The Munster Junior Football Championship is a
gaelic football
Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...
tournament between the six counties of
Munster
Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ...
: 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).
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
The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA competition It has historically consisted of two entirely different formats before and after 2021, but has retained the same name.
Since 2022, the competition ...
.
Teams
2019 Championship
Six counties competed in the
2019 Munster Junior Football Championship:
Personnel and kits
Roll of honour
List of finals
Key
List of finals
* 1913 Replay ordered after an objection
* 1916 Limerick awarded title on an objection after Cork had won the final 1–0 to 0–2
See also
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Munster Senior Football Championship
The Munster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship and shortened to Munster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associatio ...
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All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA competition It has historically consisted of two entirely different formats before and after 2021, but has retained the same name.
Since 2022, the competition ...
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Connacht Junior Football Championship
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Leinster Junior Football Championship
The Leinster Junior Football Championship was a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games were organised by the Leinster Council. The competition ran from 1905 ...
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Ulster Junior Football Championship
References
External Information
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1910 establishments in Ireland
Recurring sporting events established in 1910