerick to three points at Austin Stack Park. They have, however, won and played in a number of All-Ireland U21 B Championship Finals.[citation needed]
The advent of the multi-tier structure saw Kerry become more competitive. They first made the semi-finals of the (then 2nd tier) Christy Ring Cup in 2009 where they lost out to Carlow after a replay. They went a step more in 2010 making the final but losing out to Westmeath. In 2011 they again made the final, but this time won the title with victory over Wicklow. From 2013 to 2015 they made the final each year, losing to Down in 2013 and Kildare in 2014 before finally getting over the line thanks to victory over Derry.
Kerry won the Division 2A final of the 2015 National Hurling League and advanced to the relegation/promotion match with favourites Antrim, a late point by substitute John Egan saw Kerry advance to Division 1B.[1]
On 8 January 2022 Kerry recorded their first victory over Tipperary 0–17 to 0–14 in the Munster Hurling Cup quarter-final.[3] At the time, it was deemed Kerry's greatest hurling success in Austin Stack Park since they beat All-Ireland champions Clare by 3–7 to 1–8 in the opening round of 1995–96 NHL.[3]
John "Tweek" Griffin managed Kerry into championship hurling's third tier for the first time, leading his team to relegation from the 2025 Joe McDonagh Cup in May 2025.[4] Having competed in the Joe McDonagh Cup since the competition's inception, relegation brought Kerry back to the (third tier) Christy Ring Cup, which the team had not competed in since it was a second tier competition.[5][6]
Panel
Team as per Kerry vs Meath in the Joe McDonagh Cup round 5, 25 May 2024[7]
INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team. RET Player has since retired from the county team. WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.
Management team
Appointed in August 2024,[8]with one addition noted.
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