The 2009 Munster Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Munster Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Munster GAA. Cork won the title, defeating Limerick in the final to retain the title for the first time in 14 years. Limerick had not won a Munster SFC title since 1896. After Cork's defeat of Kerry in the semi-final there were concerns that Kerry football was in "terminal decline."
The winning Cork team received the Munster Championship Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.