Kearns era: 2015–2019

In November 2015, Liam Kearns, from the Kerry GAA club Austin Stacks, was appointed manager, with under-21, minor and junior manager Tommy Toomey as selector and Kearns's other selectors were Paul Fitzgerald of Fethard (Tipperary) and Shane Stapleton of Golden-Kilfeacle (Tipperary).^[4]

In the 2016 All-Ireland SFC, the county reached the semi-final for the first time since 1935.^[5] Michael Quinlivan scored an early goal against Galway in the quarter-final victory.^[6] Conor Sweeney scored two more goals for Tipperary in that game.^[7]

But the following three seasons brought only two championship wins, against Waterford and Cavan,^[6] the former in 2017 and the latter in 2018. The 2017 Munster Senior Football Championship semi-final was lost to a last-minute goal conceded to opponents Cork.^[6]

Tippeary achieved promotion to Division 2 in 2017, sealed late on in the concluding game against Armagh with the completion of by a second-half hat-trick from Michael Quinlivan.^[6][8]

The team was relegated to Division 3 in 2019.^[6] Exit from the 2019 Munster Senior Football Championship swiftly followed, the defeat to Limerick that county's first championship victory in seven years.^[6] An All-Ireland SFC qualifier defeat to Down in Newry ended Tipperary's season and Kearns's time as manager.^[6] It was the first year since 2013 that Tipperary did not win a single championship match.^[6]

Power era: 2019–2023

In September 2019, David Power was named as the new manager of the Tipperary senior team on a two-year term.^[9][10]

On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship after a 0-17 to 0-14 win against Cork in the final. It was Tipperary's first Munster SFC title in 85 years.^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]} This achievement was all the more noteworthy as Tipperary had won only four league games in their previous two campaigns.^[6]

On 6 December 2020, Tipperary played a second All-Ireland SFC semi-final in four years and again faced Mayo. In foggy conditions and losing by 16 points at half-time, the team eventually lost the game by a scoreline of 5-20 to 3-13.^{[17][18][19][20]}

Power resigned in June 2023,^[21] leaving the role vacant until Paul Kelly was appointed in late 2023.^[22]

Notable players

Notable players include:

• Philip Austin: 2006–2020^[33][34][35]
• Tommy Doyle
• Michael Hogan^[36]
• Peter Lambert
• Declan Browne^[37]
• John O'Callaghan
• Michael Quinlivan
• Conor Sweeney

Records

Most appearances

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Top scorers

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All Stars

Tipperary have won four football All Stars.^[38]

National

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  • Winners (4): 1889, 1895, 1900, 1920
  • Runners-up (1): 1918
• Tommy Murphy Cup
  • Winners (1): 2005^[39]
• All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 1995
• All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
  • Winners (3): 1912, 1923, 1998
• All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2015^[40]
• All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
  • Winners (2): 1934, 2011^[37]

Provincial

• Munster Senior Football Championship
  • Winners (10): 1888, 1889, 1895, 1900, 1902, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1935, 2020
  • Runners-up (18): 1894, 1899, 1907, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2016
• Munster Junior Football Championship
  • Winners (7): 1910, 1912, 1923, 1935, 1937, 1952, 1998
• Munster Under-21 Football Championship
  • Winners (2): 2010, 2015
• Munster Minor Football Championship
  • Winners (7): 1934, 1935, 1955, 1984, 1995, 2011,^[41] 2012^[41]
• McGrath Cup
  • Winners (3): 1989, 1993, 2003
• Munster Football League
  • Winners (2): 1929–30, 1934–35