Inter-county , is Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) terminology which refers to competitions or matches between counties, as used in Gaelic games (differently from legal counties). The term can also be used to describe the players on the teams.
70-665: 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 Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Munster , and has been contested every year, bar one, since the 1888 championship . The final, currently held on
140-752: A "foreign" appointment. Kerry has several noted families who have competed at the sport's highest level; these include the Ó Sés , the Sheehys , the Spillane–Lynes and the Walshes and Kennellys ; Frank and John O'Keeffe ; Jack and Aidan O'Shea ; Ogie and David Moran ; Con and Jim Brosnan ; Ned and Maurice Fitzgerald ; John Egan and his son (the one who got away). Kerry has 159 All Stars, as of 2023. 64 different players have won, as of 2023. Pat Spillane won nine All Stars, Colm Cooper won eight and Mikey Sheehy won seven. denotes that
210-467: A Munster SFC final appearance since 1960. The first 15 years of the Munster SFC saw the most equitable era in its history with five of the six participating teams claiming the title. Cork led the way by claiming seven titles, closely followed by five for Tipperary, who also became the first team to retain the title. Limerick, Waterford and Kerry all claimed one title apiece during this era. In winning
280-533: A famous interview in which he directly referenced Brolly's claim that the 'production line' in Kerry had stopped, with Donaghy speaking directly to the camera and asking 'Well, Joe Brolly, what do you think of that?'. The next year, Kerry again reached the All-Ireland SFC final, only this time to be comfortably beaten by Dublin, 0–12 to 0–9. The next two years saw Kerry bow out at the semi-final stage. In 2016,
350-518: A feature during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland when restrictions (including a travel ban) were imposed. Kerry county football team The Kerry county football team represents Kerry in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Kerry GAA , the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association . The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions;
420-466: A late goal by Offaly 's Séamus Darby to give the title to Offaly. This goal was voted third in a poll to find the Top 20 GAA Moments . Towards the end of the 1980s, Kerry went into decline and did not appear in an All-Ireland SFC final for eleven years, between 1986 and 1997. The 1997 victory, however, marked the beginning of a revival for Kerry which spanned roughly the first decade of the 21st century. Of
490-3395: A player also won Footballer of the Year for the year in question. 1971: Donie O'Sullivan 1972: Donie O'Sullivan , Mick O'Connell 1973: John O'Keeffe 1974: Paudie Lynch 1975: Paudie O'Mahony , John O'Keeffe , Ger Power , Mickey "Ned" O'Sullivan , John Egan 1976: Ger O'Keeffe , John O'Keeffe , Ger Power , Mikey Sheehy , Pat Spillane 1977: Pat Spillane , John Egan 1978: John O'Keeffe , Paudie Lynch , Ger Power , Pat Spillane , Mikey Sheehy , John Egan 1979: John O'Keeffe , Tim Kennelly , Ger Power , Seán Walsh , Pat Spillane , Mikey Sheehy 1980: Charlie Nelligan , Tim Kennelly , Jack O'Shea , Ger Power , Pat Spillane , Eoin Liston , John Egan 1981: Jimmy Deenihan , Paudie Lynch , Páidí Ó Sé , Jack O'Shea , Seán Walsh , Denis "Ogie" Moran , Pat Spillane , Mikey Sheehy , Eoin Liston 1982: Páidí Ó Sé , Jack O'Shea , Mikey Sheehy , Eoin Liston , John Egan 1983: Páidí Ó Sé , Jack O'Shea 1984: Páidí Ó Sé , Tommy Doyle , Tom Spillane , Jack O'Shea , Eoin Liston , Pat Spillane , Mikey Sheehy 1985: Páidí Ó Sé , Mick Spillane , Tommy Doyle , Jack O'Shea , Pat Spillane 1986: Charlie Nelligan , Tommy Doyle , Tom Spillane , Pat Spillane , Mikey Sheehy , Ger Power 1987: Tom Spillane , Ger Lynch 1988: Maurice Fitzgerald 1989: Connie Murphy 1996: Maurice Fitzgerald 1997: Declan O'Keeffe , Séamus Moynihan , Eamonn Breen , Pa Laide , Maurice Fitzgerald 2000: Declan O'Keeffe , Séamus Moynihan , Mike McCarthy , Darragh Ó Sé , Liam Hassett , Mike Frank Russell 2001: Johnny Crowley 2002: Darragh Ó Sé , Colm Cooper 2004: Diarmuid Murphy , Tom O'Sullivan (Rathmore) , Mike McCarthy , Tomás Ó Sé , Paul Galvin , Colm Cooper 2005: Diarmuid Murphy , Mike McCarthy , Tomás Ó Sé , Colm Cooper 2006: Marc Ó Sé , Séamus Moynihan , Aidan O'Mahony , Darragh Ó Sé , Paul Galvin , Kieran Donaghy 2007: Marc Ó Sé , Tomás Ó Sé , Aidan O'Mahony , Darragh Ó Sé , Declan O'Sullivan , Colm Cooper 2008: Tomás Ó Sé , Declan O'Sullivan , Colm Cooper , Kieran Donaghy 2009: Diarmuid Murphy , Tom O'Sullivan (Rathmore) , Tomás Ó Sé , Séamus Scanlon , Paul Galvin , Tadhg Kennelly , Declan O'Sullivan 2010: Colm Cooper 2011: Marc Ó Sé , Bryan Sheehan , Darran O'Sullivan , Colm Cooper 2013: Colm Cooper , James O'Donoghue 2014: Paul Murphy , Peter Crowley , David Moran , Kieran Donaghy , James O'Donoghue 2015: Brendan Kealy , Shane Enright , Anthony Maher , Donnchadh Walsh 2016: Paul Geaney 2017: Paul Geaney 2018: David Clifford 2019: Tom O'Sullivan (Dingle) , David Moran , Seán O'Shea , David Clifford 2021: Tom O'Sullivan (Dingle) , Paudie Clifford , David Clifford 2022: Shane Ryan , Jason Foley , Tadhg Morley , Gavin White , Paudie Clifford , Seán O'Shea , David Clifford 2023: Tom O'Sullivan (Dingle) , Paudie Clifford , Seán O'Shea , David Clifford The team's current crest, which came into use in 2012, features design elements that represent
560-558: A sail featuring a Celtic cross – the symbol of the GAA. Kerry's fauna – Red Deer ( Fia Rua ): Ireland's largest wild animal whose only remaining native herd is found on the slopes of Torc and Mangerton . These animals are believed to have had a continuous presence in Ireland since the end of the last Ice Age ( c. 10,000 BC) and are steeped in folklore. It is said that 'Tuan', the King of
630-534: A significant source of regular income for the Munster Council and for the teams involved. For the 2019 championship , average attendances were 6,146 with a total aggregate attendance figure of 30,731. Excluding the final, these figures revealed a drop of 49% recorded from those through the turnstiles the previous year. Inter-county The first inter-county competitions the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and
700-409: A team is defeated they are eliminated from the championship. In the early years the pairings were drawn at random and there was no seeding. Each match was played as a single leg. If a match ended in a draw there was a replay. Drawn replays were settled with extra time; however, if both sides were still level at the end of extra time a second replay took place and so on until a winner was found. Extra-time
770-412: A walkover from Limerick. Postponements, disqualifications, objections, withdrawals and walkovers were regular occurrences during the initial years of the championship. Kerry became the sixth and final team to enter the championship in 1889 . On Sunday 6 October 1889, the first Munster SFC final took place. Tipperary won their first title on the field of play after a 1–2 to 0–3 defeat of Cork. Since then
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#1732801276788840-499: Is known as an inter-county transfer and is regulated by the Provincial council if the clubs are in the same province, or by the central council of the GAA when the transferring between clubs in different provinces. A special transfer is available for students going on a J-1 visa , which allows a temporary transfer to Canada , New York or North America . Inter-county travel is movement from one county to another. It became
910-400: Is related to the individual county boards. From 2018, all inter-county head coaches must be Award 2 qualified. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and an extensive backroom team consisting of various coaches. Prior to the development of the concept of a manager in the 1970s, teams were usually managed by a team of selectors with one member acting as chairman. Since 1994,
980-523: The 1903 series of games, Kerry wore green jerseys with gold on the cuffs and over the shoulders. These were the colours of the Tralee Mitchels senior team. The dominance of players from the Mitchels club on the Kerry team at the point in which they won their first All-Ireland, reinforced the idea that green and gold were the Kerry colours, and they have been Kerry's traditional colours from
1050-518: The 1903 Munster SFC final , Kerry claimed the first of a new record of three successive titles and set in train a level of championship dominance that continues to the present day. This record was bested in each of the following decades with Kerry winning four-a-in-a-row between 1912 and 1915 , five-in-a-row between 1923 and 1927 , six-in-a-row between 1929 and 1934 , seven-in-a-row between 1936 and 1942 and eight-in-a-row between 1958 and 1965 . The dominance continued with Kerry claiming 20 of
1120-506: The 2008 championship . After an outcry, the open draw was reinstated in 2009 after just one season of seeding. The policy of seeding Cork and Kerry returned once again in 2013 , however, it was abandoned after just one season and the open draw has remained in place ever since. The Munster SFC has always been an integral part of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Between 1888 and 2000
