Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Current season or competition: 2023 Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Irish	Craobh na Mumhan
Code	Hurling
Founded	1964;60 years ago (1964)
Region	Munster (GAA)
Trophy	O'Neill Cup
No. of teams	5
Title holders	Ballygunner (5th title)
Most titles	Ballygunner, Blackrock (5 titles)
Sponsors	Allied Irish Banks
TV partner(s)	TG4
Motto	The toughest of them all
Official website	Munster GAA

The Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Munster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1964 for the champion hurling teams in the province of Munster in Ireland.

The series of games are played during the autumn and winter months with the Munster final currently being played in November. The prize for the winning team is the O'Neill 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 Championship is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Munster final join the champions of Galway, Leinster and Ulster in the semi-final stages of the All-Ireland Senior Club Championship.

Five clubs currently participate in the Munster Championship, with the Kerry champions participating at intermediate level. The title has been won at least once by 27 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Ballygunner and Blackrock who have both won five championship titles.

Ballygunner are the title-holders after defeating Clonlara by 2-24 to 0-17 in the 2023 Munster final. ^[1]

History

Beginnings

Since the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, challenge, exhibition and tournament matches between clubs on an inter-county level were commonplace. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Glen Rovers of Cork and Ahane of Limerick regularly clashed in off-season games. In the 1950s the Cork Churches Tournament came to be recognised as the unofficial All-Ireland Club Championship. The tournament was an initiative by the then Bishop of Cork and Ross, Cornelius Lucey, to raise money to build five new churches in the fast developing suburbs of Cork. Participation was by invitation and was extended to the country’s current best hurling teams. This tournament lasted for five years, however, by the 1960s there was a growing appetite for a similar competition. In 1965 the Munster Council organised the inaugural inter-county club championship, with participation limited to the 1964 champion hurling clubs of each county. The inaugural championship suffered lengthy delays, with the final taking place in 1966. ^[2] Since then the title has been awarded every year.

Team changes

Due to a lack of meaningful competition in their own province, all Galway teams competed in the various Munster Championships between 1959 and 1969. ^[3] The creation of the club championship saw the Galway champions participate for the Munster title for six seasons from 1964 until 1969.

The 2007 Munster Club Championship was the last time that the Kerry champions participated in the competition. Historically seen as the weakest of the team involved, the Kerry County Board decided to regrade and enter their senior champions in the Munster Intermediate Club Championship.

Team dominance

While Cork clubs Glen Rovers and St. Finbarr's, Togher won the first two championship titles, Newmarket-on-Fergus became the first team to retain the championship in 1968. Roscrea completed their own two-in-a-row in 1970, however, the rest of that decade was the preserve of Cork clubs as Blackrock, St. Finbarr's, Togher and Glen Rovers claimed every available championship title. Mount Sion of Waterford broke the decade-long hegemony in 1981 by becoming the first Waterford team to win the championship. Tipperary clubs were dominant throughout the rest of the 1980s, with Moycarkey-Borris, Kilruane MacDonaghs and Borris-Ileigh all winning the provincial decider. As the decade drew to a close and the 1990s began, Limerick clubs made their first impression with Ballybrown, Patrickswell and Kilmallock being added to the roll of honour. Clare clubs dominated between 1995 and 2000, with Sixmilebridge, Clarecastle, Wolfe Tones and St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield reflecting the county's dominance at inter-county level by also claiming the club championship title. The new century saw Newtownshanrum and Toomevara win five titles between them between 2003 and 2009, however, Waterford clubs also enjoyed success. Since 2011 the championship has been dominated by Limerick clubs, with Na Piarsaigh winning four titles in seven years.

Format

Overview

The Munster 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 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 the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.

Competition format

Quarter-final: Two teams contest this round. The winning teams advances directly to the semi-final stage. The losing team is eliminated from the championship.

Semi-finals: Four teams contest this round. The two winning teams advance directly to the final. The two losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

Final: The final is contested by the two semi-final winners.

Teams

Qualification

County	Championship	Qualifying team
Clare	Clare Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Cork	Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Limerick	Limerick Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Tipperary	Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Waterford	Waterford Senior Hurling Championship	Champions

Winning managers

Managers in the Munster Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the individual club committees. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and a backroom team consisting of various coaches.

Winning managers

Manager	Team	Wins	Winning years
Michael Clohessy	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	2	1998, 1999
Seán Stack	Na Piarsaigh	2	2011, 2013
Shane O'Neill	Na Piarsaigh	2	2015, 2017
Alan Cunningham	Wolfe Tones, Shannon	1	1996
Roger McMahon	Clarecastle	1	1997
Paddy Meehan	Sixmilebridge	1	2000
Gordon Ryan	Ballygunner	1	2001
Jim Greene	Mount Sion	1	2002
Ger Cunningham	Newtownshandrum	1	2003
Seán Hehir	Toomevara	1	2004
Bernie O'Connor	Newtownshandrum	1	2005
Pat Herbert	Toomevara	1	2006
Éamonn Sweeney	Loughmore-Castleiney	1	2007
Owen Dunphy	De La Salle	1	2008
Phil Noonan	Newtownshandrum	1	2009
Michael Ryan	De La Salle	1	2010
Séamus Quinn	Thurles Sarsfields	1	2012
Ger O'Loughlin	Kilmallock	1	2014
Robbie Hogan	Ballyea	1	2016
Fergal Hartley	Ballygunner	1	2018
Johnny Kelly	Borris-Ileigh	1	2019
Darragh O'Sullivan	Ballygunner	1	2021

Trophy

At the end of the Munster final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The cup, named the O'Neill 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 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 the cup.

