Munster Senior Football Championship
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| Sponsors | Bank of Ireland | |
| First played | Tipperary (1888) | |
| Current Champions | Cork (32nd win) | |
| Most Wins | Kerry (71 wins) | |
The Munster Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Munster Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province of Munster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Munster Council and are played during the summer months. The Munster football Final is normally played in July.
Kerry are the most successful, having won the Munster championship 71 times, more recently winning the five in a row between 2000 and 2005. Kerry were denied the six in a row by rivals Cork in the 2006 final.
The Munster Football Championship is run on a knock-out basis in which once a team loses they are eliminated from the competition. All of the counties of Munster participate in the championship.
[edit] Roll of Honour
| Team | Winner | Winning Years | |
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| 1 | Kerry | 71 | 1892, 1903-05, 1908-10, 1912-15, 1919, 1923-27, 1929-34, 1936-42, 1944, 1946-48, 1950, 1951, 1953-55, 1958-65, 1968-70, 1972, 1975-82, 1984-86, 1991, 1996-98, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005. |
| 2 |  Cork |
32 | 1890, 1893, 1894, 1899, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1911, 1916, 1928, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1987-90, 1993-95, 1999, 2002, 2006 |
| 3 | Tipperary | 9 | 1888, 1889, 1895, 1900, 1902, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1935 |
| 4 | Clare | 2 | 1917, 1992 |
| 5 | Waterford | 1 | 1898 |
| 5 | Limerick | 1 | 1896 |