1190-471: The 2020 National Football League , Kerry's footballers were knocked out of the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship after a defeat by Cork. Kerry won its 38th, and most recent, All-Ireland SFC title in 2022 against Galway, winning by a margin of 0–20 to 0–16. In January 2003, Páidí Ó Sé famously described Kerry supporters "fucking animals". More than 15 years later, former Tyrone footballer Seán Cavanagh , recalling his own experiences of
1260-424: The 2025 Munster Senior Football Championship : The following teams have competed in the Munster SFC for at least one season. At the end of the Munster SFC final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The Munster 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
1330-584: The All-Ireland Football Championship , counties were represented by the county champions. Kerry's first representatives were from Laune Rangers , and the blue of Laune Rangers was worn in Kerry's first championship outing in 1889 . The royal blue of Laune Rangers were also worn in the 1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final . Between 1889 and 1895 inclusive, the teams that went forward to represent Kerry were Laune Rangers and Ballymacelligott, who both wore blue. In
1400-597: The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship , the Munster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League . Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium , Killarney . The team's manager is Jack O'Connor . Kerry was the fourth Munster county both to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), as well as to appear in the final, following Limerick , Tipperary and Cork . The team last won
1470-673: The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship took place in 1887. County teams select the best players from the clubs within the county, a practice which began in 1892. Before 1892 the winner of each counties club championship would represent the county in the All-Ireland championships. The inter-county season begins in January with each province 's warm-up competition and ends in September with
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#17328012767881540-597: The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship ; Kilkenny does not compete in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship , and Cavan does not currently compete in the National Hurling League , though Fingal (part of Dublin) recently did. London also competes in the hurling and Gaelic football championships and leagues, winning the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship once in 1901, Warwickshire competes in
1610-485: The Tailteann Cup . Legend The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Munster SFC titles, is as follows: Legend As of 22 April 2024 (after Munster SFC semi-finals). Managers in the Munster SFC are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players from the club championships. Their influence varies from county-to-county and
1680-402: The 1903 triumph onward. The 'classic' style is green with a gold hoop. The colours have been changed only rarely, most of all in the 80's finals against Offaly to avoid again colour clashes. In the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Kerry were to play Meath , who also wear green and gold. To avoid a colour clash, Kerry wore the red and white of Dingle , the county champions at
1750-406: The 25 available Munster SFC titles between 1958 and 1982 . Since the turn of the 20th century, Cork had claimed titles in almost every decade, including several back-to-back successes, but had never enjoyed a prolonged period of dominance. Cork won the 1987 Munster final , bringing an end to a run of success by a Kerry team that has since come to be regarded as the greatest of all time and securing
1820-483: The All-Ireland final. The GAA's inter county competitions are the organisation's most attended competitions and are Ireland's most attended sporting events, while the All-Ireland finals are the most watched. and the All-Ireland Football Final is the most watched event in Ireland's sporting calendar. Usually each of the 32 GAA counties in Ireland participates in the inter-county leagues and in
1890-635: The Deer, was given rights of free passage by Fionn McCool to the mountains of Kerry and that his blood line lives on in the present herd. Kerry's landscape – Skellig Michael's iconic silhouette rising out of the Atlantic Ocean. A designated UNESCO World Heritage site and famous around the globe. Kerry's flora – Killarney woodland fern that thrives in wild exotic places; an evocation of majestic mountains, valleys and hills. Kerry's artistry – A background pattern of concentric circles inspired by
1960-412: The Kerry county board financially. The previous crest, shown on the right, which was used from 1988 to 2011, was based more on Irish and Celtic symbolism, featuring Rattoo Round Tower , an Irish Wolfhound and a harp . Kerry traditional colours are gold and green and the county team kits are composed by a green shirt with a single golden hoop, white shorts and green and gold socks. In the early days of
2030-442: The Kerry supporters, agreed that Ó Sé had been right. Cavanagh mentioned a 2012 match at Fitzgerald Stadium when an injury meant he could not play. "Then you sit in the stand, and you realise Páidí Ó Sé was right. They are absolute animals when the game is on". Cavanagh also questioned their "patronising" attitude towards their opponents. "It was strange that day. Their fans were riled on the terraces. They beat us well. They beat us out
2100-426: The Munster SFC has been sponsored. The sponsor has usually been able to determine the championship's sponsorship name. Munster SFC matches were traditionally played at neutral venues or at a location that was deemed to be halfway between the two participants; however, all of the teams eventually came to home and away agreements. Every second meeting between these teams is played at the home venue of one of them. While
2170-608: The Munster SFC, like their counterparts in Connacht , Leinster and Ulster , are rewarded by advancing directly to the All-Ireland group stage . Each of the other defeated teams, depending on their league ranking, advance to the All-Ireland SFC, or to the second-tier Tailteann Cup . Six teams currently participate in the Munster SFC. The title has been won at least once by all six of the Munster counties, four of which have won
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2240-672: The Munster Senior Championship in 2024 , the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 2022 and the National League in 2022 . Kerry is the most successful team in football history, having won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) on 38 occasions and the National Football League 21 times. The team also holds a number of distinctive records in football championship history. It has contested 59 All-Ireland SFC finals ,
2310-478: The Munster final winners automatically qualified for the All-Ireland SFC semi-final. The introduction of the All-Ireland Qualifiers system in 2001 allowed the five defeated teams a second chance of qualifying the All-Ireland SFC, while the Munster SFC champions received a bye to the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final. Waterford no Munster SFC final since 1960 hold the longest record and weakest team in
2380-460: The age of 57. Kerry reached the 2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final . Its opponent, Tyrone , had lost two of its three previous appearances at this stage. Tyrone did not lose this one. In 2006 and 2007, Kerry won consecutive All-Ireland SFC titles (the first team to do so since Cork in 1989 and 1990). Kerry reached the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final . Its opponent, Tyrone, defeated it once more. By reaching
2450-479: The ball over Kerry's bar to consign The Kingdom to defeat. Kerry contested the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final , attempting to prevent Dublin from achieving five consecutive titles (the record Offaly denied Kerry in 1982). Kerry, however, failed to stop Dublin from achieving the record. Kerry had also been the team to set the record going, after losing the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final to Dublin as well. Shortly after winning
2520-423: The championship title has been awarded every year, except in 1921, when the championship was cancelled due to the ongoing Civil War . The championship has been dominated by Kerry, and to a lesser extent Cork, who have won the title every year since 1936, with the exception of victories by Tipperary in 2020 and Clare in 1992. Limerick have lost too many Munster SFC finals since 1896, but Waterford have been without
2590-415: The counties at Buttevant . Clare defeated Limerick in the first semi-final, however, Limerick were later awarded the game as Clare champions Newmarket-on-Fergus used players from other clubs to supplement their team. Such a format was not yet allowed. The inaugural Munster SFC final between Tipperary and Limerick was to be played on Saturday 10 November 1888, however, no game was played as Tipperary received
