Munster Junior Football Championship

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Munster Junior Football Championship
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Current event clock.svg2019 Munster Junior Football Championship
Code Gaelic Football
Founded1910
RegionMunster (GAA)
No. of teams Limerick, Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Tipperary, Clare
Title holders Kerry (46th title)
Most titles Kerry (46 titles)
Official websitewww.munster.gaa.ie

The Munster Junior Football Championship is a gaelic football tournament between the six counties of Munster: Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Clare and Waterford. It is the third-tier county teams playing off in a single-elimination tournament with 2 quarter finals instead of 4 (as of 2014). [1] The cup was first given to the winners in 1957. Kerry have won the most titles, 42 in all. The winner will play against the champions of the other provinces in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.

Contents

Teams

2019 Championship

Six counties competed in the 2019 Munster Junior Football Championship: [2]

County LocationStadiumChampionship TitlesLast Championship Title
Colours of Clare.svg Clare Ennis Cusack Park 11925
Colours of Cork.svg Cork Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh 292013
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry Tralee Austin Stack Park 462019
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick Limerick Gaelic Grounds 41950
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary Thurles Semple Stadium 71998
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford Waterford Walsh Park 32004

Personnel and kits

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsors
Colours of Clare.svg Clare Pat O’Donnell
Colours of Cork.svg Cork Sports Direct
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry Kerry Group
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick None
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary Fiserv
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford Cognizant

Roll of honour

CountyTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Kerry 46121913, 1914, 1915, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 20191932, 1933, 1939, 1951, 1952, 1972, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1996, 2005, 2011
Cork 29261911, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 20131912, 1916, 1923, 1925, 1931, 1935, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1983, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Tipperary 7131910, 1912, 1923, 1935, 1937, 1952, 19981926, 1940, 1941, 1953, 1969, 1970, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 2001, 2002
Limerick 4111916, 1929, 1939, 19501910, 1913, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1962, 1963, 2010
Waterford 3111948, 1999, 20041911, 1914, 1915, 1928, 1934, 1936, 1949, 1956, 1958, 1991, 2013
Clare 11719251924, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2012

