Munster GAA

Munster GAA
Irish:Cúige Mumhan
Location:South
Number of counties:6
Province colours:  Blue   Navy
Major grounds:Semple Stadium
Gaelic Grounds
Fitzgerald Stadium
Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Cusack Park
Walsh Park
Most All-Ireland titles
Hurling:Cork (30)
Football:Kerry (37]
Most provincial titles
Hurling:Cork (51)
Football:Kerry (77)
Interprovincial Championship wins
Hurling:44
Football:15
Standard kit
Regular kit

The Munster Council is a provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and handball in Munster, one of the four provinces of Ireland.[1]

County boards

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Hurling

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Provincial team

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The Munster provincial hurling team represents the province of Munster in hurling. The team competes in the Railway Cup.

Honours

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  • Railway Cups: 46
    • 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2016

Current panel

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No. Player Position Club
1 Anthony Nash Goalkeeper Cork
2 Shane O'Neill Right corner back Cork
3 Seamus Hickey Full back Limerick
4 Pádraic Maher Left corner back Tipperary
5 Brendan Bugler Right half back Clare
6 Michael Walsh Centre back Waterford
7 Brendan Maher Left half back Tipperary
8 Paul Browne Midfield Limerick
9 Conor Ryan Midfield Clare
10 Tony Kelly Right half forward Clare
11 John O'Dwyer Centre forward Tipperary
12 Pa Cronin Left half forward Cork
13 Shane Dowling Right corner forward Limerick
14 Séamus Callanan Full forward Tipperary
15 Patrick Horgan Left corner forward Cork
No. Player Position Club
16 Patrick Kelly Substitute Clare
17 Shane Nolan Substitute Kerry
18 Kevin Moran Substitute Waterford
19 Lar Corbett Substitute Tipperary
20 Mark Ellis Substitute Cork
21 Patrick Maher Substitute Tipperary
22 Noel McGrath[clarification needed] Substitute Tipperary
23 Conor McGrath Substitute Clare
24 Conor Lehane Substitute Cork

Players

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Players from the following county teams represent Munster: Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.

Notable players
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Limerick's Andrew O'Shaughnessy (left) representing Munster in the 2008 Railway Cup hurling semi-final against Ulster

Competitions

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Inter-county

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Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Munster Senior Hurling Championship 2022 Limerick 23rd Clare 2023
Munster Senior Hurling League 2023 Cork 2nd Tipperary 2024
Munster Under-20 Hurling Championship 2022 Limerick 9th Tipperary 2023
Munster Minor Hurling Championship 2022 Tipperary 41st Clare 2023
Inactive competitions
Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship 2016 Clare 2nd Limerick TBD
Munster Junior Hurling Championship 1996 Cork 21st Tipperary TBD
Waterford Crystal Cup 2015 Limerick 2nd Cork TBD
Record
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships: 72
    • Cork: 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1902, 1903, 1919, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1999, 2004, 2005
    • Tipperary: 1887, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1916, 1925, 1930, 1937, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2010, 2016, 2019
    • Clare: 1914, 1995, 1997, 2013
    • Limerick: 1897, 1918, 1921, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1973, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
    • Waterford: 1948, 1959
    • Kerry: 1891

Club

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Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship 2022 Ballygunner 4th Ballyea 2023
Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship 2022 Monaleen 1st Roscrea 2023
Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship 2022 Ballygiblin 2nd St. Kieran’s 2023

Football

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Provincial team

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The Munster provincial football team represents the province of Munster in Gaelic football. The team competes in the Railway Cup.

Players

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Players from the following county teams represent Munster: Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.

Honours

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  • Railway Cup: 15
    • 1927, 1931, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1999, 2008

Inter-county

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Competitions

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Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Munster Senior Football Championship 2022 Kerry 83rd Limerick 2023
Munster Under-20 Football Championship 2022 Kerry 29th Cork 2023
Munster Minor Football Championship 2022 Cork 31st Kerry 2023
McGrath Cup 2023 Cork 10th Limerick 2024
Inactive competitions
Munster Junior Football Championship 2019 Kerry 46th Cork TBD
Record
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: 50
    • Kerry: 1903, 1904, 1909, 1913, 1914, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007,2009, 2022
    • Cork: 1890, 1911, 1945, 1973, 1989, 1990, 2010
    • Tipperary: 1889, 1895, 1900, 1920
    • Limerick: 1887, 1896

Club

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Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Munster Senior Club Football Championship 2022 Kerins O'Rahilly's 1st Newcastle West 2023
Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship 2022 Rathmore 1st Na Piarsaigh 2023
Munster Junior Club Football Championship 2022 Fossa 1st Kilmurry 2023

Camogie

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Gael Linn Cup

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The Munster camogie team won the premier representative competition in the women’s team field sport of camogie, the Gael Linn Cup on 20 occasions, in 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2009.

Gael Linn Trophy

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The Munster provincial junior camogie team won the Gael Linn Trophy on 17 occasions in 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2011.

Inter-county honours

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Rank Team Football Hurling Total Most recent Provincial
Title(s) Runners-Up Title(s) Runners-Up Title(s) Runners-Up Title Runner-Up
1 Cork 37 55 54 29 91 84 2018 (H) 2021 (F)
2 Kerry 83 24 1 4 84 28 2022 (F) 2008 (F)
3 Tipperary 10 18 42 28 52 46 2020 (F) 2021 (H)
4 Limerick 1 13 23 27 24 40 2022 (H) 2022 (F)
5 Waterford 1 9 9 21 10 30 2010 (H) 2020 (H)
6 Clare 2 12 6 23 8 35 1998 (H) 2022 (H)

References

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  1. ^ "Munster GAA Web site". munster.gaa.ie.
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