2660-456: The county team did not win an All-Ireland SFC in the nineteenth century. The 1903 title was the first won by Kerry, with the county defeating London in the final at a time when London was given a bye to that stage of the championship; Kerry's overall exceptional success in the game began in this period. The Kerry team of the 1970s and 1980s was considered to be the greatest in the history of football and its manager ( Mick O'Dwyer ) one of
2730-458: The county who live in the capital city. Team as per Kerry vs Armagh in the 2024 All-Ireland SFC Semi-Final, 13 July 2024 Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team. Player has since retired from the county team. Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue. Kerry — like Cork , Dublin and Tyrone — traditionally appoints managers from inside, rather than seeking
2800-498: The county. After he succeeded and became the first player to have won an All-Ireland and an AFL Premiership, he returned to Australia and the Swans to finish his career. Kerry reached the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final , where its opponent was Dublin (appearing at this stage for the first time in 16 years ). In what was a memorable ending to the game, Kerry conceded a free and Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton sent
2870-410: The county: Kerry's people, landscape, flora, fauna and artistry. County name – A bold decorative Celtic-style Ciarraí brand featuring a crowned C which pays homage to the county's moniker, 'The Kingdom'. Kerry's people – St Brendan and his epic voyage: an inspiring tale of bravery, skill and innovation. The naomhóg (a craft associated with the coastal communities around Kerry) is propelled by
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2940-514: The cup. The present Munster Cup was first used in 1928, when it was donated by the Munster Council . In 2013, there was a debate around naming the cup in honour of a former player or administrator, however, this was rejected. In March 2021, the Munster Council deferred a decision to name the trophy, with Michael Hogan and Páidí Ó Sé the two names proposed. In accordance with GAA rules, the Munster Council awards up to 26 gold medals to
3010-631: The development of the Football Association in England. The championships were open to all affiliated clubs who would first compete in county-based competitions, to be run by local county committees. The winners of each county championship would then proceed to represent that county in the All-Ireland series. For the first and only time in its history the All-Ireland Championship used an open draw format. Six teams entered
3080-488: The early 20th century, selection committees had been established by the county board, but as Tralee Mitchels dominated the county championship, they had an influential voice in the selection of the team, and the county footballers wore the Mitchels' colours of green and gold. There are conflicting accounts of the jersey that Kerry wore in the first of the three games of the 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final series with Kildare , but both accounts agree that
3150-401: The end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found. The Munster SFC champion and runner-up qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship group stage. Qualification to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the Tailteann Cup are linked with the provincial championships and the National Football League . The Munster SFC finalists, along with
3220-604: The fifteen All-Ireland SFC finals between 1997 and 2011, Kerry contested ten and won six, including five titles in the 2000s. Kerry reached the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final . Its opponent, Armagh , had lost its two previous appearances at this stage of the competition. Kerry led at half-time, but not at full-time, giving a first All-Ireland title to Armagh. Kerry later got rid of its manager Páidí Ó Sé , All-Ireland SFC winning manager in 1997 and 2000 and All-Ireland SFC winning player eight times between 1975 and 1986. Ó Sé fell ill and died some years later, at
3290-412: The first championship, however, this number increased to nine in 1888. Because of this, and in an effort to reduce travelling costs, the GAA decided to introduce provincial championships. The inaugural Munster Championship featured Clare , Cork , Limerick , Tipperary and Waterford . Cork and Tipperary contested the first match on Sunday 27 May 1888, as part of a hurling-football double-header between
3360-400: The first of seven Munster SFC titles over the following nine seasons. For the first time in 100 years, Cork ended the nineties as the "team of the decade" after winning five Munster SFC titles in total. The first two decades of the 21st century has seen Kerry win 15 of a possible 20 Munster SFC titles. The Munster Senior Football Championship has always been a knockout tournament whereby once
