Location |
County Cork County Kerry |
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Teams |
Cork Kerry |
First meeting | Cork 0-2 - 0-1 Kerry 1889 Munster semi-final (27 July 1889) |
Latest meeting | Kerry 0-18 - 1-12 Cork 2024 Munster semi-final (20 April 2024) |
Stadiums |
Fitzgerald Stadium (Kerry) Páirc Uà Chaoimh (Cork) |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 123 |
Most wins | Kerry (77) |
Top scorer | Colm Cooper (5-77) |
All-time series | Kerry 77-13-33 Cork |
Largest victory | Kerry 4-22 - 1-9 Cork 2021 Munster Final (25 July 2021) |
The Cork-Kerry rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Kerry, who first played each other in 1889. It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Cork's home ground is Páirc Uà Chaoimh and Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium, however, some of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.
While Kerry have the highest number of Munster titles and Cork are ranked second on the roll of honour, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 44 championship titles between them to date.
Regarded as, possibly, the greatest rivalry of all in Gaelic football, a Munster final between Cork and Kerry, is regarded as a special occasion. [7]
As of 2024 the sides have met 123 times in the championship including meeting twice at the All-Ireland final stage. Kerry won both of these games.
The Cork-Kerry rivalry can lay claim to be the greatest rivalry in Gaelic football. As the nearest of neighbours these two teams are also the fiercest of rivals. In spite of an almost annual meeting in the Munster Senior Football Championship, interest in the clash of these two teams has endured over the last 120 years. Kerry are the most successful team in the history of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, leading the all-time roll of honour with thirty-five titles. Cork, in comparison, have only won seven All-Ireland titles.[ citation needed]
The rivalry began in 1889 when these two sides met in the championship for the first time. Cork dominated the first decade, before Kerry found their niche. A brief resurgence by Cork in the early years of the new century was followed by an unprecedented era of dominance by Kerry. Between 1909 and 1943 Cork faced Kerry on sixteen different occasions and, unfortunately, they faced defeat in all of these games.[ citation needed]
The 1940s saw Cork flourish for a brief period, before Kerry asserted their dominance once again. Cork only claimed two victories over Kerry in the 1950s and 1960s, however, the rivalry intensified to unprecedented levels in the 1970s and 1980s. The early part of the 1970s saw Cork win three Munster titles in four years. After winning the All-Ireland title in 1973 the county looked set for a few more years of dominance. Kerry, however, bounced back with what has been described as the greatest team of all-time. Kerry won twelve Munster titles between 1975 and 1986, defeating Cork on each occasion. Cork's lone victory came in the 1983 provincial decider when they stopped Kerry from claiming a record nine-in-a-row.[ citation needed]
In 1987 Cork broke the Kerry stranglehold at last and made hay while their biggest rivals were going through a transition. Over the next nine years they won seven Munster titles and two All-Ireland titles. The introduction of the qualifiers system in 2001 saw the launch of the Cork-Kerry rivalry on the national stage at Croke Park. Although Cork have defeated Kerry in the provincial series of games on a number of occasions, Kerry have proved themselves to be the masters in the All-Ireland series, particularly in 2007 when Kerry trounced Cork in a unique all-Munster All-Ireland final.[ citation needed]
Usually games are held in rotation on home soil between 2015 and 2017 played 3 times running at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney due to Páirc Uà Chaoimh, Cork been renovated. Between 2018 and 2020 meet 3 times running in Páirc Uà Chaoimh, Cork as to even out games. Very rare if the teams meet in unusual side of the draw was a Munster Quarter-final the teams usually meet in either a Munster Semi-final or Final. Only once since 1946 in 1992 they meet at the Quarter-final stage of the Munster championship the year Clare won the Munster title.
