Munster Senior Football Championship
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Current season or competition: 2016 Munster Senior Football Championship
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| Irish | Craobh Sinsir Peile Mumhan |
| Code | Gaelic football |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Trophy | Munster Senior Football Cup (no other name) |
| No. of teams | 6 (2015) |
| Title holders | Kerry (78th title) |
| Most titles | Kerry (78 titles) |
| Sponsors | SuperValu, Liberty Insurance, Ulster Bank |
The Munster Senior Football Championship is the premier inter-county knockout competition in Gaelic football in the province of Munster in Ireland. The games are organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months. The Munster final is normally played in July.
Kerry are the most successful, having won the Munster championship 78 times. They have also won the championship eight times in a row on two occasions (1958-1965 and 1975-1982), the most consecutive wins in any of the Provincial Football Championships. The championship has been won by Kerry or Cork every year since 1923 with the exception of victories by Tipperary in 1935 and Clare in 1992.
The Munster Football Championship is run on a knock-out basis in which once a team loses they are eliminated from the competition. All six counties of Munster compete. The winners of the Munster championship advance to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-finals.
The Munster championship is contested by all six counties in the Irish province of Munster.
Munster Championship matches were traditionally played at neutral venues or at a location that was deemed to be halfway between the two participants; however, counties eventually came to home and away agreements depending on the size of their individual stadia. Currently, all championship matches are played on a rolling home and away basis.
While the six county grounds are regularly used for championship matches in recent times, smaller club grounds have historically been used for games which may not have had such a high profile. These grounds include: Ned Hall Park in Clonmel, FitzGerald Park in Kilmallock, Páirc na nGael in Askeaton, Páirc Mac Gearailt in Fermoy, Hennessy Memorial Park in Milltown Malbay and Frank Sheehy Park in Listowel.
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