The present trophy was donated by the Sarsfield's club in Cork in 1972 to commemorate Billy O'Neill who founded their club in 1903. ^[4]

Roll of honour

Performance by club

#	Team	County	Wins	Runners Up	Years won	Years runners up
1	Ballygunner	Waterford	5	9	2001, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023	1966, 1968, 1996, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019
	Blackrock	Cork	5	2	1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979	1985, 2001
2	Na Piarsaigh	Limerick	4	1	2011, 2013, 2015, 2017	2018
	St. Finbarr's	Cork	4	0	1965, 1974, 1977, 1980	-
5	Sixmilebridge	Clare	3	6	1984, 1995, 2000	1977, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2013
	Glen Rovers	Cork	3	2	1964, 1972, 1976	1969, 2016
	Toomevara	Tipperary	3	2	1993, 2004, 2006	1994, 1998
	Kilmallock	Limerick	3	1	1992, 1994, 2014	2021
	Newtownshandrum	Cork	3	0	2003, 2005, 2009	-
10	Mount Sion	Waterford	2	6	1981, 2002	1964, 1965, 1975, 1988, 2000, 2004
	Patrickswell	Limerick	2	4	1988, 1990	1982, 1984, 1997, 2003
	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Clare	2	3	1967, 1968	1973, 1974, 1978
	Roscrea	Tipperary	2	2	1969, 1970	1972, 1980
	Borris-Ileigh	Tipperary	2	1	1986, 2019	1983
	De La Salle	Waterford	2	1	2008, 2010	2012
	Midleton	Cork	2	1	1983, 1987	1991
	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	Clare	2	0	1998, 1999	-
18	Clarecastle	Clare	1	2	1997	1970, 1986
	Carrick Davins	Tipperary	1	1	1966	1967
	Thurles Sarsfields	Tipperary	1	1	2012	2010
	Ballyea	Clare	1	1	2016	2022
	Moycarkey-Borris	Tipperary	1	0	1982	-
	Kilruane MacDonaghs	Tipperary	1	0	1985	-
	Ballybrown	Limerick	1	0	1989	-
	Cashel King Cormacs	Tipperary	1	0	1991	-
	Wolfe Tones, Shannon	Clare	1	0	1996	-
	Loughmore-Castleiney	Tipperary	1	0	2007	-
28	South Liberties	Limerick	0	2	-	1976, 1981
	Moyne-Templetuohy	Tipperary	0	1	-	1971
	Dunhill	Waterford	0	1	-	1979
	Cappawhite	Tipperary	0	1	-	1987
	Éire Óg, Ennis	Clare	0	1	-	1990
	Nenagh Eire Og	Tipperary	0	1	-	1995
	Erins Own	Cork	0	1	-	2006
	Tulla	Clare	0	1	-	2007
	Adare	Limerick	0	1	-	2008
	Crusheen	Clare	0	1	-	2011
	Cratloe	Clare	0	1	-	2014
	Clonlara	Clare	0	1	-	2023

Performance by county

County	Titles	Runners-up	Total
Cork	17	6	23
Tipperary	13	10	23
Clare	10	17	27
Limerick	10	9	19
Waterford	9	17	25

Winning clubs by county

#	County	Winners	Runners-Up	Winning Clubs	Runner-Up Clubs
1	Cork	17	6	Blackrock (5), St. Finbarr's, Togher (4), Glen Rovers (3), Newtownshandrum (3), Midleton (2)	Blackrock (2), Glen Rovers (2), Midleton (1), Erin's Own (1)
2	Tipperary	13	10	Toomevara (3), Roscrea (2), Borris-Ileigh (2), Carrick Davins (1), Moycarkey-Borris (1), Kilruane McDonaghs (1), Cashel King Cormacs (1), Loughmore-Castleiney (1), Thurles Sarsfields (1)	Toomevara (2), Roscrea (2), Carrick Davins (1), Borris-Ileigh (1), Thurles Sarsfields (1), Moyne-Templetuohy (1), Cappawhite (1), Nenagh Éire Óg (1)
3	Clare	10	17	Sixmilebridge (3), Newmarket-on-Fergus (2), St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield (2), Wolfe Tones, Shannon (1), Clarecastle (1), Ballyea (1)	Sixmilebridge (6), Newmarket-on-Fergus (3), Clarecastle (2), Éire Óg, Ennis (1), Tulla (1), Crusheen (1), Cratloe (1), Ballyea (1), Clonlara (1)
	Limerick	10	9	Na Piarsaigh (4), Kilmallock (3), Patrickswell (2), Ballybrown (1)	Patrickswell (4), South Liberties (2), Adare (1), Na Piarsaigh (1), Kilmallock (1)
5	Waterford	9	17	Ballygunner (5), Mount Sion (2), De La Salle (2)	Ballygunner (9), Mount Sion (6), De La Salle (1), Dunhill (1)

