Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship
Current season or competition:
2016 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Iomána na Mumhan
Code hurling
Founded 1888
Region Munster (GAA)
Trophy Munster Cup
No. of teams 5
Title holders Tipperary (41st title)
First winner Clare
Most titles Cork (51 titles)
Sponsors Etihad Airways, Liberty Insurance, Centra
TV partner(s) RTÉ
Motto Nothing beats being there
Official website Official website

The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is one of the most prestigious hurling tournaments in Ireland and the most prestigious inter-county hurling competition in Munster. The championship has been awarded every year since 1889.

The final, usually held on the second Sunday in July, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during the early summer months, and the results determine which county's 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 Championship is an integral part of the wider GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship. The winners of the Munster final, like their counterparts in the Leinster Championship, are rewarded by advancing directly to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games. The losers of the Munster final enter the All-Ireland series at the quarter-final stage.

Five teams currently participate in the Munster Championship. Two of the most successful teams in hurling, namely Cork and Tipperary, play their provincial hurling in the Munster Championship. Between them, these teams have won the provincial title on 92 occasions during its history while they have also claimed 56 All-Ireland titles.

The title has been won at least once by all six of the Munster counties, five of which have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders Cork, who have won the competition 51 times. Tipperary are the current champions.[1]

Hurling is the more prominent of the two Gaelic games in Munster. As such the Munster Championship is regarded as the most skillful and exciting of all the provincial hurling championships. The Munster final, particularly when played in Semple Stadium in Thurles, is considered one of the biggest and best sporting occasions in Ireland.[2][3][4]

Format

The Munster Championship is a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random - there are no seeds, and the draw is usually made in October of the previous year.

Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a replay. Drawn replays are now settled with extra time; however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a second replay takes place and so on until a winner is found. If the lone quarter-final is a draw, extra time is played immediately as replays are only permitted for provincial semi-finals and finals.

The format has remained virtually the same since the very first Munster Championship in 1888. For years Cork and Tipperary, recognised as the 'big two' in the province, were drawn at opposite sides of the championship. This was viewed, however, as a mean of penalising the other teams. While it might be possible to beat one of these teams it was deemed near impossible to beat both in a single championship season. This practice was abolished and now an open draw is made in which three of the five teams automatically qualify for the semi-final stage of the competition. Two other teams play in a lone quarter-final with the winner joining the other three teams at the semi-final stage. Once a team is defeated they are eliminated from the championship.

The Munster Championship has wider implications for the GAA All-Ireland Hurling Senior Championship. The team that is defeated in the lone quarter-final advances to round one of the All-Ireland qualifiers. The two teams that are defeated in the Munster semi-finals also advance to round one of the All-Ireland qualifiers. The winners of the Munster final automatically qualify for the semi-final stages of the All-Ireland series of games while the runners-up qualify for the quarter-final stages.

Five of the six counties of Munster - Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford - participate in the championship. Kerry, the sixth county in the province, contested the Munster Championship until 2004; however, they currently participate in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, due to the fact that since they won the Christy Ring Cup in 2015, they automatically qualified to play in the Leinster Championship preliminary qualifying group.

Venues

The following stadia are frequently used during the Munster Championship:

Location Stadium Capacity
Thurles Semple Stadium 53,500
Limerick Gaelic Grounds 50,000
Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh 32,500
Killarney FitzGerald Stadium 43,000

Munster Championship matches were traditionally played at neutral venues or at a location that was deemed to be half-way between the two participants; however, counties eventually came to home and away agreements depending on the size of their stadia. Counties that have agreements include Cork and Tipperary, Limerick and Cork and Limerick and Tipperary. Every second meeting between these sides is played at the home venue of one of the counties. For example, in 2008 Cork played Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, while in 2009 the same match was played at Semple Stadium.

Waterford and Clare, in spite of having home stadia, do not have home and away agreements with the other counties as their stadia are deemed not to be of an adequate size for Munster Championship games. These counties usually play their games at neutral venues.

Trophies

At the end of the Munster final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The Munster Cup, which is similar in design to the Liam McCarthy 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, sometimes referred to as the Munster Hurling Cup, is the second. The first was used from 1928, when it was donated by the Munster Council, until 1990 when a replica was commissioned due to old age.

