Munster Junior Football Championship


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. 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.

Roll of Honour

Top Winners

List of finals

YearWinnersScoreRunners-upScoreWinning Captain
1910Tipperary1–01Limerick0–00Tom Byrne
1911Cork3–01Waterford3–00W. P. Aherne
1912Tipperary0–05Cork0–02
1913Kerry1–03, 1–04 Limerick1–02, 0–00 Jas O'Connell
1914Kerry0–07Waterford0–00Dick Power
1915Kerry2–03Waterford1–05T. King
1916Limerick0–02Cork1–00Con Kiely
1917Suspended
1918Suspended
1919Suspended
1920Suspended
1921Suspended
1922Suspended
1923Tipperary2–05Cork1–03Ned Cummins
1924Kerry2–02Clare1–01J. McCarthy
1925Clare0–06Cork0–05Tom Gillick
1926Kerry1–05Tipperary2–01
1927Kerry1–10Clare3–02
1928Kerry3–02Waterford0–04
1929Limerick2–06Clare0–03
1930Kerry2–02Clare1–01J. O'Conner
1931Kerry2–05Cork2–03
1932Cork1–05Kerry1–03Dan Burke
1933Cork2–02Kerry1–03
1934Kerry2–12Waterford0–01
1935Tipperary4–10Cork0–03Moss Savage
1936Kerry4–14Waterford3–01
1937Tipperary3–06Limerick0–06Jimmy Hickey
1938Kerry2–04Limerick1–00
1939Limerick1–07Kerry1–02
1940Cork1–06Tipperary0–03
1941Kerry1–10Tipperary0–03Tim Brosnan
1942Suspended
1943Suspended
1944Suspended
1945Suspended
1946Kerry3–03Cork1–07
1947Kerry3–07Limerick3–05Teddy O'Sullivan
1948Waterford2–08Limerick1–07Paddy Hayes
1949Kerry2–05Waterford0–06Tom Long
1950Limerick3–06Cork1–06Joe O'Leary
1951Cork3–06Kerry1–04J.J. Henchion
1952Tipperary0–15, 0–08 Kerry2–09, 0–06 Dick Dunne
1953Cork1–10Tipperary0–10Jack Lyons
1954Kerry1–09Cork2–02John ``Walla`` O'Conner
1955Cork3–07Limerick0–05Owen McAuliffe
1956Kerry4–10Waterford1–04
1957Cork1–07Limerick0–07Owen McAuliffe
1958Kerry3–11Waterford2–04
1959Kerry3–08Cork0–06
1960Kerry2–06Cork1–08
1961Kerry2–04Cork0–06
1962Cork3–06Limerick0–08
1963Kerry2–04Limerick0–06Harry Burke
1964Cork2–05Clare1–04Connie Kelleher
1965Kerry3–13Clare0–06
1966Cork1–07Clare0–07
1967Kerry2–07Cork0–09Pat Aherne
1968Kerry3–11Clare2–06
1969Kerry1–11Tipperary1–05
1970Cork2–10Tipperary2–09
1971Cork2–07Clare1–05Bertie O'Brien
1972Cork2–13Kerry0–09
1973Suspended
1974Suspended
1975Suspended
1976Suspended
1977Suspended
1978Suspended
1979Suspended
1980Suspended
1981Suspended
1982Suspended
1983Kerry2–10Cork0–09
1984Cork1–12Kerry0–09John O'Sullivan
1985Kerry1–05 Tipperary1–04
1986Cork1–12Tipperary1–06
1987Cork1–12Tipperary1–05Martin Kelleher
1988CorkTipperaryPaul O'Callaghan
1989Cork0–10Kerry0–09Pat Kenneally
1990Cork1–09Kerry1–06Joe Collins
1991Kerry1–12Waterford3–04Teddy Harrington
1992Cork0–13Clare1–09Niall O'Conner
1993Cork1–10Tipperary0–09Ronan Sheehan
1994Kerry1–06Clare0–08Michael Keating
1995Kerry1–21 AETCork0–19Garry McGrath
1996Cork1–10Kerry1–08Kieran Creed
1997Kerry1–15Clare0–09
1998Tipperary0–06Cork0–05Kevin Coonan
1999Waterford0–09Clare0–07Alfie Kirwan
2000Kerry1–15Clare0–06Denis Moynihan
2001Cork0–17Tipperary0–11Paul Mackey
2002Kerry2–14Tipperary0–15Austin Constable
2003Kerry2–09Cork0–14Brian Scanlon
2004Waterford1–07Cork0–09Michael Byrne
2005Cork2–13Kerry0–08
2006Kerry0–12Cork0–08Sean Hegarty
2007Cork0–12Clare0–11Barry Gogan
2008Kerry1–11Cork1–09Anthony Maher
2009Cork1–21Clare0–13
2010Kerry3–12Limerick1–06Michael O’Donoghue
2011Cork0–10Kerry1–05
2012Kerry3–18Clare3–07Marcus Mangan
2013Cork1–18Waterford0–09Ruairí Deane
2014Kerry3–14Cork0–13Thomas Hickey
2015Kerry1–20Cork0–11Alan O' Donughue
2016Kerry0–14Cork0–13Paul O’ Donoghue
2017Kerry4–24Cork3–20Killian Spillane
2018Kerry2–14Cork1–15Kieran Murphy
2019Kerry1–14Cork0–13