Team | All-Ireland | Munster | National League | Total |
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Kerry | 38 | 85 | 23 | 146 |
Cork | 7 | 35 | 6 | 46 |
Combined | 46 | 121 | 29 | 192 |
Kerry win | |
Cork win | |
Match was a draw |
No. | Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Stage | |
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1. | 27 July 1889 | Cork | 0-2 - 0-1 | Kerry | Mallow Town Park | Munster final | |
2. | 28 September 1890 | Cork | 0-0 - 0-0 | Kerry | Markets Field | Munster final | |
3. | 19 October 1890 | Cork | 1-4 - 0-1 | Kerry | Banteer Sportsfield | Munster final replay | |
4. | 20 September 1891 | Cork | 2-5 - 0-2 | Kerry | Killarney Sportsfield | Munster semi-final | |
5. | 30 October 1892 | Kerry | 3-6 - 0-5 | Cork | Killarney Sportsfield | Munster final | |
6. | 2 April 1894 | Cork | w/o - scr. | Kerry | Mallow Town Park | Munster final | |
7. | 31 August 1902 | Cork | 0-6 - 0-1 | Kerry | Markets Field | Munster quarter-final replay | |
8. | 5 October 1902 | Cork | 0-8 - 0-6 | Kerry | Millstreet Sportsfield | Munster quarter-final replay | |
9. | 9 August 1903 | Kerry | 2-7 - 0-3 | Cork | Millstreet Sportsfield | Munster semi-final | |
10. | 30 October 1904 | Kerry | 1-7 - 0-3 | Cork | Markets Field | Munster final | |
11. | 29 October 1905 | Kerry | 1-4 - 0-0 | Cork | Markets Field | Munster semi-final | |
12. | 20 January 1907 | Kerry | 1-7 - 0-5 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
13. | 18 August 1907 | Cork | 1-10 - 0-3 | Kerry | Station Road | Munster final | |
14. | 29 March 1908 | Cork | 1-9 - 0-9 | Kerry | Markets Field | Munster semi-final | |
15. | 19 September 1909 | Cork | 2-8 - 1-7 | Kerry | Markets Field | Munster final | |
16. | 7 November 1909 | Kerry | 1-6 - 0-6 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final replay | |
17. | 30 October 1910 | Kerry | 0-4 - 0-2 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
18. | 23 June 1912 | Kerry | 2-3 - 0-1 | Cork | Tralee Sportsfield | Munster quarter-final | |
19. | 26 October 1913 | Kerry | 1-6 - 0-1 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
20. | 4 October 1914 | Kerry | 0-5 - 0-1 | Cork | Tralee Sportsfield | Munster final | |
21. | 20 June 1920 | Kerry | 2-6 - 0-4 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster semi-final | |
22. | 2 September 1923 | Kerry | 3-4 - 0-3 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster semi-final | |
23. | 7 September 1924 | Kerry | 4-3 - 2-1 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster semi-final | |
24. | 16 August 1925 | Kerry | 3-8 - 0-1 | Cork | Tralee Sportsfield | Munster semi-final | |
25. | 18 July 1926 | Kerry | 1-9 - 2-1 | Cork | Listowel Sportsfield | Munster semi-final | |
26. | 8 May 1927 | Kerry | 1-7 - 0-1 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster quarter-final | |
27. | 26 May 1929 | Kerry | 1-7 - 1-3 | Cork | The Mardyke | Munster semi-final | |
28. | 27 May 1934 | Kerry | 2-6 - 0-3 | Cork | Páirc Mac Gearailt | Munster quarter-final | |
29. | 13 June 1937 | Kerry | 6-7 - 0-4 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster quarter-final | |
30. | 7 August 1938 | Kerry | 4-14 - 0-6 | Cork | Clonakilty Sportsfield | Munster final | |
31. | 19 July 1942 | Kerry | 3-7 - 0-8 | Cork | Austin Stack Park | Munster final | |
32. | 6 June 1943 | Kerry | 0-9 - 2-3 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster semi-final | |
33. | 11 July 1943 | Cork | 1-5 - 1-4 | Kerry | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster semi-final replay | |
34. | 8 July 1945 | Cork | 1-11 - 1-6 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
35. | 2 June 1946 | Kerry | 1-8 - 1-5 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster quarter-final | |
36. | 27 July 1947 | Kerry | 3-8 - 2-6 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
37. | 25 July 1948 | Kerry | 2-9 - 2-6 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
38. | 30 July 1950 | Kerry | 2-05 - 1-05 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
39. | 15 July 1951 | Kerry | 1-06 - 0-04 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
40. | 20 July 1952 | Cork | 0-11 - 0-02 | Kerry | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
41. | 19 July 1953 | Kerry | 2-07 - 2-03 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
42. | 25 July 1954 | Kerry | 4-09 - 2-03 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
43. | 14 July 1955 | Kerry | 0-14 - 2-6 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
44. | 15 July 1956 | Kerry | 0-8 - 2-2 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
45. | 29 July 1956 | Cork | 1-8 - 1-7 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final replay | |
46. | 13 July 1958 | Kerry | 2-7 - 0-3 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
47. | 2 August 1959 | Kerry | 2-15 - 2-8 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
48. | 16 July 1961 | Kerry | 0-10 - 1-7 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
49. | 23 July 1961 | Kerry | 2-13 - 1-4 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
50. | 15 July 1962 | Kerry | 4-8 - 0-4 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
51. | 14 July 1963 | Kerry | 1-18 - 3-7 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
52. | 19 July 1964 | Kerry | 2-11 - 1-8 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
53. | 17 July 1966 | Cork | 2-07 - 1-07 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
54. | 16 July 1967 | Cork | 0-08 - 0-07 | Kerry | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
55. | 14 July 1968 | Kerry | 1-21 - 3-08 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