Sponsorship

Since 1995, the Munster Championship has been sponsored. The sponsor has usually been able to determine the championship's sponsorship name. The list below details who the sponsors have been and what they called the competition:

Munster Championship moments

General statistics

See: Munster Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics

List of Munster Finals

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All-Ireland champions
All-Ireland runners-up
Year Winners Score Runners-up Score Venue Winning Captain Attendance
1889 Clare w/o Kerry scr John Considine
1890 Cork 2-0 Kerry 0-1 Dan Lane
1891
(R)
Kerry 1-1
2-4
Limerick 1-2
0-1
Newcastlewest
Abbeyfeale
John O'Mahony
1892 Cork 5-3 (28) Kerry 2-5 (15) Bill O'Callaghan
1893 Cork 5-3 (28) Limerick 0-0 (0) John 'Curtis' Murphy
1894 Cork 3-4 (19) Tipperary 1-2 (7) Charleville Stephen Hayes
1895 Tipperary 7-8 (43) Limerick 0-2 (2) Mikey Maher
1896
(R)
Tipperary 1-3 (6)
7-9 (30)
Cork 1-3 (6)
2-3 (9)
Mikey Maher
1897 Limerick 4-9 (21) Cork 1-6 (9) Tipperary Denis Grimes
1898
(R)
Tipperary 3-0 (9)
1-13 (16)
Cork 2-3 (9)
1-2 (5)
Mikey Maher
1899 Tipperary 5-16 (31) Clare 0-8 (8) Tim Condon
1900 Tipperary 6-11 (29) Kerry 1-9 (12) Ned Hayes
1901 Cork 3-10 (19) Clare 2-6 (12) Market's Field Paddy Cantillon
1902 Cork 2-9 (15) Limerick 1-5 (8) Tipperary Jamesy Kelleher
1903 Cork 5-16 (31) Waterford 1-1 (4) Tipperary Steva Riordan
1904 Cork 3-10 (19) Tipperary 3-4 (13) Denis Harrington
1905 Cork 7-12 (33) Limerick 1-4 (7) Tipperary Chris Young
1906 Tipperary 3-4 (13) Cork 0-9 (9) Tipperary Tom Semple
1907 Cork 1-6 (9) Tipperary 1-4 (7) Jamesy Kelleher
1908 Tipperary w/o Kerry scr Tom Semple
1909 Tipperary 2-10 (16) Cork 2-6 (12) Tom Semple
1910 Limerick 5-1 (16) Cork 4-2 (14) Tralee John "Tyler" Mackey
1911 Limerick 5-3 (18) Tipperary 4-3 (15) John "Tyler" Mackey
1912 Cork 5-1 (16) Tipperary 3-1 (10) Barry Murphy
1913 Tipperary 8-2 (26) Cork 4-3 (15) Patrick 'Wedger' Meagher
1914 Clare 3-2 (11) Cork 3-1 (10) Thurles Sportsfield Amby Power
1915 Cork 8-2 (26) Clare 2-1 (7) Market's Field Connie Sheehan
1916 Tipperary 5-0 (15) Cork 1-2 (5) Fraher Field Johnny Leahy
1917
(R)
Tipperary 3-4 (13)
6-4 (22)
Limerick 3-4 (13)
3-1 (10)
Johnny Leahy
1918 Limerick 11-3 (36) Clare 1-2 (5) Willie Hough
1919 Cork 3-5 (14) Limerick 1-6 (9) Market's Field Jimmy ‘Major’ Kennedy
1920 Cork 3-4 (13) Limerick 0-5 (5) Cork Athletic Grounds Dick O'Gorman
1921 Limerick 5-2 (17) Cork 1-2 (5) Thurles Sportsfield Bob McConkey
1922
(R)
Tipperary 2-2 (8)
4-2 (14)
Limerick 2-2 (8)
1-4 (7)
Johnny Leahy
1923 Limerick 2-3 (9) Tipperary 1-0 (3) Paddy McInerney
1924 Tipperary 3-1 (10) Limerick 2-2 (8) Johnny Leahy
1925 Tipperary 6-6 (24) Waterford 1-2 (5) Johnny Leahy
1926
(R)
(R)
Cork 0-0 (0)
3-4 (13)
3-6 (15)
Tipperary 1-2 (5)
4-1 (13)
2-4 (10)
Cork Athletic Grounds
Thurles Sportsfield
Cork Athletic Grounds
Seán Óg Murphy
1927 Cork 5-3 (18) Clare 3-4 (13) Market's Field Seán Óg Murphy
1928
(R)
Cork 2-2 (8)
6-4 (22)
Clare 2-2 (8)
2-2 (8)
Gaelic Grounds Seán Óg Murphy
1929 Cork 4-6 (18) Waterford 2-3 (9) Fraher Field Dinny Barry-Murphy
1930 Tipperary 6-4 (22) Clare 2-8 (14) John Joe Callanan
1931
(R)
Cork 1-9 (12)
5-4 (19)
Waterford 4-0 (12)
1-2 (5)
Clonmel
Clonmel
Eudie Coughlan
1932 Clare 5-2 (17) Cork 4-1 (13) Thurles Sportsfield John Joe Doyle
1933 Limerick 3-7 (16) Waterford 1-2 (5) Cork Athletic Grounds Micky Fitzgibbon
1934 Limerick 4-8 (20) Waterford 2-5 (11) Cork Athletic Grounds Timmy Ryan
1935 Limerick 5-5 (20) Tipperary 1-4 (7) Timmy Ryan
1936 Limerick 8-5 (29) Tipperary 4-6 (18) Mick Mackey
1937 Tipperary 6-3 (21) Limerick 4-3 (15) Jim Lanigan
1938 Waterford 3-5 (14) Clare 2-5 (11) Willie Walsh
1939 Cork 4-3 (15) Limerick 3-4 (13) Thurles Sportsfield Jack Lynch
1940
(R)
Limerick 4-3 (15)
3-3 (12)
Cork 3-6 (15)
2-4 (10)
Thurles Sportsfield
Thurles Sportsfield
Mick Mackey
1941 Tipperary 5-4 (19) Cork 2-5 (11) Gaelic Grounds Johnny Ryan 10,000
1942 Cork 4-15 (27) Tipperary 4-1 (13) Cork Athletic Grounds Jack Lynch
1943 Cork 2-13 (19) Waterford 3-8 (17) Cork Athletic Grounds Mick Kennefick
1944
(R)
Cork 6-7 (25)
4-6 (18)
Limerick 4-13 (25)
3-6 (15)
Thurles Sportsfield
Thurles Sportsfield
Seán Condon
1945 Tipperary 4-3 (15) Limerick 2-6 (12) John Maher
1946 Cork 3-8 (17) Limerick 1-3 (6) Thurles Sportsfield Christy Ring
1947 Cork 2-6 (12) Limerick 2-3 (9) Thurles Sportsfield Seán Condon
1948 Waterford 4-7 (19) Cork 3-9 (18) Thurles Sportsfield Jim Ware
1949 Tipperary 1-16 (19) Limerick 2-10 (16) Cork Athletic Grounds Pat Stakelum
1950 Tipperary 2-17 (23) Cork 3-11 (20) FitzGerald Stadium Seán Kenny 38,733
1951 Tipperary 2-11 (17) Cork 2-9 (15) Gaelic Grounds Jimmy Finn 42,237
1952 Cork 1-11 Tipperary 2-6 Gaelic Grounds Paddy Barry 42,326
1953 Cork 3-10 (19) Tipperary 1-11 (14) Gaelic Grounds Christy Ring 46,295
1954 Cork 2-8 (14) Tipperary 1-8 (11) Gaelic Grounds Christy Ring 50,071
1955 Limerick 2-15 (21) Clare 2-6 (12) Gaelic Grounds Liam Ryan 23,125
1956 Cork 5-5 (20) Limerick 3-5 (14) Thurles Sportsfield Christy Ring 47,017
1957 Waterford 1-11 (14) Cork 1-6 (9) Thurles Sportsfield Phil Grimes 40,368
1958 Tipperary 4-12 (24) Waterford 1-5 (8) Thurles Sportsfield Tony Wall 41,384
1959 Waterford 3-9 (18) Cork 2-9 (15) Thurles Sportsfield Frankie Walsh 55,174
1960 Tipperary 4-13 (25) Cork 4-11 (23) Thurles Sportsfield Tony Wall 49,670
1961 Tipperary 3-6 (15) Cork 0-7 (7) Gaelic Grounds Matt Hassett 62,175
1962 Tipperary 5-14 (29) Waterford 2-3 (9) Gaelic Grounds Jimmy Doyle 31,000
1963 Waterford 0-11 (11) Tipperary 0-8 (8) Gaelic Grounds Joe Condon 36,000
