The winners of the Munster final join the champions of Galway, Leinster and Ulster in the semi-final stages of the All-Ireland Senior Club Championship.

[1] Since the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, challenge, exhibition and tournament matches between clubs on an inter-county level were commonplace.

Due to a lack of meaningful competition in their own province, all Galway teams competed in the various Munster Championships between 1959 and 1969.

[3] The creation of the club championship saw the Galway champions participate for the Munster title for six seasons from 1964 until 1969.

The 2007 Munster Club Championship was the last time that the Kerry champions participated in the competition.

Historically seen as the weakest of the team involved, the Kerry County Board decided to regrade and enter their senior champions in the Munster Intermediate Club Championship.

Roscrea completed their own two-in-a-row in 1970, however, the rest of that decade was the preserve of Cork clubs as Blackrock, St. Finbarr's, Togher and Glen Rovers claimed every available championship title.

Tipperary clubs were dominant throughout the rest of the 1980s, with Moycarkey-Borris, Kilruane MacDonaghs and Borris-Ileigh all winning the provincial decider.

As the decade drew to a close and the 1990s began, Limerick clubs made their first impression with Ballybrown, Patrickswell and Kilmallock being added to the roll of honour.

Since 2011 the championship has been dominated by Limerick clubs, with Na Piarsaigh winning four titles in seven years.