List of Munster finals

	All-Ireland champions
	All-Ireland runners-up

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Score	Stadium	Captain
1964	Glen Rovers	3-07	Mount Sion	1-07	Gaelic Grounds	Christy Ring
1965	St. Finbarr's	3-12	Mount Sion	2-03	Gaelic Grounds
1966	Carrick Davins	2-17	Ballygunner	1-11	Cusack Park
1967	Newmarket-on-Fergus	3-09	Carrick Davins	2-07	Gaelic Grounds	Jim Cullinan
1968	Newmarket-on-Fergus	5-08	Ballygunner	4-03
1969	Roscrea	3-06	Glen Rovers	1-09		Patsy Rowland
1970	Roscrea	4-11	Clarecastle	1-06	Gaelic Grounds	Donie Moloney
1971	Blackrock	4-10	Moyne-Templetuohy	3-01	FitzGerald Stadium	John Horgan
1972	Glen Rovers	2-09	Roscrea	1-10	Gaelic Grounds	Denis Coughlan
1973	Blackrock	1-13	Newmarket-on-Fergus	0-14	Bruff	John Horgan
1974	St. Finbarr's	0-07	Newmarket-on-Fergus	0-03	Gaelic Grounds	Jim Power
1975	Blackrock	8-12	Mount Sion	3-08	Emly	John Horgan
1976	Glen Rovers	2-08	South Liberties	2-04	Gaelic Grounds	Martin O'Doherty
1977	St. Finbarr's	2-08	Sixmilebridge	0-06	Seán Treacy Park	Denis Burns
1978	Blackrock	3-08	Newmarket-on-Fergus	1-08	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	John Horgan
1979	Blackrock	0-13	Dunhill	1-08	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
1980	St. Finbarr's	2-12	Roscrea	1-14	Páirc Mac Gearailt
1981	Mount Sion	3-09	South Liberties	1-04	Walsh Park	Éamonn Kehoe
1982	Moycarkey-Borris	1-09	Patrickswell	0-11	MacDonagh Park	Jack Bergin
1983	Midleton	1-14	Borris-Ileigh	1-11	FitzGerald Stadium	John Fenton
1984	Sixmilebridge	4-10	Patrickswell	2-06	Semple Stadium	Seán Stack
1985	Kilruane MacDonaghs	0-12	Blackrock	0-06	Gaelic Grounds	Tony Sheppard
1986	Borris-Ileigh	1-13	Clarecastle	1-09	Gaelic Grounds	Michael Ryan
1987	Midleton	1-12	Cappawhite	1-11	FitzGerald Stadium	Ger Power
1988	Patrickswell	3-13	Mount Sion	2-13	Semple Stadium	David Punch
1989	Ballybrown	2-12	Sixmilebridge	1-08	Gaelic Grounds	Terence Kenny
1990	Patrickswell	0-08	Éire Óg, Ennis	0-06	Cusack Park	David Punch
1991	Cashel King Cormac's	0-09	Midleton	0-06	Mitchelstown	Colm Bonnar
1992	Kilmallock	3-11	Sixmilebridge	2-11	Gaelic Grounds	Paddy Kelly
1993	Toomevara	0-15	Sixmilebridge	0-07	Gaelic Grounds	Jody Grace
1994	Kilmallock	2-11	Toomevara	1-11	Semple Stadium	Mike Houlihan
1995	Sixmilebridge	2-18	Nenagh Éire Óg	1-07	Gaelic Grounds	Ian Mulready	[5]
1996	Wolfe Tones, Shannon	4-09	Ballygunner	4-08	Semple Stadium	Brian Lohan	[6]
1997	Clarecastle	2-11	Patrickswell	0-15	Semple Stadium	Martin Sheedy	[7]
1998	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	0-12	Toomevara	0-08	Gaelic Grounds	Lorcan Hassett	[8]
1999	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	4-09	Ballygunner	3-08	Semple Stadium	Ciarán O'Neill	[9]
2000	Sixmilebridge	2-17	Mount Sion	3-08	Semple Stadium	Christy Chaplin	[10]
2001	Ballygunner	2-14	Blackrock	0-12	Semple Stadium	Billy O'Sullivan	[11]
2002	Mount Sion	0-12	Sixmilebridge	0-10	Semple Stadium	John Cleere	[12]
2003	Newtownshandrum	2-18	Patrickswell	2-09	Semple Stadium	John McCarthy	[13]
2004	Toomevara	1-14	Mount Sion	1-13	Semple Stadium	Paddy O'Brien	[14]
2005	Newtownshandrum	0-16	Ballygunner	1-12	Semple Stadium	Brendan Mulcahy	[15]
2006	Toomevara	2-09	Erin's Own	2-08	Gaelic Grounds	Tommy Dunne	[16]
2007	Loughmore-Castleiney	1-06	Tulla	0-07	Gaelic Grounds	Johnny Gleeson	[17]
2008	De La Salle	1-09	Adare	0-10	Semple Stadium	John Mullane	[18]
2009	Newtownshandrum	2-11	Ballygunner	2-09	Semple Stadium	Dermot Gleeson	[19]
2010	De La Salle	0-09	Thurles Sarsfields	0-08	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Ian O'Flynn	[20]
2011	Na Piarsaigh	1-13	Crusheen	0-09	Semple Stadium	Kieran Bermingham	[21]
2012	Thurles Sarsfields	1-21	De La Salle	1-16	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Pádraic Maher	[22]
2013	Na Piarsaigh	4-14	Sixmilebridge	0-08	Cusack Park	James O'Brien	[23]
2014	Kilmallock	1-32	Cratloe	3-18	Gaelic Grounds	Graeme Mulcahy	[24]
2015	Na Piarsaigh	2-18	Ballygunner	2-11	Semple Stadium	Cathal King	[25]
2016	Ballyea	1-21	Glen Rovers	2-10	Semple Stadium	Stan Lineen	[26]
2017	Na Piarsaigh	3-15	Ballygunner	2-10	Semple Stadium	Cathal King	[27]
2018	Ballygunner	2-14	Na Piarsaigh	2-08	Semple Stadium	Stephen O'Keeffe Shane O'Sullivan	[28]
2019	Borris-Ileigh	1-12	Ballygunner	1-11	Pairc Ui Rinn	Conor Kenny Seán McCormack	[29]
2020	Cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games
2021	Ballygunner	3-20	Kilmallock	1-12	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	Pauric O'Mahony
2022 [30]	Ballygunner	1-23	Ballyea	0-17	Semple Stadium	Pauric O'Mahony
2023 [31]	Ballygunner	2-24	Clonlara	0-17	Semple Stadium	Pauric O'Mahony

