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Kerry Senior Football Championship

Annual Gaelic football competition


Summary

Annual Gaelic football competition

FieldValue
nameKerry Senior Football Championship
currentlyrunning2025 Kerry Senior Football Championship
irishCraobh Sinsear Peile Chiarraí
codeGaelic football
founded
region[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg20pxborder]] Kerry
trophyBishop Moynihan Cup
teams17
(9 clubs)
(8 divisional teams)
title holders[[File:Colours of Cork.svg20pxborder]] Dingle
currentordinal7
most titles[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg20pxborder]] Dr. Crokes (14 titles)
sponsorsGarvey's SuperValu
tvTG4, RTÉ 2
website

(9 clubs) (8 divisional teams)

|}} The Kerry Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey’s SuperValu Senior Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1889 for the top Gaelic football teams in the county of Kerry in Ireland.

The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months, with the county final currently being played in either Austin Stack Park or FitzGerald Stadium in October. Initially played as a knock-out competition, the championship currently uses a double elimination format whereby each team is guaranteed at least two games.

The Kerry County Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Senior Club Football Championship. The winners of the Kerry county final join the champion clubs of the other five counties to contest the provincial championship. The winning team of the county championship also has the honour of naming the captain of the Kerry senior team for the following year.

The title has been won at least once by 22 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Dr. Crokes who have both won a total of 14 titles, the most recent being in 2024.

The winners receive the Bishop Moynihan Cup, named for Denis Moynihan, Catholic Bishop of Kerry in 1952–1969.

Format

The Championship is contested annually by Kerry's Senior clubs for that year (the teams who compete in the Kerry Club Football Championship) and Kerry's divisional teams. The Championship has almost always being played using a knockout type format, with the exception being in 2022 and 2023 when a first round group phase was used to produce 8 quarter-finalists. The knockout type format has returned for 2024 with the first two rounds being a double-elimination format while a single-elimination format applies from then on.

Relegation and promotion

Relegation from and promotion to the Championship is based on the Kerry Club Football Championship each year. Divisional sides are not affected by relegation. Due to the expansion of the Club Football Championship beginning in 2025, no teams will be relegated from the Senior Championship in 2024 or 2025.

Future expansion

With the Kerry Club Football Championship expanding to 9 teams in 2025 and then 10 in 2026, it was planned that the Kerry SFC would also increase its participants from 16 to 18 over the following two years. In this expanded format, the 8 divisional teams would play a double-elimination preliminary round which would see 6 of those teams join the 9 or 10 club sides in the first round proper of the Championship, which would then use a single-elimination format from then on. However in April 2025 the Kerry County Board approved a proposal from Feale Rangers and Shannon Rangers that they would compete as a combined team (North Kerry) in the upcoming championship, thus reducing the number of Divisional sides to 7.

Teams

2025 Teams

16 teams will compete in the 2025 Kerry Senior Football Championship: 9 clubs and 7 divisional teams.

TeamLocationClub/DivisionClub's Divisional SideColoursPosition in 2024In championship sinceChampionship TitlesLast Championship Title
[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svgborder20x20px]] Austin StacksTraleeClubSt Brendan'sBlack and amberN/A2025132021
[[File:Colours_of_Cork.svgborder20x20px]] DingleDingleClubWest KerryRed and whiteRunner-up200561948
[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svgborder20x20px]] Dr CrokesKillarneyClubEast KerryBlack and amberChampions1986142024
[[File:Colours_of_Cork.svgborder20x20px]] East KerryEast KerryDivisionN/ARed and whiteSemi-finals1929112023
[[File:Colours_of_Down.svgborder20x20px]] Kenmare ShamrocksKenmareClubKenmare DistrictBlack and redQuarter-finals20170
[[File:Colours_of_Mayo.svgborder20x20px]] Mid KerryMid KerryDivisionN/AGreen and redRound 3194742008
[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svgborder20x20px]] Milltown/CastlemaineMilltownClubMid KerryGreen and whiteRound 320240
[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svgborder20x20px]] Na GaeilTraleeClubSt Brendan'sWhite and greenRound 220220
[[File:Colours_of_Sligo.svgborder20x20px]] North KerryNorth KerryDivisionN/ABlack and whiteN/A20250
[[File:Colours_of_Cork.svgborder20x20px]] RathmoreRathmoreClubEast KerryRed and whiteQuarter-finals20230
[[File:Colours_of_Kerry_GAA.svgborder20x20px]] South KerrySouth KerryDivisionN/AGreen and goldRound 21930102015
[[File:Colours_of_Clare.svgborder20x20px]] SpaKillarneyClubEast KerryBlue and goldRound 320210
[[File:Flag_of_Torhout.svgborder20x20px]] St Brendan'sTraleeDivisionN/AGreen, black and whiteSemi-finals0
[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svgborder20x20px]] St Kieran'sCastleislandDivisionN/AGreen and whiteQuarter-finals198811988
[[File:Colours_of_Laois.svgborder20x20px]] TemplenoeTemplenoeClubKenmare DistrictBlue and whiteQuarter-finals20200
[[File:Colours_of_Cork.svgborder20x20px]] West KerryWest KerryDivisionN/ARed and whiteRound 2193031990

Clubs eligible for divisional teams

DivisionClubs eligible for divisional team
East KerryEast Kerry: Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Listry, Kilcummin, Killarney Legion
Kenmare District: Tuosist
Mid KerryBeaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers
North KerryFeale Rangers: Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Knockanure, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St Senan's
Shannon Rangers: Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, Tarbert
South KerryDromid Pearses, Kilgarvan, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem-Derrynane, St. Mary's, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville, St.Michaels/Foilmore ,Tuosist ,
St Brendan'sSt Brendan’s: Churchill, St. Patrick's Blennerville, Ardfert
Tralee: John Mitchels, Kerins O'Rahillys
St Kieran'sBallymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, Scartaglin
West KerryAnnascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole, An Ghaeltacht

Note 1: Kenmare District no longer enter a divisional team so their affiliated clubs played for East Kerry until 2025 when Kilgarvan switched to South Kerry.

Note 2: Feale Rangers and Shannon Rangers amalgamated in 2025 to revive North Kerry.

Note 3: Tralee no longer enter a divisional team so their affiliated clubs play for St Brendan’s.

