Initially played a knock-out competition, the championship currently uses a double elimination format whereby each team is guaranteed at least two games.

Abbeydorney are the current title-holders after defeating Ballyduff by 1-17 to 1-10 in the 2024 championship final played at Austin Stack Park in Tralee.

[citation needed] Since the beginning, the championship has been dominated at various times by Ballyduff and Kilmoyley who are collectively known as the "big two".

The 1920s and 1930s saw a number of first-time winners, including Austin Stacks, Causeway and Lixnaw.

Crotta O'Neill's also won their first championship in 1939 and dominated the next twelve years by winning eight titles in total.

[1] It was also the first time the Kerry County Hurling Final was shown on live national TV.

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

The 10 teams competing in the 2024 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship are: The Neilus Flynn Cup is presented to the winners of the championship and is named after Neilus Flynn, who captained Causeway and St Brendan's (Div.)

The Flynn family donated both the original trophy (in 1987) and the new cup to the Kerry County Board.

The current trophy, which was designed by silversmith Fintan Foley, was presented for the first time to the 2018 champions, Lixnaw.