Notes:

• 1964 – The first match was abandoned: Glen Rovers 3-6, Mount Sion 2-6.
• 1977 – The first match ended in a draw: St. Finbarr's 3-5, Sixmilebridge 3-5.
• 1983 – The first match ended in a draw: Midleton 1-12, Borris-Ileigh 3-6.
• 1985 – The first match ended in a draw: Kilruane MacDonaghs 1-8, Blackrock 1-8.
• 2011 – The first match ended in a draw: Na Piarsaigh 1-11, Crusheen 0-14.

Records and statistics

Final

Team

• Most wins: 5:
  • Ballygunner (2001, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Blackrock (1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979)
• Most consecutive wins: 3:
  • Ballygunner (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Most appearances in a final: 14:
  • Ballygunner (1966, 1968, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Most appearances in a final without ever winning: 2
  • South Liberties (1976, 1981)
• Most appearances in a final without losing (streak): 5
  • Blackrock (1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979)
• Biggest win: 19 points
  • Blackrock 8-12 – 3-08 Mount Sion, (1975)
• Most final defeats: 9
  • Ballygunner (1966, 1968, 1996, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019)

Teams

County representatives

Year	Clare	Cork	Galway	Kerry	Limerick	Tipperary	Waterford
1964	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Glen Rovers	Turloughmore	Kilmoyley	Cappamore	Thurles Sarsfields	Mount Sion
1965	Newmarket-on-Fergus	St. Finbarr's	Turloughmore	Ballyduff	Patrickswell	Thurles Sarsfields	Mount Sion
1966	Éire Óg, Ennis	Avondhu	Turloughmore	Ballyduff	Patrickswell	Carrick Davins	Ballygunner
1967	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Glen Rovers	Castlegar	St. Brendan's	Kilmallock	Carrick Davins	Ballygunner
1968	Newmarket-on-Fergus	St. Finbarr's	Liam Mellows	Crotta O'Neill's	Claughaun	Roscrea	Ballygunner
1969	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Glen Rovers	Castlegar	Killarney	Patrickswell	Roscrea	Mount Sion
1970	Clarecastle	University College Cork	N/A	Kilmoyley	Patrickswell	Roscrea	Ballyduff-Portlaw
1971	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Blackrock		Kilmoyley	Claughaun	Moyne-Templetuohy	Portlaw
1972	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Glen Rovers		Ballyduff	South Liberties	Roscrea	Mount Sion
1973	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Blackrock		Ballyduff	Kilmallock	Roscrea	Portlaw
1974	Newmarket-on-Fergus	St. Finbarr's		Abbeydorney	Kilmallock	Thurles Sarsfields	Mount Sion
1975	Éire Óg, Ennis	Blackrock		St. Brendan's	Kilmallock	Moneygall	Mount Sion
1976	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Glen Rovers		Ballyduff	South Liberties	Moneygall	Portlaw
1977	Sixmilebridge	St. Finbarr's		Ballyduff	Patrickswell	Kilruane MacDonagh's	Portlaw
1978	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Blackrock		Ballyduff	South Liberties	Kilruane MacDonagh's	Dunhill
1979	Sixmilebridge	Blackrock		Causeway	Patrickswell	Kilruane MacDonagh's	Dunhill
1980	Newmarket-on-Fergus	St. Finbarr's		Causeway	Killeedy	Roscrea	Tallow
1981	Newmarket-on-Fergus	St. Finbarr's		Causeway	South Liberties	Borris-Ileigh	Mount Sion
1982	Éire Óg, Ennis	St. Finbarr's		Causeway	Patrickswell	Moycarkey-Borris	Ballyduff Upper
1983	Sixmilebridge	Midleton		Lixnaw	Patrickswell	Borris-Ileigh	Mount Sion
1984	Sixmilebridge	St. Finbarr's		Ballyduff	Patrickswell	Moycarkey-Borris	Tallow
1985	Kilmaley	Blackrock		Lixnaw	Kilmallock	Kilruane MacDonagh's	Tallow
1986	Clarecastle	Midleton		St. Brendan's	Claughaun	Borris-Ileigh	Mount Sion
1987	Clarecastle	Midleton		Causeway	Patrickswell	Cappawhite	Ballyduff Upper
1988	Feakle	St. Finbarr's		Ballyduff	Patrickswell	Loughmore-Castleiney	Mount Sion
1989	Sixmilebridge	Glen Rovers		Ballyduff	Ballybrown	Clonoulty-Rossmore	Roanmore
1990	Éire Óg, Ennis	Na Piarsaigh		St. Brendan's	Patrickswell	Holycross-Ballycahill	Roanmore
1991	Clarecastle	Midleton		Ballyduff	Ballybrown	Cashel King Cormacs	Lismore
1992	Sixmilebridge	Erin's Own		Ballyheigue	Kilmallock	Toomevara	Ballygunner
