# Munster GAA

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.

## County boards

* Cork
* Clare
* Kerry
* Limerick
* Tipperary
* Waterford

## Hurling
### Provincial team

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

#### Honours

* 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

| 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 | Substitute | Tipperary |
| 23 | Conor McGrath | Substitute | Clare |
| 24 | Conor Lehane | Substitute | Cork |

#### Players

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

##### Notable players

* Tom Cheasty
* Ray Cummins
* John Doyle
* Jimmy Doyle
* Nicky English
* Pat Hartigan
* John Keane
* Ger Loughnane
* Jack Lynch
* Mick Mackey
* Justin McCarthy
* Tony Reddin
* Christy Ring
* Jimmy Smyth

### Competitions
#### Inter-county

| 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

| 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
### Provincial team

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

#### Players

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

#### Honours

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

### Inter-county
#### Competitions

| 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

| 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
### Gael Linn Cup

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

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

| Rank | Team | Football | Football | Hurling | Hurling | Total | Total | Most recent Provincial | Most recent Provincial |
| Rank | Team | 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) |