3430-542: The fourth Saturday in June, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Munster 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 SFC is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Senior Football Championship . The winners and runners-up of
3500-558: The gate, and you thought, 'Jesus, these guys are absolute dogs'. And then I remember as we were leaving the changing room, walking out onto the team bus there were hundreds of Kerry supporters, all clapping us. Either side of us, as we were walking through. They were back slapping us, 'ah youse are great lads', and all this. To me, it seemed a wee bit patronising". Kerry has its own supporters' club, which Seán Kelly established in 1987. Another supporters' club exists in Dublin for those from
3570-533: The gilding on the Ballinclemisig 'gold box' (part of the 'Kerry gold hoard' in the National Museum) and by Bronze Age stone carvings found all over Kerry. Kerry's birdlife – Storm Petrel ( An Guairdeall ): Kerry plays host to the largest numbers of this species anywhere in the world and is the world headquarters for breeding pairs. The new crest was introduced for copyright reasons, to secure
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#17328012767883640-433: The greatest of all time. Of the twenty All-Ireland SFC finals held during those two decades, Kerry participated in twelve, with victory coming on nine occasions. During this time most other finals were won by Dublin, and there was a major rivalry between the two counties, especially during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1982, Kerry came within one minute of winning an unprecedented fifth consecutive All-Ireland SFC title, only for
3710-556: The hurling championship only, while New York competes in the Men's Football Championship; in the past they also competed in the Hurling Championship. The British Provincial Council organises inter-county competitions for the seven counties under its control on the island of Britain . The British Provincial Council is the only area outside Ireland to organise regular inter-county matches. Changing clubs between counties
3780-403: 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
3850-516: The newspapers began to speculate which teams might be considered the best in the country. Secondly, although the number of clubs was growing, many were slow to affiliate to the Association, leaving it short of money. Establishing a central championship held the prospect of enticing GAA clubs to process their affiliations, just as the establishment of the FA Cup had done much in the 1870s to promote
3920-399: The next few years. The GAA ran its inaugural All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1887 . The decision to establish that first championship was influenced by several factors. Firstly, inter-club contests in 1885 and 1886 were wildly popular and began to draw huge crowds. Clubs started to travel across the country to play against each other and these matches generated intense interest as
3990-457: The next highest participator being Dublin with 36 appearances. Kerry's record in the All-Ireland SFC involves having played 30 of the 31 other counties, with only Kilkenny being the exception. The traditional Irish game of caid , from which modern football developed, was especially popular in Kerry. The GAA was formed in 1884 and codified the modern rules of the game, which were soon adopted in Kerry clubs such as Laune Rangers . Despite this,
4060-415: The predominant colour was red. One account says that it was a red jersey with green neck and cuffs, which were the colours of the Tralee Mitchels junior football team. Another account says that it was an entirely red jersey with no green in it. The reason that Kerry wore this red or mainly red jersey was that a new set of green and gold jerseys was not delivered in time for the game. For the later games in
4130-453: The province in a single championship season. This practice was eventually abolished for 1991 with a return to the open draw in advance of the 1992 championship , which eventually saw Clare become the first "non-traditional" champions since 1935 . In 2020 Tipperary won a Munster SFC title for the first time since 1935. The Munster Council abandoned the open draw and returned to a system of seeding both Cork and Kerry on opposite sides before
4200-400: The province to this day. The Munster Senior Football 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 currently 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
4270-593: The replay fixed for 14 September. Kerry's 2009 title was also notable since it followed the return of Tadhg Kennelly . The son of Tim Kennelly , a five-time All-Ireland winner with Kerry, and a former talented underage player with the county, he had joined the AFL 's Sydney Swans and become the first Irish player to win an AFL Premiership in 2005 (the Swans' first in 72 years). Following Tim's death later that year, he elected to return to Ireland and rejoin Kerry in 2009 in pursuit of winning an All-Ireland of his own playing for
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#17328012767884340-433: The same stage in 2009, Kerry became only the third team to reach six consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals (a feat last achieved by Dublin between 1974 and 1979). Kerry quietly exited the 2010 and 2012 All-Ireland SFCs at the quarter-final stage, losing to Down and Donegal respectively, while Dublin defeated Kerry in dramatic fashion on the last kick in the 2011 final . Dublin were also responsible for their exit at
4410-425: The semi-final stage in 2013 in a closely contested classic match. Kerry won its 37th All-Ireland SFC title in 2014 against Donegal, winning by a margin of 2–09 to 0–12. This win was notable due to Kerry's fairly young squad and a belief that Kerry were becoming unable to produce the talent they once had, after pundit Joe Brolly had suggested as such. In the aftermath of the game, Kerry player Kieran Donaghy gave
4480-795: The six county grounds have regularly been used for championship matches in recent times, smaller club grounds have historically been used for games which may not have had such a high-profile. These grounds include: Ned Hall Park in Clonmel , FitzGerald Park in Kilmallock , Páirc na nGael in Askeaton , Páirc Mac Gearailt in Fermoy , Hennessy Memorial Park in Milltown Malbay and Frank Sheehy Park in Listowel . Stadium attendances are
4550-573: The six other provincial finalists, qualify for the All-Ireland SFC group stage as top seeds. The other eight spots in the All-Ireland SFC are allocated to the Tailteann Cup holders and the seven highest ranked counties in the National Football League that have not qualified. Teams that fail to reach the Munster SFC final and are not ranked high enough in the league qualify for the Tailteann Cup . Six counties competed in
4620-416: The team was narrowly defeated by Dublin in a thrilling encounter, while in 2017 the team was beaten by Mayo in a replay – its first championship defeat to Mayo in 21 years. Kerry crashed out of the 2018 championships at the group stages of the new Super Eights format. However, in 2019 Kerry reached their first All-Ireland SFC final for four years. The first match was drawn on a scoreline of 1–16 to 1–16, with
4690-707: The time. The change kit is usually blue, reflecting the Munster GAA colours. Kerry's inter-county teams are sponsored by the Kerry Group , in one of the longest standing sponsorship arrangements in the GAA. The teams have been connected with the Kerry Group since sponsorship became more open in the GAA in the early 1990s. Kerry's jerseys are currently provided by O'Neills sportswear . The team kit had been supplied from 1996 to 1998 by Adidas , while prior to that contract in 1998, Kerry were partnered with
4760-515: The title more than once. Kerry have won the most titles, with 84 in total. Kerry are the three-time title holder, having defeated Clare by 50–23 to 1–13 in the 2024 final . Following the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, new rules for Gaelic football and hurling were drawn up and published in the United Irishman newspaper. In 1886, county committees began to be established, with several counties affiliating over
4830-469: The winners of the Munster SFC final. Below is a record of each county's performance following the introduction of the qualifier system to the All-Ireland series in 2001. Before 2001 only the Munster SFC title winner contested the All-Ireland SFC. Qualifiers did not occur from 2020–2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games . They are no longer held, with weaker teams instead playing in
4900-417: Was eventually adopted in the event of a draw for all championship games except the final. The dominance of Kerry and, to a lesser extent, Cork led to both these teams being seeded on opposite sides of the championship draw. This was later viewed as a mean of penalising the other "weaker" teams. While it might be possible to beat one of these teams it was deemed near impossible to beat the two strongest teams in
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