Kerry Senior Football Championship

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.

Kerry Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2019 Kerry Senior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Sinsear Peile Chiarraí
CodeGaelic football
Founded1889 (1889)
Region Kerry (GAA)
TrophyBishop Moynihan Cup
No. of teams17
Title holdersEast Kerry (9th title)
Most titles Dr. Crokes (13 titles)
SponsorsGarvey's SuperValu

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 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 won a total of 13 titles.

East Kerry are the title-holders after defeating Dr. Crokes by 2-14 to 1-07 in the 2019 championship final.

Participating teams

The teams taking part in the 2018 Kerry Senior Football Championship are:

Team Team Location Club/Divisional Club's Divisional Side
Austin Stacks Tralee Club St Brendan's
Dingle Dingle Club West Kerry
An Ghaeltacht Gallarus Club West Kerry
Dr Crokes Killarney Club East Kerry
East Kerry x Divisional (Firies, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Listry, Spa, Kilcummin) x
Feale Rangers x Divisional (Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St. Senan's) x
Kenmare District x Divisional (Kilgarvan, Tousist, Templenoe) x
Kerins O'Rahillys Tralee Club St Brendan's
Killarney Legion Killarney Club East Kerry
Kenmare Shamrocks Kenmare Club Kenmare District
Mid Kerry x Divisional (Beaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune Rangers, Milltown/Castlemaine)
Rathmore Rathmore Club East Kerry
Shannon Rangers x Divisional (Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, Tarbert) x
South Kerry x Divisional (Derrynane, Dromid Pearses, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem, St. Mary's, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville, St.Michaels/Foilmore) x
St Brendan's Tralee Divisional (Churchill, John Mitchell's, Na Gaeil, St. Patrick's Blennerville, Ardfert) x
St Kieran's Castleisland Divisional (Ballymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, Scartaglin) x
West Kerry x Divisional (, Annascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole) x

Wins listed by club

# Team Wins Years won
1 Dr Crokes 13 1901, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1991, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012 , 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018
2 Austin Stacks 12 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1994, 2014
3 Laune Rangers 10 1889, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1900, 1911, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996
John Mitchels 10 1929, 1937, 1947, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966
South Kerry 10 1955, 1956, 1958, 1981, 1982, 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2009 , 2015
4 Tralee Mitchels 9 1896, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1917, 1919
East Kerry 9 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1997, 1998, 1999 , 2019, 2020
5 Kerins O'Rahilly's 6 1933, 1939, 1953, 1954, 1957, 2002
Dingle 6 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1948
6 Shannon Rangers 5 1942, 1945, 1964, 1972, 1977
7 Ballymacelligott 4 1891, 1894, 1895, 1918
Mid Kerry 4 1967, 1971, 1992, 2008
8 Feale Rangers 3 1978, 1980, 2007
West Kerry 3 1984, 1985, 1990
Tralee Division 3 1925, 1926, 1927
9 An Ghaeltacht 2 2001, 2003
Kenmare District 2 1974, 1987
Killarney 2 1949, 1983
10 St Kieran's, Castleisland 1 1988
Dick Fitzgeralds 1 1951
Castleisland Desmonds 1 1950
Killarney Legion 1 1946

Finals listed by year

1880s

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Records and statistics

By decade

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

Gaps

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

References

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