Munster Minor Football Championship


The Munster Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for the youngest competitors in the province of Munster in Ireland. It is currently sponsored by Electric Ireland and therefore officially known as the Electric Ireland Munster GAA Football Minor Championship.
The series of games are played during the summer months with the Munster final currently being played on the second Sunday in July. The minor final provides the curtain-raiser to the senior final. The winning team is presented with the Tadhg Crowley Cup. This was presented by Munster Council in 1990 to commemorate Tadhg Crowley, who was elected as Munster Council Treasurer in 1968 and served until his death in December 1989. The championship had always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team lost they are eliminated from the series; however, in recent years the championship has expanded to include a first-round losers' group.
The Munster Championship is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. The winners of the Munster final, like their counterparts in the other provincial championships, are rewarded by advancing to the quarter-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games. The losers of the Munster final also enter the All-Ireland series at the quarter-final stage.

Top winners

List of finals

YearWinnersScoreRunners-upScoreVenueWinning Captain
1929Clare1–06 Waterford0–04 George Comerford
1930Clare2–03 Tipperary1–03 Gaelic Grounds
1931Kerry3–06 Tipperary0–07 TraleeJimmy O'Gorman
1932Kerry4–05 Cork2–05 ClonakiltyCharlie O'Sullivan
1933Kerry2–09 Cork3–04 Macroom
1934Tipperary3–10 Waterford0–05 Walsh ParkAndy Greensmith
1935Tipperary3–05 Cork0–04 FermoyDick Power
1936Kerry1–05 Tipperary1–02 Gaelic GroundsTom "Gega" O'Connor
1937Kerry3–08 Clare1–02
1938Kerry8–09 Cork1–02 ClonakiltyD. Rice
1939Cork3–03 Kerry3–02 ClonmelPaddy O Grady
1940Kerry1–03 Clare1–02
1941Kerry7–05 Waterford2–01
1942No Competition
1943No competition
1944No competition
1945Kerry2–04 Cork2–03 Fitzgerald Stadium
1946Kerry4–17 Tipperary0–02 Fitzgerald StadiumTom Moriarty
1947Kerry0–07 Cork1–03 Cork Athletic Grounds
1948Kerry3–04 Cork1–05 Fitzgerald Stadium
1949Kerry0–07 Cork0–05 Gaelic GroundsJerry Moriarty
1950Kerry4–10 Limerick1–05 Mick Brosnan
1951Kerry0–07 Cork0–03 Fitzgerald Stadium
1952Cork3–09 Clare1–01 Cork Athletic GroundsDick Cronin
1953Clare0–07 Cork0–02 Fitzgerald Stadium
1954Kerry4–10 Cork1–03 Cork Athletic Grounds
1955Tipperary0–09 0–09 Kerry1–06 1–05 Fitzgerald Stadium, Semple StadiumLiam Boland
1956Limerick1–07 Kerry1–05 Eamonn O'Connor
1957Kerry1–05 Cork0–05 Semple Stadium
1958Kerry3–11 Waterford0–04 Dave Geaney
1959Cork2–07 Kerry0–07 Fitzgerald StadiumPatsy Harte
1960Cork3–08 Kerry0–07 Cork Athletic GroundsJim Travers
1961Cork2–12 Clare0–02 Cork Athletic GroundsNed Coughlan
1962Kerry2–09 Cork0–09 Cork Athletic GroundsJimmy O'Mahony
1963Kerry0–11 Cork0–04 Cork Athletic Grounds
1964Cork4–11 Clare0–05 Cork Athletic GroundsCon Roche