1993	Sixmilebridge	St. Finbarr's		Ballyduff	Patrickswell	Toomevara	Lismore
1994	Clarecastle	Midleton		Ballyduff	Kilmallock	Toomevara	Mount Sion
1995	Sixmilebridge	Na Piarsaigh		Ballyduff	Patrickswell	Nenagh Éire Óg	Ballygunner
1996	Wolfe Tones, Shannon	Na Piarsaigh		Ballyheigue	Patrickswell	Boherlahan-Dualla	Ballygunner
1997	Clarecastle	Sarsfields		Ballyheigue	Patrickswell	Clonoulty-Rossmore	Ballygunner
1998	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	Blackrock		Causeway	Ahane	Toomevara	Mount Sion
1999	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	Blackrock		Lixnaw	Ahane	Toomevara	Ballygunner
2000	Sixmilebridge	Newtownshandrum		Ballyduff	Patrickswell	Toomevara	Mount Sion
2001	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	Blackrock		Kilmoyley	Adare	Toomevara	Ballygunner
2002	Sixmilebridge	Blackrock		Kilmoyley	Adare	Mullinahone	Mount Sion
2003	Clarecastle	Newtownshandrum		Kilmoyley	Patrickswell	Toomevara	Mount Sion
2004	Kilmaley	Na Piarsaigh		Kilmoyley	Ahane	Toomevara	Mount Sion
2005	Clarecastle	Newtownshandrum		Lixnaw	Garryspillane	Thurles Sarsfields	Ballygunner
2006	Wolfe Tones, Shannon	Erin's Own		Ballyduff	Bruree	Toomevara	Mount Sion
2007	Tulla	Erin's Own		Lixnaw	Adare	Loughmore-Castleiney	Ballyduff Upper
2008	Clonlara	Sarsfields		N/A	Adare	Toomevara	De La Salle
2009	Cratloe	Newtownshandrum			Adare	Thurles Sarsfields	Ballygunner
2010	Crusheen	Sarsfields			Kilmallock	Thurles Sarsfields	De La Salle
2011	Crusheen	Carrigtwohill			Na Piarsaigh	Drom-Inch	Ballygunner
2012	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Sarsfields			Kilmallock	Thurles Sarsfields	De La Salle
2013	Sixmilebridge	Midleton			Na Piarsaigh	Loughmore-Castleiney	Passage
2014	Cratloe	Sarsfields			Kilmallock	Thurles Sarsfields	Ballygunner
2015	Sixmilebridge	Glen Rovers			Na Piarsaigh	Thurles Sarsfields	Ballygunner
2016	Ballyea	Glen Rovers			Patrickswell	Thurles Sarsfields	Ballygunner
2017	Sixmilebridge	Blackrock			Na Piarsaigh	Thurles Sarsfields	Ballygunner
2018	Ballyea	Midleton			Na Piarsaigh	Clonoulty-Rossmore	Ballygunner
2019	Sixmilebridge	Glen Rovers			Patrickswell	Borris-Ileigh	Ballygunner
2020	NO CHAMPIONSHIP
2021	Ballyea	Midleton	N/A	N/A	Kilmallock	Loughmore-Castleiney	Ballygunner
2022	Ballyea	St. Finbarr's			Na Piarsaigh	Kilruane MacDonagh's	Ballygunner
2023	Clonlara	Sarsfields			Na Piarsaigh	Kiladangan	Ballygunner

By decade

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

• 1960s: Two titles for Newmarket-on-Fergus (1967, 1968)
• 1970s: Five titles for Blackrock (1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979)
• 1980s: Two titles for Midleton (1983, 1987)
• 1990s: Two titles each for Kilmallock (1992, 1994), and St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield (1998, 1999)
• 2000s: Three titles for Newtownshandrum (2003, 2005, 2009)
• 2010s: Four titles for Na Piarsaigh (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
• 2020s: Three titles for Ballygunner (2021, 2022, 2023)

Successful defending

Only 5 teams of the 27 who have won the championship have ever successfully defended the title. These are:

• Newmarket-on-Fergus in 1 attempt out of 2 (1968)
• Roscrea in 1 attempt out of 2 (1970)
• Blackrock on 1 attempt out of 5 (1979)
• St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield on 1 attempt out of 2 (1999)
• Ballygunner on 2 attempts out of 4 (2022, 2023)

Barren spells

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

• 33 years: Borris-Ileigh (1986-2019)
• 21 years: Mount Sion (1981–2002)
• 20 years: Kilmallock (1994–2014)
• 17 years: Ballygunner (2001-2018)
• 11 years: Sixmilebridge (1984–1995)
• 11 years: Toomevara (1993–2004)

Biggest wins

The most one-sided games from all stages of the championship:

• 30 points – 1974: Kilmallock 6-16 (34) – (4) 0-04 Abbeydorney
• 30 points – 1975: Mount Sion 8-13 (37) – (7) 1-04 St. Brendan's, Ardfert
• 29 points – 1991: Lismore 5-18 (33) – (4) 0-04 Ballyduff

The most one-sided Munster finals:

• 19 points – 1975: Blackrock 8-12 (36) – (17) 3-08 Mount Sion
• 18 points – 2013: Na Piarsaigh 4-14 (26) – (8) 0-08 Sixmilebridge
• 14 points – 2021: Ballygunner 3-20 (29) – (15) 1-12 Kilmallock
• 14 points – 1995: Sixmilebridge 2-18 (24) – (10) 1-07 Nenagh Éire Óg
• 14 points – 1970: Roscrea 4-11 (23) – (9) 1-06 Clarecastle
• 13 points – 2023: Ballygunner 2-24 (30) – (17) 0-17 Clonlara
• 12 points – 1971: Blackrock 4-10 (22) – (10) 3-01 Moyne-Templetuohy
• 12 points – 1965: St. Finbarr's, Togher 3-12 (21) – (9) 2-03 Mount Sion

Top scorers

Overall

Year	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
1970	Joe Tynan	Roscrea	5-05	20
1971	Pat Moylan	Blackrock	3-23	32
1972	Francis Loughnane	Roscrea	1-17	20
1973	Tim Ryan	Newmarket-on-Fergus	6-20	38
1974	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	St. Finbarr's, Togher	4-07	19
1975	Ray Cummins	Blackrock	4-04	16
1976	Tom Ryan	South Liberties	2-04	10
	Éamonn Grimes	South Liberties	1-07
	Tim Ryan	Newmarket-on-Fergus
1977	Charlie McCarthy	St. Finbarr's, Togher	3-07	16
1978	Seán O'Meara	Kilruane MacDonagh's	2-08	14
1979	John Grogan	Dunhill	4-05	17
1980	John Cremin	St. Finbarr's, Togher	0-17	17
1981	Jim Greene	Mount Sion	2-18	24
1982	Richie Bennis	Patrickswell	2-15	21
1983	John Fenton	Midleton	1-21	24
1984	Gerry McInerney	Sixmilebridge	3-13	22
1985	Finbarr Delaney	Blackrock	3-16	25
1986	Leo O'Connor	Claughaun	2-16	22
1987	John Fenton	Midleton	0-17	17
1988	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	2-20	26
1989	John Buckley	Glen Rovers	2-03	9
	Gerry McInerney	Sixmilebridge	1-06	9
	Christy Keyes	Ballybrown	1-06	9
1990	Declan Coote	Éire Óg, Ennis	1-13	16
1991	Tommy Grogan	Cashel King Cormacs	1-13	16
1992	Paddy Kelly	Kilmallock	4-17	29
1993	Mike Nolan	Toomevara	1-25	28
1994	Ger Manley	Midleton	3-16	25
1995	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	2-21	27
1996	Paul Flynn	Ballygunner	3-21	30
1997	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	1-29	32
1998	Tommy Dunne	Toomevara	1-13	16
1999	Paul Flynn	Ballygunner	1-17	20
2000	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	1-19	22
2001	Paul Flynn	Ballygunner	1-38	23
2002	Ken McGrath	Mount Sion	0-26	26
2003	Paul O'Grady	Patrickswell	0-17	17
2004	Ken McGrath	Mount Sion	2-15	21
2005	Paul Flynn	Ballygunner	4-11	23
2006	Ken Dunne	Toomevara	1-14	17
2007	Aidan Lynch	Tulla	1-14	17
2008	Pat Ryan	Sarsfields	0-20	20
2009	Ben O'Connor	Newtownshandrum	0-23	23
2010	John Mullane	De La Salle	0-10	10
2011	Shane Dowling	Na Piarsaigh	3-14	23
2012	Pa Bourke	Thurles Sarsfields	1-19	22
2013	Shane Dowling	Na Piarsaigh	0-15	15
2014	Conor McGrath	Cratloe	3-21	30
2015	Shane Dowling	Na Piarsaigh	1-16	19
2016	Tony Kelly	Ballyea	1-15	18
2017	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	1-24	27
2018	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	1-32	35
2019	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	0-20	20
2020	No championship
2021	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	0-17	17
2022	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	0-29	29
2023	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	0-28	28