Roll of honour

By club

#TeamTitlesRunners-UpChampionships wonChampionships runner-up
1[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg20pxborder]] Dr Crokes1491901, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1991, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 20241889, 1900, 1987, 1988, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2019
2[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg20pxborder]] Austin Stacks1381928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1994, 2014, 20211929, 1933, 1980, 1981, 2001, 2010, 2013, 2025
3[[File:Colours of Cork.svg20pxborder]] East Kerry1131965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2019, 2020, 2022, 20231964, 1966, 1995
4[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg20pxborder]] John Mitchels1071929, 1937, 1947, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 19661931, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1989
[[File:Colours of Laois.svg20pxborder]] Laune Rangers1031889, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1900, 1911, 1989, 1993, 1995, 19961910, 1997, 2004
[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg20pxborder]] South Kerry1031955, 1956, 1958, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 20151984, 2007, 2017
7[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg20pxborder]] Tralee Mitchels951896, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1917, 19191890, 1897, 1911, 1912, 1914
8[[File:Colours of Cork.svg20pxborder]] Dingle761938, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1948, 20251937, 1939, 1947, 2012, 2018, 2024
9[[File:Colours of Laois.svg20pxborder]] Kerins O'Rahilly's691933, 1939, 1953, 1954, 1957, 20021928, 1930, 1936, 1940, 1956, 1961, 1963, 2008, 2021
10[[File:Colours of Laois.svg20pxborder]] Shannon Rangers551942, 1945, 1964, 1972, 19771948, 1953, 1955, 1971, 1974
11[[File:Colours of Mayo.svg20pxborder]] Mid Kerry491967, 1971, 1992, 20081965, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1990, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2023
[[File:Colours of Clare.svg20pxborder]] Ballymacelligott411891, 1894, 1895, 19181892
13[[File:Colours of Clare.svg20pxborder]] Feale Rangers361978, 1980, 20071959, 1962, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1985
[[File:Colours of Cork.svg20pxborder]] West Kerry341984, 1985, 19901960, 1967, 1973, 1996
15Killarney221949, 19831950, 1986
[[File:Colours of Clare.svg20pxborder]] Kenmare District211974, 19872016
[[File:Colours of Cork.svg20pxborder]] An Ghaeltacht212001, 20032000
Tralee Division201925, 1926
19Caherciveen1318961901, 1904, 1905
[[File:Colours of Limerick.svg20pxborder]] Killarney Legion1219461945, 2015
[[File:Colours of Laois.svg20pxborder]] Castleisland1219501943, 1944
Irremore1118971894
[[File:Colours of Limerick.svg20pxborder]] St Kieran's1119881998
Dick Fitzgeralds101951
24North Kerry021932, 1938
Keel021891, 1893
Kilcummin021903, 1913
Dingle Gascons021908, 1919
Farranfore021917, 1918
Listowel Selection021925, 1926
Lispole011907
Castleisland Desmonds011991

Performances by division

DivisionTitlesRunners-upTotal[[File:Colours of Sligo.svg20pxborder]] Tralee District[[File:Colours of Cork.svg20pxborder]] East Kerry[[File:Colours of Mayo.svg20pxborder]] Mid Kerry[[File:Colours of Cork.svg20pxborder]] West Kerry[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg20pxborder]] South Kerry[[File:Colours of Laois.svg20pxborder]] Shannon Rangers[[File:Colours of Limerick.svg20pxborder]] St Kieran's[[File:Colours of Clare.svg20pxborder]] Feale Rangers[[File:Colours of Clare.svg20pxborder]] Kenmare District
412768
292049
141428
121426
11617
8513
6511
4913
213