List of finals

Key

All-Ireland champions
All-Ireland runners-up

List of finals

YearWinnersRunners-upWinning Captain
CountyScoreCountyScore
1910 Tipperary 1–01 Limerick 0–00Tom Byrne
1911 Cork 3–01 Waterford 3–00W. P. Aherne
1912 Tipperary 0–05 Cork 0–02
1913 Kerry 1–03, 1–04 (R) Limerick 1–02, 0–00 (R)Jas O'Connell
1914 Kerry 0–07 Waterford 0–00Dick Power
1915 Kerry 2–03 Waterford 1–05T. King
1916 Limerick 0–02 Cork 1–00Con Kiely
1917–1922No championship
1923 Tipperary 2–05 Cork 1–03Ned Cummins
1924 Kerry 2–02 Clare 1–01J. McCarthy
1925 Clare 0–06 Cork 0–05Tom Gillick
1926 Kerry 1–05 Tipperary 2–01
1927 Kerry 1–10 Clare 3–02
1928 Kerry 3–02 Waterford 0–04
1929 Limerick 2–06 Clare 0–03
1930 Kerry 2–02 Clare 1–01J. O'Conner
1931 Kerry 2–05 Cork 2–03
1932 Cork 1–05 Kerry 1–03Dan Burke
1933 Cork 2–02 Kerry 1–03
1934 Kerry 2–12 Waterford 0–01
1935 Tipperary 4–10 Cork 0–03Moss Savage
1936 Kerry 4–14 Waterford 3–01
1937 Tipperary 3–06 Limerick 0–06Jimmy Hickey
1938 Kerry 2–04 Limerick 1–00
1939 Limerick 1–07 Kerry 1–02
1940 Cork 1–06 Tipperary 0–03
1941 Kerry 1–10 Tipperary 0–03Tim Brosnan
1942–1945No Championship
1946 Kerry 3–03 Cork 1–07
1947 Kerry 3–07 Limerick 3–05Teddy O'Sullivan
1948 Waterford 2–08 Limerick 1–07Paddy Hayes
1949 Kerry 2–05 Waterford 0–06Tom Long
1950 Limerick 3–06 Cork 1–06Joe O'Leary
1951 Cork 3–06 Kerry 1–04J.J. Henchion
1952 Tipperary 0–15, 0–08 (R) Kerry 2–09, 0–06 (R)Dick Dunne
1953 Cork 1–10 Tipperary 0–10Jack Lyons
1954 Kerry 1–09 Cork 2–02John Walla O'Conner
1955 Cork 3–07 Limerick 0–05Owen McAuliffe
1956 Kerry 4–10 Waterford 1–04
1957 Cork 1–07 Limerick 0–07Owen McAuliffe
1958 Kerry 3–11 Waterford 2–04
1959 Kerry 3–08 Cork 0–06
1960 Kerry 2–06 Cork 1–08
1961 Kerry 2–04 Cork 0–06
1962 Cork 3–06 Limerick 0–08
1963 Kerry 2–04 Limerick 0–06Harry Burke
1964 Cork 2–05 Clare 1–04Connie Kelleher
1965 Kerry 3–13 Clare 0–06
1966 Cork 1–07 Clare 0–07
1967 Kerry 2–07 Cork 0–09Pat Aherne
1968 Kerry 3–11 Clare 2–06
1969 Kerry 1–11 Tipperary 1–05
1970 Cork 2–10 Tipperary 2–09
1971 Cork 2–07 Clare 1–05Bertie O'Brien
1972 Cork 2–13 Kerry 0–09
1973–1982No Championship
1983 Kerry 2–10 Cork 0–09
1984 Cork 1–12 Kerry 0–09John O'Sullivan
1985 Kerry 1–05 (R) Tipperary 1–04 (R)
1986 Cork 1–12 Tipperary 1–06
1987 Cork 1–12 Tipperary 1–05Martin Kelleher
1988 Cork Tipperary Paul O'Callaghan
1989 Cork 0–10 Kerry 0–09 Pat Kenneally
1990 Cork 1–09 Kerry 1–06Joe Collins
1991 Kerry 1–12 Waterford 3–04Teddy Harrington
1992 Cork 0–13 Clare 1–09Niall O'Conner
1993 Cork 1–10 Tipperary 0–09Ronan Sheehan
1994 Kerry 1–06 Clare 0–08Michael Keating
1995 Kerry 1–21 AET Cork 0–19Garry McGrath
1996 Cork 1–10 Kerry 1–08Kieran Creed
1997 Kerry 1–15 Clare 0–09
1998 Tipperary 0–06 Cork 0–05Kevin Coonan
1999 Waterford 0–09 Clare 0–07Alfie Kirwan
2000 Kerry 1–15 Clare 0–06Denis Moynihan
2001 Cork 0–17 Tipperary 0–11Paul Mackey
2002 Kerry 2–14 Tipperary 0–15Austin Constable
2003 Kerry 2–09 Cork 0–14Brian Scanlon
2004 Waterford 1–07 Cork 0–09Michael Byrne
2005 Cork 2–13 Kerry 0–08
2006 Kerry 0–12 Cork 0–08Sean Hegarty
2007 Cork 0–12 Clare 0–11Barry Gogan
2008 Kerry 1–11 Cork 1–09 Anthony Maher
2009 Cork 1–21 Clare 0–13
2010 Kerry 3–12 Limerick 1–06Michael O'Donoghue
2011 [3] Cork 0–10 Kerry 1–05
2012 Kerry 3–18 Clare 3–07Marcus Mangan
2013 [4] Cork 1–18 Waterford 0–09 Ruairí Deane
2014 [5] Kerry 3–14 Cork 0–13Thomas Hickey
2015 [6] Kerry 1–20 Cork 0–11Alan O' Donughue
2016 [7] Kerry 0–14 Cork 0–13Paul O' Donoghue
2017 [8] Kerry 4–24 Cork 3–20 Killian Spillane
2018 Kerry 2–14 Cork 1–15Kieran Murphy
2019 [9] Kerry 1–14 Cork 0–13
2020–presentNo championship

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