Single game

Year	Top scorer	Team	Opposition	Score	Total
1970	Joe Tynan	Roscrea	Ballyduff-Portlaw	2-02	8
	Francis Loughnane	Roscrea	Clarecastle	1-05
1971	Pat Moylan	Blackrock	Claughaun	1-09	12
	Pat Moylan	Blackrock	Newmarket-on-Fergus
1972	Francis Loughnane	Roscrea	Mount Sions	1-10	13
1973	Tom Ryan	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Portlaw	4-07	19
1974	Tom Smith	Kilmallock	Abbeydorney	1-08	11
1975	Jim Greene	Mount Sion	St. Brendan's	3-06	15
1976	Donal Kennedy	Moneygall	Newmarket-on-Fergus	2-02	8
1977	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	St. Finbarr's	Portlaw	4-01	13
1978	Éamonn Grimes	South Liberties	Kilruane MacDonagh's	1-06	9
	Tom Casey	Dunhill	Newmarket-on-Fergus
1979	John Hogan	Dunhill	Causeway	3-02	11
1980	John Cremin	St. Finbarr's	Causeway	0-10	10
1981	Noel O'Dwyer	Borris-Ileigh	Mount Sion	0-10	10
1982	Richie Bennis	Patrickswell	Causeway	1-06	9
1983	John Fenton	Midleton	Borris-Ileigh	1-01	13
1984	Gerry McInerney	Sixmilebridge	St. Finbarr's	2-06	12
1985	Finbarr Delaney	Blackrock	Kilmallock	2-0 8	14
1986	Leo O'Connor	Claughaun	Midleton	2-05	11
1987	John Regan	Causeway	Patrickswell	1-05	8
1988	Val Donnellan	Feakle	Ballyduff	3-07	16
1989	John Buckley	Glen Rovers	Ballyduff	2-03	9
1990	Declan Coote	Éire Óg, Ennis	Roanmore	2-05	11
1991	Tommy Grogan	Cashel King Cormacs	Clarecastle	1-09	12
1992	Paddy Kelly	Kilmallock	Sixmilebridge	2-05	11
1993	Mike Nolan	Toomevara	Patrickswell	1-11	14
1994	Ger Manley	Midleton	Mount Sion	2-11	17
1995	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	Ballyduff	1-07	10
1996	Paul Flynn	Ballygunner	Na Piarsaigh	1-12	15
1997	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	Ballyheigue	1-10	13
1998	Tommy Dunne	Toomevara	Blackrock	1-06	9
	Jamesie O'Connor	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	Toomevara	0-09
1999	Tommy Dunne	Toomevara	Ahane	1-07	10
2000	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	Toomevara	1-08	11
	Niall Gilligan	Sixmilebridge	Mount Sion
2001	Alan Browne	Blackrock	Kilmoyley	2-07	13
	Paul Flynn	Ballygunner	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	0-13
2002	Shane Brick	Kilmoyley	Blackrock	1-10	13
2003	James Bowles	Newtownshandrum	Patrickswell	2-03	9
	Paul O'Grady	Patrickswell	Mount Sion	0-09
2004	Seán Ryan	Mount Sion	Ahane	4-00	12
2005	Mike Conway	Lixnaw	Thurles Sarsfields	3-07	16
2006	Willie Ryan	Toomevara	Ballyduff	2-01	7
	Bobby O'Sullivan	Ballyduff	Toomevara	1-04
	Ken Dunne	Toomevara	Erin's Own	1-04
	Ken Dunne	Toomevara	Ballyduff	0-07
	Ken McGrath	Mount Sion	Toomevara	0-07
2007	Aidan Lynch	Tulla	Lixnaw	1-08	11
2008	Pat Ryan	Sarsfields	Clonlara	0-14	14
2009	Declan Hannon	Adare	Newtownshandrum	1-13	16
2010	Cian McCarthy	Sarsfields	De La Salle	1-06	9
2011	Shane Dowling	Na Piarsaigh	Ballygunner	2-04	10
	Shane Dowling	Na Piarsaigh	Crusheen	1-07
2012	Jake Dillon	De La Salle	Thurles Sarsfields	0-09	9
2013	Noel McGrath	Loughmore-Castleiney	Na Piarsaigh	0-09	9
2014	Cian McCarthy	Sarsfields	Kilmallock	0-12	12
2015	Brian O'Sullivan	Ballygunner	Glen Rovers	0-09	9
	Brian O'Sullivan	Ballygunner	Na Piarsaigh	1-06
2016	Tony Kelly	Ballyea	Thurles Sarsfields	1-10	13
2017	Ronan Lynch	Na Piarsaigh	Blackrock	0-15	15
2018	Niall Deasy	Ballyea	Ballygunner	2-10	16
2019	Patrick Horgan	Glen Rovers	Borris-Ileigh	2-04	10
	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	Sixmilebridge	0-10
2020	No championship
2021	Micheál Houlihan	Kilmallock	Midleton	0-11	11
2022	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	Na Piarsaigh	0-13	13
2023	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	Na Piarsaigh	0-11	11
	Billy Seymour	Kiladangan	Clonlara	0-11

