The Kerry Under-21 Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Ask Acorn Kerry County Under-21 Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the top Under-21 hurling teams in the county of Kerry in Ireland.

The first County Championship at this age grade took place in 1979 and was won by Causeway. Prior to this, Under-21 championships were held at divisional level only.

The series of games are played during the autumn and winter months. Weather conditions and fixture congestion have, on a number of occasions, led to the final stages of the competition not being completed within the calendar year.

The 2009 competition does not appear to have been completed, with the final (due to be contested between St Brendan's, Ardfert and Kilmoyley) unplayed. The 2020 and 2021 competitions were not commenced due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

Trophy The original Atlantic Oils Perpetual Cup was presented to the winners from 1979 until 2007. The original trophy was replaced in 2008 when a new trophy was presented by Brendan Horgan of Atlantic Oils to the Kerry County Board . This trophy is sometimes referred to as the Denis Horgan Cup in memory of the founder of the Atlantic Oils company.

Roll of honour # Team Wins Years won Runner-up Years runner-up1St Brendan's, Ardfert101982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2024, 202591980, 1981, 1987, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2016, 20232Ballyheigue61980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 199721982, 2025Kilmoyley61981, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2006, 201151985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 20044Lixnaw51999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 201681979, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2018, 2019Ballyduff52000, 2001, 2010, 2013, 202341983, 1989, 1995, 1996,6Causeway31979, 2014, 201732002, 2010, 2012Kenmare31987, 1988, 198931984, 1986, 1999Crotta O'Neill's31992, 2018, 202241993, 1994, 2008, 20179Abbeydorney / Crotta O'Neill's1201211990 (as St. Bernard's)Causeway / Ballyduff120150Kilgarvan / Kenmare / Dr.Crokes120190 -Abbeydorney22001, 2022 -Kenmare / Kilgarvan12011 -Abbeydorney / Ballyheigue12015 -Crotta O'Neill's/Kilmoyley12024

Finals listed by year Year Winner Score Runner-up Score Final date Final location2025St Brendan's, Ardfert2-16Ballyheigue1-1308/11/2025Austin Stack Park, Tralee2024St Brendan's, Ardfert1-11Crotta O'Neill's/Kilmoyley0-1308/12/2024Austin Stack Park, Tralee2023Ballyduff5-09St Brendan's, Ardfert1-1112/11/2023Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2022 Crotta O'Neill's 1-21 Abbeydorney 0-18 17/09/2022 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2021Competition cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games 2020 2019 Kilgarvan / Kenmare / Dr.Crokes 2-16 Lixnaw 1-14 28/10/2019 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2018 Crotta O'Neills 0-13 Lixnaw 0-11 13/10/2018 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2017 Causeway 1-12 Crotta O'Neills 0-10 11/11/2017 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2016 Lixnaw 3-15 St Brendan's, Ardfert 1-12 15/10/2016 Abbeydorney 2015 Causeway / Ballyduff 2-17 Abbeydorney / Ballyheigue 3-08 07/11/2015 Lerrig 2014 Causeway 0-18 St Brendan's, Ardfert 0-09 14/12/2014 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2013 Ballyduff 1-10 St Brendan's, Ardfert 0-11 21/12/2013 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2012 Abbeydorney / Crotta O'Neill's 3-06 Causeway 0-11 03/11/2012 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2011 Kilmoyley 1-09 Kenmare / Kilgarvan 0-09 03/12/2011 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2010 Ballyduff 1-08 Causeway 0-10 05/12/2010 Lerrig 2009 Not completed 2008 St Brendan's, Ardfert 0-18 Crotta O'Neill's 0-08 21/12/2008 Ballyheigue 2007 St Brendan's, Ardfert 0-12 Lixnaw 0-03 02/12/2007 Ballyheigue 2006 Kilmoyley 1-11 St Brendan's, Ardfert 0-12 24/03/2007 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2005 St Brendan's, Ardfert 4-11 Lixnaw 1-07 26/03/2006 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2004 Lixnaw 2-13 Kilmoyley 1-06 06/11/2004 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2003 Lixnaw 3-13 St Brendan's, Ardfert 1-07 19/10/2003 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2002 Lixnaw 0-10 Causeway 1-04 13/10/2002 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 2001 Ballyduff 2-16 Abbeydorney 1-04 06/08/2001 Lerrig 2000 Ballyduff w/o. Lixnaw scr. 1999 Lixnaw 2-16 Kenmare 0-03 13/11/1999 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney 1998 Kilmoyley 2-09 Lixnaw 2-05 14/11/1998 Ballyheigue 1997 Ballyheigue w/o. Lixnaw scr. 1996 Ballyheigue 1-11 Ballyduff 1-04 17/11/1996 Causeway 1995 Ballyheigue 2-08 Ballyduff 2-03 10/12/1995 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 1994 Ballyheigue 2-13 Crotta O'Neill's 2-06 02/10/1994 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 1993 Kilmoyley 4-07 Crotta O'Neill's 1-14 21/11/1993 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 1992 Crotta O'Neill's 1-09 Kilmoyley 1-07 14/12/1992 Ardfert 1991 Ballyheigue 3-02 Kilmoyley 1-07 08/12/1991 Ardfert 1990 Kilmoyley 2-10 St Bernard's (Abbeydorney / Crotta O'Neill's) 1-08 11/11/1990 Causeway (2 replays required). 1989 Kenmare 2-07 Ballyduff 0-04 24/09/1989 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney 1988 Kenmare 2-07 Kilmoyley 1-04 02/10/1988 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney 1987 Kenmare 3-08 St Brendan's, Ardfert 2-07 01/11/1987 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney 1986 St Brendan's, Ardfert 5-07 Kenmare 0-08 05/10/1986 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney 1985 St Brendan's, Ardfert 1-07 Kilmoyley 0-05 22/12/1985 Ballyheigue 1984 St Brendan's, Ardfert 0-08 Kenmare 0-02 30/09/1984 Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney 1983 St Brendan's, Ardfert 0-19 Ballyduff 1-08 11/09/1983 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 1982 St Brendan's, Ardfert 2-11 Ballyheigue 4-03 26/09/1982 Hermitage Park, Lixnaw 1981 Kilmoyley 2-06 St Brendan's, Ardfert 1-06 30/08/1981 Austin Stack Park, Tralee 1980 Ballyheigue 2-04 St Brendan's, Ardfert 1-03 26/10/1980 Abbeydorney 1979 Causeway 2-09 Lixnaw 0-07 21/10/1979 Austin Stack Park, Tralee

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