Unlike the Cork Junior A Football Championship, it is a countywide competition not limited to divisional champions.

The championship includes a round robin followed by a knockout stage, which culminates with the final match at Páirc Uí Rinn.

The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record.

The Evening Echo became the primary sponsors of all Cork hurling and football championships in 2005.

In July 2020, Bon Secours Hospital were unveiled as the title sponsor of all of Cork's Gaelic football competitions.