Finals

Final	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
1964	Tom Corbett	Glen Rovers	0-05	5
1965	Pierce Freaney	St. Finbarr's	0-08	8
1966	Mick Roche	Carrick Davins	1-09	12
1967	Mick Roche	Carrick Davins	0-05	5
1968	Mick Arthur	Newmarket-on-Fergus	2-00	6
1969	Francis Loughnane	Roscrea	2-01	7
1970	Francis Loughnane	Roscrea	1-05	8
1971	Pat Moylan	Blackrock	1-05	8
1972	Liam McAuliffe	Glen Rovers	2-02	8
1973	Timmy Ryan	Newmarket-on-Fergus	0-09	9
1974	Charlie McCarthy	St. Finbarr's	0-04	4
1975	Ray Cummins	Blackrock	3-02	11
1976	Patsy Harte	Glen Rovers	1-03	6
1977	Charlie McCarthy (D)	St. Finbarr's	2-02	8
	John Allen (R)	St. Finbarr's	1-01	4
1978	Ray Cummins	Blackrock	2-00	6
1979	John Grogan	Dunhill	1-03	6
1980	Charlie McCarthy	St. Finbarr's	0-06	6
1981	Jim Greene	Mount Sion	1-06	9
1982	Richie Bennis	Patrickswell	0-05	5
1983	Kevin Hennessy	Midleton	3-01	10
1984	Gerry McInerney	Sixmilebridge	1-05	8
1985	Paddy Williams	Kilrunae MacDonagh's	0-03	3
1986	Noel O'Dwyer	Borris-Ileigh	0-09	9
1987	John Fenton	Midleton	0-06	6
	Pat O'Neill	Cappawhite	0-06	6
1988	Shane Ahern	Mount Sion	2-06	12
1989	Christy Keyes	Ballybrown	1-04	7
1990	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	0-06	6
1991	Tommy Grogan	Cashel King Cormac's	0-04	4
1992	Paddy Kelly	Kilmallock	2-05	11
1993	Michael Nolan	Toomevara	0-08	8
1994	Tommy Dunne	Toomevara	0-08	8
1995	Gerry McInerney	Sixmilebridge	1-02	5
	John Chaplin	Sixmilebridge	0-05	5
	Michael Cleary	Nenagh Éire Óg	0-05	5
1996	Paul Flynn	Ballygunner	2-04	10
	Paul O'Rourke	Wolfe Tones, Shannon	2-04	10
1997	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	0-11	11
1998	Jamesie O'Connor	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	0-09	9
1999	Paul Flynn	Ballygunner	1-05	8
2000	Niall Gilligan	Sixmilebridge	1-08	11
2001	Paul Flynn	Ballygunner	1-09	12
2002	Ken McGrath	Mount Sion	0-09	9
2003	James Bowles	Newtownshandrum	2-03	9
2004	Ken McGrath	Mount Sion	1-06	9
2005	Ben O'Connor	Newtownshandrum	0-06	6
2006	Ken Dunne	Toomevara	1-04	7
2007	Evan Sweeney	Loughmore-Castleiney	1-02	5
2008	John Mullane	De La Salle	1-02	5
2009	Paul Flynn	Ballygunner	0-08	8
2010	John Mullane	De La Salle	0-05	5
2011	Adrian Breen	Na Piarsaigh	1-03	6
2012	Jake Dillon	De La Salle	0-09	9
2013	Kevin Ryan	Na Piarsaigh	1-03	6
2014	Jake Mulcahy	Kilmallock	1-06	9
	Conor McGrath	Cratloe	1-06	9
2015	Brian O'Sullivan	Ballygunner	1-06	9
2016	Conor Dorris	Glen Rovers	2-01	7
	Niall Deasy	Ballyea	0-07	7
2017	Adrian Breen	Na Piarsaigh	1-05	8
2018	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	1-06	9
2019	Brendan Maher	Borris-Ileigh	0-07	7
2020	No championship
2021	Dessie Hutchinson	Ballygunner	1-05	8
2022	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	0-10	10
2023	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	0-10	10

Players

Players who have won the most Munster Championship titles

T	Player	Team	Years won
				5	Donie Collins	Blackrock	1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979
5	Pat Kavanagh	Blackrock	1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979
5	Pat Moylan	Blackrock	1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979
4	David Breen	Na Piarsaigh	2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
4	Barry Coughlan	Ballygunner	2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
4	Frank Cummins	Blackrock	1971, 1973, 1975, 1978
4	Ray Cummins	Blackrock	1973, 1975, 1978, 1979
4	Alan Dempsey	Na Piarsaigh	2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
4	Kevin Downes	Na Piarsaigh	2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
4	Ian Kenny	Ballygunner	2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
4	John Horgan	Blackrock	1971, 1973, 1975, 1978
4	Kieran Kennedy	Na Piarsaigh	2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
4	Pádraic Kennedy	Na Piarsaigh	2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
4	John Horgan	Blackrock	1971, 1973, 1975, 1978
4	Cathal King	Na Piarsaigh	2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
4	Tony Maher	St. Finbarr's	1965, 1974, 1977, 1980
4	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
4	Philip Mahony	Ballygunner	2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
4	Charlie McCarthy	St. Finbarr's	1965, 1974, 1977, 1980
4	Tim Murphy	Blackrock	1973, 1975, 1978, 1979
4	Frank Norberg	Blackrock	1971, 1973, 1975, 1979
4	Éamonn O'Donoghue	Blackrock	1973, 1975, 1978, 1979
4	Billy O'Keefe	Ballygunner	2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
4	Stephen O'Keeffe	Ballygunner	2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
4	Shane O'Sullivan	Ballygunner	2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
4	Kevin Ryan	Na Piarsaigh	2011, 2013, 2015, 2017

Miscellaneous

• John Horgan of Blackrock holds the record of being the only player to captain his club to three Munster club titles. These victories came in 1971, 1973 and 1978.
• Cork clubs hold the record for the most consecutive appearances in Munster finals. They played in twelve-in-a-row between 1969 and 1980, with success coming on eleven of those occasions.
• Cork is the only county to have completed the Munster junior, intermediate and senior treble at club level in the same year. This feat was achieved in 2005 when Fr. O'Neill's, Ballinhassig and Newtownshandrum claimed their respective titles in their respective grades.
• Tipperary hold the record for the number of clubs that have won the Munster title, with nine different clubs all claiming provincial victories on behalf of the county.
• Ballygunner hold the record for appearances in Munster finals. They have appeared in fourteen provincial deciders.
• Five clubs have secured back-to-back Munster titles: Newmarket-on-Fergus in 1968, Roscrea in 1970, Blackrock in 1979, St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield in 1999, and Ballygunner in 2022 and 2023.
• Ballygunner are the only club to have won three titles in a row from 2021 to 2023
• Five players have captained both their club and their county to Munster titles: Christy Ring, John Horgan, Martin O'Doherty, John Fenton and Tommy Dunne.
• St. Finbarrs won the Munster Senior Club Football and Hurling championships in 1980 and are currently the only Munster club team to achieve this double.

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