List of finals

YearWinnersRunners-up#ClubScoreClubScore
2025Dingle2-13Austin Stacks1-12
2024Dr Crokes3-08Dingle0-11
2023East Kerry2-10Mid Kerry0-15
2022East Kerry1-16Mid Kerry0-10
2021Austin Stacks0-13Kerins O'Rahillys0-10
2020East Kerry2-15Mid Kerry0-09
2019East Kerry2-14Dr Crokes1-07
2018Dr Crokes1-15Dingle0-12
2017Dr Crokes0-17South Kerry1-12
2016Dr Crokes2-16Kenmare District1-12
2015South Kerry1-13 (R)Killarney Legion1-12 (R)
2014Austin Stacks2-13 (R)Mid Kerry1-07 (R)
2013Dr Crokes4-16Austin Stacks0-12
2012Dr Crokes2-13Dingle0-08
2011Dr Crokes2-08Mid Kerry0-09
2010Dr Crokes1-15Austin Stacks0-11
2009South Kerry1-08Dr Crokes0-10
2008Mid Kerry1-07 (R)Kerins O'Rahilly's0-09 (R)
2007Feale Rangers1-04South Kerry0-06
2006South Kerry0-12Dr Crokes1-08
2005South Kerry0-12Dr Crokes1-06
2004South Kerry1-13Laune Rangers2-05
2003An Ghaeltacht0-12 (R)Laune Rangers2-04 (R)
2002Kerins O'Rahilly's0-14Kilcummin0-05
2001An Ghaeltacht1-13Austin Stacks0-10
2000Dr Crokes1-04An Ghaeltacht0-06
1999East Kerry0–10Feale Rangers1–06
1998East Kerry2–13St Kieran's1–10
1997East Kerry1–11 (R)Laune Rangers0–08 (R)
1996Laune Rangers2–07West Kerry1–09
1995Laune Rangers1–07East Kerry0–06
1994Austin Stacks0–12 (R)Dr. Crokes1–05 (R)
1993Laune Rangers1–15Annascaul1–08
1992Mid Kerry3–09St Brendan's1-10
1991Dr Crokes2–10Castleisland Desmonds1–10
1990West Kerry4–09Mid Kerry0–07
1989Laune Rangers2-13John Mitchels1-06
1988St Kieran's0-10Dr Crokes0-03
1987Kenmare District3-10 (R)Dr Crokes0-18 (R)
1986Austin Stacks1-11Killarney1-07
1985West Kerry0-11Feale Rangers1-05
1984West Kerry1-07South Kerry1-06
1983Killarney1-10 (R)Feale Rangers1-04 (R)
1982South Kerry0-07Feale Rangers0-05
1981South Kerry1-12Austin Stacks0-11
1980Feale Rangers1-10Austin Stacks1-07
1979Austin Stacks1-11Castleisland0-09
1978Feale Rangers0-08Mid Kerry0-03
1977Shannon Rangers0-10Feale Rangers0-06
1976Austin Stacks1-14Kenmare0-07
1975Austin Stacks1-07Mid Kerry1-04
1974Kenmare2-12Shannon Rangers1-05
1973Austin Stacks2-08West Kerry1-06
1972Shannon Rangers2-08Mid Kerry1-07
1971Mid Kerry0-12 (R)Shannon Rangers1-06 (R)
1970East Kerry1-15Waterville0-15
1969East Kerry2-07Waterville1-08
1968East Kerry6-08Waterville1-09
1967Mid Kerry0-12West Kerry2-04
1966John Mitchels2-10East Kerry1-10
1965East Kerry0-10 (R)Mid Kerry0-04 (R)
1964Shannon Rangers1-10East Kerry1-05
1963John Mitchels4-04Kerins O'Rahilly's2-03
1962John Mitchels1-09 (R)Feale Rangers0-05 (R)
1961John Mitchels2-09Kerins O'Rahilly's0-08
1960John Mitchels1-11 (R)West Kerry0-03 (R)
1959John Mitchels3-09 (R)Feale Rangers1-10 (R)
1958South Kerry1-13St Brendan's1-05
1957Kerins O'Rahilly's1-11St Brendan's3-01
1956South Kerry1-11Kerins O'Rahilly's0-10
1955South Kerry2-05 (R)Shannon Rangers0-09 (R)
1954Kerins O'Rahilly's2-01Kenmare District1-02
1953Kerins O'Rahilly's1-04Shannon Rangers0-05
1952John Mitchels3-06Kenmare District0-06
1951Dick Fitzgeralds1-07John Mitchels0-03
1950Castleisland1-07 (R)Killarney1-04 (R)
1949Killarney2-07John Mitchels2-03
1948Dingle2-10Shannon Rangers0-05
1947John Mitchels2-05Dingle0-09
1946Killarney Legion0-07John Mitchels0-05
1945Shannon Rangers1-07Killarney Legion0-05
1944Dingle1-03Castleisland0-04
1943Dingle3-06Castleisland2-02
1942Shannon Rangers2-04John Mitchels1-03
1941Dingle3-06John Mitchels2-00
1940Dingle2-06Kerins O'Rahilly's1-07
1939Kerins O'Rahilly's2-08Dingle1-03
1938Dingle3-03North Kerry2-05
1937John Mitchels1-03Dingle0-00
1936Austin Stacks0-06Kerins O'Rahilly's0-04
1935Championship was not played
1934Final (Austin Stacks v Kerins O'Rahilly's) was not played
1933Kerins O'Rahilly's5-05Austin Stacks0-05
1932Austin Stacks2-03North Kerry1-05
1931Austin Stacks2-07John Mitchels1-03
1930Austin Stacks4-04Kerins O'Rahilly's2-05
1929John Mitchels3-04Austin Stacks0-04
1928Austin Stacks3-04Kerins O'Rahilly's0-07
1927Championship was not played
1926Tralee Division7-07Listowel Selection2-01
1925Tralee Division1-05Listowel Selection0-04
1924Championship was not played
1923Championship not finished
1922Championship was not played
1921Championship was not played
1920Championship not finished
1919Tralee Mitchels3-03Dingle Gascons2-02
1918BallymacelligottFarranfore
1917Tralee MitchelsFarranfore
1916Not finished
1915Not played
1914Killarney Crokes1-02Tralee Mitchels1-00
1913Killarney Crokes3-01Kilcummin1-00
1912Killarney Crokes1-06Tralee Mitchels0-00
1911Laune Rangers1-03Tralee Mitchels1-01
1910Tralee Mitchels3-04Laune Rangers0–04
1909Combined with 1910 championship
1908Tralee Mitchels0-08Dingle Gascons0-04
1907Tralee Mitchels0-11Lispole0-01
1906Not played
1905Tralee MitchelsW/OCaherciveen
1904Tralee MitchelsW/OCaherciveen
1903Tralee MitchelsW/OKilcummin
1902Tralee Mitchels (Awarded)
1901Killarney Crokes1-02Caherciveen0-02
1900Laune Rangers3-04Killarney Crokes0-03
1899
1898
1897IrremoreTralee Mitchels
1896Caherciveen and Tralee Mitchels (Shared)
1895Ballymacelligott
1894BallymacelligottW/OIrremore
1893Laune Rangers1-01Keel0-02
1892Laune Rangers3-07Ballymacelligott1-07
1891Ballymacelligott1-08Keel0-01
1890Laune Rangers1-04Tralee Mitchels0-01
1889Laune Rangers0-06Killarney Crokes0-03

