Twelve teams currently participate in the Limerick County Championship.

Relegation also takes place with the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship.

The winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals where they join the top two-ranked teams from Group 1 who received a bye to this stage.

Fixtures in the group stage of the championship are usually played at a neutral venue that is deemed halfway between the participating teams.

Prior to this the Markets Field regularly hosted the county final.

A native of Limerick, John Daly (1845-1916) was a leading member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the individual club committees.

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Limerick Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows: Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles: