Munster Senior Hurling Championship

The Munster Senior Hurling Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and the highest inter-county hurling competition in the province of Munster. It has been contested every year since the 1888 championship, with the final currently held on the first weekend in June and the winners receiving the Mick Mackey Cup. It was long played on a straight knockout basis but a round-robin system has been used since 2018, and five teams currently take part, although seven have competed since 1888. The Munster winners advance directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals, as the Leinster winners do. All six Munster counties have won the title at least once, Cork are the record holders with 55 titles, and Limerick won six Mick Mackey Cups in a row between 2019 and 2024.