Records and statistics

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Kerry Senior Football Championship titles, is as follows:

  • 1880s: 1 for Laune Rangers (1889)
  • 1890s: 3 each for Laune Rangers (1890-92-93) and Ballymacelligott (1891-94-95)
  • 1900s: 4 for Tralee Mitchels (1902-03-07-08)
  • 1910s: 3 each for Tralee Mitchels (1910-17-19) and Dr Crokes (1912-13-14)
  • 1920s: 3 for Tralee Division (1925-26-27)
  • 1930s: 4 for Austin Stacks (1930-31-32-36)
  • 1940s: 5 for Dingle (1940-41-43-44-48)
  • 1950s: 3 each for Kerins O'Rahilly's (1953-54-57) and South Kerry (1955-56-58)
  • 1960s: 5 for John Mitchels (1960-61-62-63-66)
  • 1970s: 4 for Austin Stacks (1973-75-76-79)
  • 1980s: 2 each for South Kerry (1981–82) and West Kerry (1984–85)
  • 1990s: 3 each for Laune Rangers (1993-95-96) and East Kerry (1997-98-99)
  • 2000s: 4 for South Kerry (2004-05-06-09)
  • 2010s: 7 for Dr Crokes (2010-11-12-13-16-17-18)
  • 2020s: 3 for East Kerry (2020-22-23)

Gaps

Longest gaps between successive championship titles:

  • 78 years: Laune Rangers (1911–1989)
  • 77 years: Dr Crokes (1914–1991) and Dingle (1948–2025)
  • 45 years: Kerins O'Rahilly's (1957–2002)
  • 37 years: Austin Stacks (1936–1973)
  • 34 years: Killarney (1949–1983)
  • 27 years: Feale Rangers (1980–2007) and East Kerry (1970–1997)
  • 23 years: Ballymacelligott (1895–1918) and South Kerry (1958–1981)
  • 22 years: South Kerry (1982–2004)

References

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