The Munster Junior Hurling Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of

Hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

played in the province of

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

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. The series of games are organised by the

Council. The winners of the Munster Junior Hurling Championship each year progress to play the other provincial champions for a chance to win the

All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was a hurling competition organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland. The competition was originally contested by the second teams of the strong counties, and the first teams of the weaker ...

. Generally, the strong hurling counties have fielded their second team in this competition. In recent years though, they have participated in the

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship The Munster Hurling Intermediate Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1961 for the strong hurling teams in the province of Munster in Ireland. In some cases the teams consist of players ...

instead. The competition has been suspended and is unlikely to be re-established. In the years between 1961 and 1973

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represented

in the

. From 1974 to 1982 there was no

team nominated.

Top winners

Roll of honour

* 1939

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awarded title on an objection * 1910 Final unfinished. Replay ordered.

Sources

Roll of Honour on www.gaainfo.com

Complete list of winning teams on Munster GAA website
{{Munster Council Munster GAA inter-county hurling competitions