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.
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 as 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 both won a total of 14 titles, the most recent being in 2024.
The winners receive the Bishop Moynihan Cup, named for Denis Moynihan, Catholic Bishop of Kerry in 1952–1969.
Format The Championship is contested annually by Kerry's Senior clubs for that year (the teams who compete in the Kerry Club Football Championship) and Kerry's divisional teams. The Championship has almost always being played using a knockout type format, with the exception being in 2022 and 2023 when a first round group phase was used to produce 8 quarter-finalists. Since 2024 the knockout type format has returned with the first two rounds being a double-elimination format while a single-elimination format applies from then on.
Relegation and promotion Relegation from and promotion to the Championship is based on the Kerry Club Football Championship each year. Divisional sides are not affected by relegation. Due to the expansion of the Club Football Championship beginning in 2025, no teams were relegated from the Senior Championship in 2024 or 2025, but relegation returned in 2026.
Teams
2026 Teams 16 teams will compete in the 2026 Kerry Senior Football Championship: 10 clubs and 7 divisional teams. TeamLocationClub/DivisionClub's Divisional SideColoursPosition in 2025In championship sinceChampionship TitlesLast Championship Title An GhaeltachtDingle PeninsulaClubWest KerryRed and whiteIntermediate champions202622003 Austin StacksTraleeClubSt Brendan'sBlack and amberRunners-up2025132021 Dingle Dingle Club West KerryRed and white Champions 2005 7 2025 Dr Crokes Killarney Club East KerryBlack and amber First round 1986 14 2024 East Kerry East Kerry Division N/ARed and whiteQuarter-finals1929 11 2023 Kenmare Shamrocks Kenmare Club Kenmare DistrictBlack and redQuarter-finals 2017 0— Mid Kerry Mid Kerry Division N/AGreen and redSemi-finals1947 4 2008 Milltown/Castlemaine Milltown Club Mid KerryGreen and whiteRound 1 2024 0— Na Gaeil Tralee Club St Brendan'sWhite and greenFirst round 2022 0— North Kerry North Kerry Division N/A Black and white First round 2025 0 — Rathmore Rathmore Club East KerryRed and whiteSemi-finals 2023 0— South Kerry South Kerry Division N/AGreen and goldFirst round1930 10 2015 Spa Killarney Club East KerryBlue and goldQuarter-finals 2021 0— St Brendan's Tralee Division N/AGreen, black and whitePreliminary round 2 0— St Kieran's Castleisland Division N/AGreen and whitePreliminary round 21988 1 1988 Templenoe Templenoe Club Kenmare DistrictBlue and whiteRound 1 2020 0— West Kerry West Kerry Division N/ARed and whiteQuarter-finals1930 3 1990
Clubs eligible for divisional teams Division Clubs eligible for divisional teamEast KerryFiries, Fossa, Glenflesk, Gneevguilla, Listry, Kilcummin, Killarney LegionMid KerryBeaufort, Cromane, Glenbeigh-Glencar, Keel, Laune RangersNorth KerryFeale Rangers: Clounmacon, Duagh, Finuge, Knockanure, Listowel Emmets, Moyvane, St Senan'sShannon Rangers: Asdee, Ballydonoghue, Ballyduff, Ballylongford, Beale, TarbertSouth KerryDromid Pearses, Kilgarvan, Renard, Skellig Rangers, Sneem-Derrynane, St. Mary's, Valentia Young Islanders, Waterville, St.Michaels/Foilmore, Tuosist, St Brendan'sSt Brendan's: Churchill, St. Patrick's Blennerville, ArdfertTralee: John Mitchels, Kerins O'RahillysSt Kieran'sBallymacelligott, Brosna, Castleisland Desmonds, Cordal, Currow, Knocknagoshel, ScartaglinWest KerryAnnascaul, Castlegregory, Lispole Note 1: Kenmare District no longer enter a divisional team so their affiliated clubs played for East Kerry until 2025 when Kilgarvan switched to South Kerry.
Note 2: Feale Rangers and Shannon Rangers amalgamated in 2025 to revive North Kerry.
Note 3: Tralee no longer enter a divisional team so their affiliated clubs play for St Brendan's.
Roll of honour
By club # Team Titles Runners-Up Championships won Championships runner-up1 Dr Crokes 14 9 1901, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1991, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024 1889, 1900, 1987, 1988, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2009, 20192 Austin Stacks 13 8 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1994, 2014, 2021 1929, 1933, 1980, 1981, 2001, 2010, 2013, 20253 East Kerry 11 3 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 1964, 1966, 19954 John Mitchels 10 7 1929, 1937, 1947, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966 1931, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1989 Laune Rangers 10 3 1889, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1900, 1911, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996 1910, 1997, 2004 South Kerry 10 3 1955, 1956, 1958, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2015 1984, 2007, 20177 Tralee Mitchels 9 5 1896, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1917, 1919 1890, 1897, 1911, 1912, 1914 8 Dingle 7 6 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1948, 2025 1937, 1939, 1947, 2012, 2018, 2024 9 Kerins O'Rahilly's 6 9 1933, 1939, 1953, 1954, 1957, 2002 1928, 1930, 1936, 1940, 1956, 1961, 1963, 2008, 2021 10 Shannon Rangers 5 5 1942, 1945, 1964, 1972, 1977 1948, 1953, 1955, 1971, 197411 Mid Kerry 4 9 1967, 1971, 1992, 2008 1965, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1990, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2023 Ballymacelligott 4 1 1891, 1894, 1895, 1918 1892 13 Feale Rangers 3 6 1978, 1980, 2007 1959, 1962, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1985 West Kerry 3 4 1984, 1985, 1990 1960, 1967, 1973, 1996 15 Killarney 2 2 1949, 1983 1950, 1986 Kenmare District 2 1 1974, 1987 2016 An Ghaeltacht 2 1 2001, 2003 2000 Tralee Division 2 0 1925, 1926 —19 Caherciveen 1 3 1896 1901, 1904, 1905 Killarney Legion 1 2 1946 1945, 2015 Castleisland 1 2 1950 1943, 1944 Irremore 1 1 1897 1894 St Kieran's 1 1 1988 1998 Dick Fitzgeralds 1 0 1951 — 24 North Kerry 0 2 — 1932, 1938 Keel 0 2 — 1891, 1893 Kilcummin 0 2 — 1903, 1913 Dingle Gascons 0 2 — 1908, 1919 Farranfore 0 2 — 1917, 1918 Listowel Selection 0 2 — 1925, 1926 Lispole 0 1 — 1907 Castleisland Desmonds 0 1 — 1991
Performances by division DivisionTitlesRunners-upTotal Tralee District 412768 East Kerry 292049 Mid Kerry 141428 West Kerry 121426 South Kerry 11617 Shannon Rangers 8513 St Kieran's 6511 Feale Rangers 4913 Kenmare District 213
List of finals