 Newmarket-on-Fergus is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 23 times.Sixmilebridge are the reigning champions, having beaten Cratloe by 0-21 to 0-15 in the 2019 final.Following the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, new rules for Gaelic football and hurling were drawn up and published in the "United Irishman" newspaper.