1964 Tipperary 3-13 (22) Cork 1-5 (8) Gaelic Grounds Mick Murphy 44,245
1965 Tipperary 4-11 (23) Cork 0-5 (5) Gaelic Grounds Jimmy Doyle 40,687
1966 Cork 4-9 (21) Waterford 2-9 (15) Gaelic Grounds Gerald McCarthy 31,352
1967 Tipperary 4-12 (24) Clare 2-6 (12) Gaelic Grounds Mick Roche 34,940
1968 Tipperary 2-13 (19) Cork 1-7 (10) Gaelic Grounds Mick Roche 43,238
1969 Cork 4-6 (18) Tipperary 0-9 (9) Gaelic Grounds Denis Murphy 43,569
1970 Cork 3-10 (19) Tipperary 3-8 (17) Gaelic Grounds Paddy Barry 33,900
1971 Tipperary 4-16 (28) Limerick 3-18 (27) FitzGerald Stadium Tadhg O'Connor 31,118
1972 Cork 6-18 (36) Clare 2-8 (14) Semple Stadium Frank Norberg 25,048
1973 Limerick 6-7 (25) Tipperary 2-18 (24) Semple Stadium Éamonn Grimes 41,723
1974 Limerick 6-14 (32) Clare 3-9 (18) Semple Stadium Seán Foley 36,446
1975 Cork 3-14 (23) Limerick 0-12 (12) Gaelic Grounds Gerald McCarthy 46,851
1976 Cork 3-15 (24) Limerick 4-5 (17) Páirc Uí Chaoimh Ray Cummins 46,800
1977 Cork 4-15 (27) Clare 4-10 (22) Semple Stadium Martin O'Doherty 44,586
1978 Cork 0-13 (13) Clare 0-11 (11) Semple Stadium Charlie McCarthy 54,981
1979 Cork 2-14 (20) Limerick 0-9 (9) Semple Stadium John Horgan 47,849
1980 Limerick 2-14 (20) Cork 2-10 (16) Semple Stadium Seán Foley 43,090
1981 Limerick 3-12 (21) Clare 2-9 (15) Semple Stadium Paudie Fitzmaurice 40,205
1982 Cork 5-31 (46) Waterford 3-6 (15) Semple Stadium Jimmy Barry-Murphy 38,558
1983 Cork 3-22 (31) Waterford 0-12 (12) Semple Stadium Jimmy Barry-Murphy 20,816
1984 Cork 4-15 (27) Tipperary 3-14 (23) Semple Stadium John Fenton 50,093
1985 Cork 4-17 (29) Tipperary 4-11 (23) Páirc Uí Chaoimh Ger Cunningham 49,691
1986 Cork 2-18 (24) Clare 3-12 (21) FitzGerald Stadium Tom Cashman 39,975
1987
(R)
Tipperary 1-18 (21)
4-22 (34)
Cork 1-18 (21)
1-22 (25)
Semple Stadium
FitzGerald Stadium
Richard Stakelum 56,005
45,000
1988 Tipperary 2-19 (25) Cork 1-13 (16) Gaelic Grounds Pat O'Neill 50,000
1989 Tipperary 0-26 (26) Waterford 2-8 (14) Páirc Uí Chaoimh Bobby Ryan 30,241
1990 Cork 4-16 (28) Tipperary 2-14 (20) Semple Stadium Kieran McGuckin 54,000
1991
(R)
Tipperary 2-16 (22)
4-19 (31)
Cork 4-10 (22)
4-15 (27)
Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Semple Stadium
Declan Carr 47,500
55,600
1992 Cork 1-22 (25) Limerick 3-11 (20) Semple Stadium Ger FitzGerald 48,036
1993 Tipperary 3-27 (36) Clare 2-12 (18) Gaelic Grounds Michael O'Meara 41,557
1994 Limerick 0-25 (25) Clare 2-10 (16) Semple Stadium Gary Kirby 43,638
1995 Clare 1-17 (20) Limerick 0-11 (11) Semple Stadium Anthony Daly 46,361
1996
(R)
Limerick 0-19 (19)
4-7 (19)
Tipperary 1-16 (19)
0-16 (16)
Gaelic Grounds
Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Ciarán Carey 43,525
40,000
1997 Clare 1-18 (21) Tipperary 0-18 (18) Páirc Uí Chaoimh Anthony Daly 43,560
1998
(R)
Clare 1-16 (19)
2-16 (22)
Waterford 3-10 (19)
0-10 (10)
Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium
Anthony Daly 51,417
51,731
1999 Cork 1-15 (18) Clare 0-14 (14) Semple Stadium Mark Landers 54,000
2000 Cork 0-23 (23) Tipperary 3-12 (21) Semple Stadium Fergal Ryan 54,586
2001 Tipperary 2-16 (22) Limerick 1-17 (20) Páirc Uí Chaoimh Tommy Dunne 43,500
2002 Waterford 2-23 (29) Tipperary 3-12 (21) Páirc Uí Chaoimh Fergal Hartley 40,276
2003 Cork 3-16 (25) Waterford 3-12 (21) Semple Stadium Alan Browne 52,833
2004 Waterford 3-16 (25) Cork 1-21 (24) Semple Stadium Ken McGrath 52,100
2005 Cork 1-21 (24) Tipperary 1-16 (19) Páirc Uí Chaoimh Seán Óg Ó hAilpín 43,500
2006 Cork 2-14 (20) Tipperary 1-14 (17) Semple Stadium Pat Mulcahy 53,500
2007 Waterford 3-17 (26) Limerick 1-14 (17) Semple Stadium Michael 'Brick' Walsh 48,700
2008 Tipperary 2-21 (27) Clare 0-19 (19) Gaelic Grounds Eoin Kelly 48,076
2009 Tipperary 4-14 (26) Waterford 2-16 (22) Semple Stadium Willie Ryan 40,330
2010
(R-ET)
Waterford 2-15 (21)
1-16 (19)
Cork 2-15 (21)
1-13 (16)
Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium
Stephen Molumphy 35,375
22,763
2011 Tipperary 7-19 (40) Waterford 0-19 (19) Páirc Uí Chaoimh Eoin Kelly 36,654
2012[6] Tipperary 2-17 (23) Waterford 0-16 (16) Páirc Uí Chaoimh Paul Curran 26,438
2013[7] Limerick 0-24 (24) Cork 0-15 (15) Gaelic Grounds Donal O'Grady 42,730
2014[8] Cork 2-24 (30) Limerick 0-24 (24) Páirc Uí Chaoimh Pa Cronin 36,075
2015[9] Tipperary 0-21 (21) Waterford 0-16 (16) Semple Stadium Brendan Maher 43,084

See also

External links

References

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  2. Moynihan, Michael (23 May 2015). "9 things that make the Munster hurling championship the greatest". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. Allen, John (22 June 2007). "We all agree Munster hurling is still magic". Irish Times. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. McCarthy, Ger (9 July 2011). "Five of the best: Munster hurling finals". The 42. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. "Munster Final Winning Teams". munster.gaa.ie. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  6. "Kelly and Bourke to the rescue as Tipp retain Munster title". Irish Independent. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  7. "Munster SHC final: Treaty County down 14-man Rebels". Hogan Stand. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  8. "Late goals secure Munster title for Cork". RTÉ Sport. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  9. "Munster SHC final: Tipp turn the screw in second-half". Hogan Stand. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
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