1965Kerry3–11 Cork1–05 Gaelic Grounds
1966Cork5–12 Kerry1–07 Fitzgerald Stadium
1967Cork2–08 Kerry0–03 Cork Athletic GroundsDonal Aherne
1968Cork2–13 Kerry0–02 Fitzgerald StadiumDonal Aherne
1969Cork3–11 Kerry0–12 Cork Athletic GroundsEamonn Fitzpatrick
1970Kerry4–09 Cork1–11 Fitzgerald StadiumGer Power
1971Cork2–13 Kerry1–02 Cork Athletic Grounds
1972Cork2–14 Kerry1–14 Fitzgerald StadiumGerard Aherne
1973Cork1–13 Kerry3–05 Cork Athletic Grounds
1974Cork0–13 Kerry1–06 Fitzgerald StadiumGene Desmond
1975Kerry3–07 Cork1–11 Fitzgerald StadiumRobert Bunyan
1976Cork0–10 Kerry1–05 Páirc Uí ChaoimhJohn Cremin
1977Cork1–07 Kerry1–03 Páirc Uí ChaoimhLiam Hedderman
1978Kerry1–04 Cork0–06 Páirc Uí ChaoimhMichael F. O'Shea
1979Kerry3–06 1–11 Cork2–09 1–05 Fitzgerald Stadium Replay Páirc Uí ChaoimhJohn Chute
1980Kerry1–12 Cork1–10 Páirc Uí ChaoimhMichael McAuliffe
1981Cork0–9 Kerry1–5 Fitzgerald StadiumVivian Hedderman
1982Kerry1–11 Cork0–05 Páirc Uí Chaoimh
1983Cork1–11 Tipperary1–05 Páirc Uí ChaoimhMick Slocum
1984Tipperary2–03 Kerry0–08 Fitzgerald StadiumFrank Howlin
1985Cork1–08 Kerry0–04 Páirc Uí ChaoimhKevin Keily
1986Cork2–12 Kerry0–04 Fitzgerald StadiumFintan Corrigan
1987Cork0–08, 0–12 Kerry0–08, 1–08 Páirc Uí Chaoimh Replay – Fitzgerald StadiumNoel Twomey
1988Kerry1–08 Cork0–10 Páirc Uí ChaoimhPeter Linehan
1989Kerry2–10 Cork2–09 Fitzgerald StadiumBilly O'Sullivan
1990Kerry1–10 Cork0–03 Páirc Uí ChaoimhOwen Joy
1991Cork0–10 Kerry0–08 Fitzgerald StadiumAlan McCarthy
1992Cork0–11, 3–06 Kerry2–05, 2–07 Gaelic Grounds Páirc Uí ChaoimhKevin Harrington
1993Cork2–15 Tipperary2–07 Semple StadiumConor O'Brien
1994KerryClareJack Ferriter
1995Tipperary2–06 Cork0–10 Fitzgerald StadiumMark O'Shea
1996Kerry3–09 Cork2–06 Páirc Uí ChaoimhJohn Lynch
1997Kerry4–12 Limerick1–07 Paul McCarthy
1998KerryLimerickEugene Courtney
1999Cork2–16 Kerry1–08 Páirc Uí ChaoimhPaddy O'Shea
2000Cork1–13 Kerry0–14 Gaelic GroundsJames Masters
2001Kerry0–15 Cork0–12 Páirc Uí ChaoimhDeclan O'Sullivan
2002Kerry3–16 Tipperary2–06 Semple StadiumBryan Sheehan
2003Kerry1–14 Cork0–10 Fitzgerald StadiumDamien Breen
2004Kerry0–09, 0–13Cork0–09, 1–07Gaelic Grounds Páirc Uí ChaoimhShane Murphy
2005Cork3–08 Kerry1–11 Páirc Uí ChaoimhEoin Cotter
2006Kerry1–13 Tipperary0–08 Fitzgerald StadiumPaddy Curran
2007Cork1–16 Kerry2–08 Fitzgerald StadiumChris O'Donovan
2008Kerry1–09, 2–12Tipperary1–09, 0–08Páirc Uí Chaoimh, EnnisPaul Geaney
2009Kerry0–12 Tipperary0–06 Páirc Uí ChaoimhNiall O'Shea
2010Cork1–08 Kerry1–07 Fitzgerald StadiumDaniel Fitzpatrick
2011Tipperary3–11 Cork1–09 Páirc Uí ChaoimhLiam McGrath
2012Tipperary2–14 Kerry1–14 Gaelic GroundsDylan Fitzelle
2013Kerry0–15 Tipperary0–10 Fitzgerald StadiumKevin Shanahan
2014Kerry2–17 Cork2–13 Páirc Uí ChaoimhLiam Kearney
2015Kerry2–12 Tipperary0–07 Fitzgerald StadiumMark O'Connor
2016Kerry3–14 Cork3–08 Fitzgerald StadiumSean O'Shea
2017Kerry2–21 Clare0–03 Fitzgerald StadiumDavid Clifford
2018Kerry3–21 Clare1–07 Páirc Uí ChaoimhPaul Walsh
2019Kerry3-14 Cork2-14 Páirc Uí Chaoimh