New Munster Senior Hurling Championship trophy to be named after Mick Mackey

The Munster Senior Hurling Championship winners currently receive the Munster Cup, which was won by Limerick in the last two years. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The Munster senior hurling champions will now receive the Mick Mackey Cup after the Munster Council voted to present a new trophy. 

In a quirk of history, neither the senior hurling nor football Munster trophies carry ‘proper’ names, with the winners currently given the Munster Cup.