56. | 20 July 1969 | Kerry | 0-16 - 1-04 | Cork | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
57. | 26 July 1970 | Kerry | 2-22 - 2-09 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
58. | 18 July 1971 | Cork | 0-25 - 0-14 | Kerry | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
59. | 16 July 1972 | Kerry | 2-21 - 2-15 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
60. | 15 July 1973 | Cork | 5-12 - 1-15 | Kerry | Cork Athletic Grounds | Munster final | |
61. | 14 July 1974 | Cork | 1-11 - 0-07 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
62. | 13 July 1975 | Kerry | 1-14 - 0-07 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
63. | 11 July 1976 | Kerry | 0-10 - 0-10 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
64. | 25 July 1976 | Kerry | 3-20 - 2-19 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final replay | |
65. | 24 July 1977 | Kerry | 3-15 - 0-09 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
66. | 16 July 1978 | Kerry | 3-14 - 3-7 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
67. | 22 July 1979 | Kerry | 2-14 - 2-4 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
68. | 6 July 1980 | Kerry | 3-13 - 0-12 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
69. | 19 July 1981 | Kerry | 1-11 - 0-3 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
70. | 4 July 1982 | Kerry | 0-9 - 0-9 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
71. | 1 August 1982 | Kerry | 2-18 - 0-12 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final replay | |
72. | 17 July 1983 | Cork | 3-10 - 3-9 | Kerry | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
73. | 1 July 1984 | Kerry | 3-14 - 2-10 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
74. | 21 July 1985 | Kerry | 2-11 - 0-11 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
75. | 6 July 1986 | Kerry | 0-12 - 0-8 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
76. | 26 July 1987 | Kerry | 1-10 - 2-7 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
77. | 2 August 1987 | Cork | 0-13 - 1-5 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final replay | |
78. | 3 July 1988 | Cork | 1-14 - 0-16 | Kerry | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
79. | 23 July 1989 | Cork | 1-12 - 1-09 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
80. | 1 July 1990 | Cork | 2-23 - 1-11 | Kerry | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
81. | 16 June 1991 | Kerry | 1-10 - 0-11 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster semi-final | |
82. | 4 May 1992 | Kerry | 2-14 - 0-10 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster quarter-final | |
83. | 20 June 1993 | Cork | 1-10 - 0-10 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster semi-final | |
84. | 26 June 1994 | Cork | 1-13 - 2-08 | Kerry | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster semi-final | |
85. | 23 July 1995 | Cork | 0-15 - 1-09 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
86. | 21 July 1996 | Kerry | 0-14 - 0-11 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
87. | 5 July 1998 | Kerry | 1-14 - 1-11 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster semi-final | |
88. | 18 July 1999 | Cork | 2-10 - 2-4 | Kerry | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
89. | 18 June 2000 | Kerry | 2-15 - 1-13 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
90. | 15 July 2001 | Kerry | 0-19 - 1-13 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
91. | 16 June 2002 | Kerry | 0-8 - 0-8 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster semi-final | |
92. | 23 June 2002 | Cork | 0-15 - 1-9 | Kerry | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster semi-final replay | |
93. | 25 August 2002 | Kerry | 3-19 - 2-7 | Cork | Croke Park | All-Ireland semi-final | |
94. | 13 June 2004 | Kerry | 0-15 - 0-7 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster semi-final | |
95. | 10 July 2005 | Kerry | 1-11 - 0-11 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
96. | 28 August 2005 | Kerry | 1-19 - 0-9 | Cork | Croke Park | All-Ireland semi-final | |
97. | 9 July 2006 | Kerry | 0-10 - 0-10 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
98. | 16 July 2006 | Cork | 1-12 - 0-09 | Kerry | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final replay | |
99. | 20 August 2006 | Kerry | 0-16 - 0-10 | Cork | Croke Park | All-Ireland semi-final | |
100. | 1 July 2007 | Kerry | 1-15 - 1-13 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
101. | 16 September 2007 | Kerry | 3-13 - 1-09 | Cork | Croke Park | All-Ireland final | |
102. | 6 July 2008 | Cork | 1-16 - 1-11 | Kerry | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
103. | 24 August 2008 | Cork | 3-07 - 1-13 | Kerry | Croke Park | All-Ireland semi-final | |
104. | 31 August 2008 | Kerry | 3-14 - 2-13 | Cork | Croke Park | All-Ireland semi-final replay | |
105. | 7 June 2009 | Kerry | 0-13 - 1-10 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster semi-final | |
106. | 13 June 2009 | Cork | 1-17 - 0-12 | Kerry | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster semi-final replay | |
107. | 20 September 2009 | Kerry | 0-16 - 1-09 | Cork | Croke Park | All-Ireland final | |
108. | 6 June 2010 | Kerry | 0-15 - 0-15 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster semi-final | |
109. | 13 June 2010 | Kerry | 1-15 - 1-14 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster semi-final replay | |
110. | 3 July 2011 | Kerry | 1-15 - 1-12 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
111. | 10 June 2012 | Cork | 0-17 - 0-12 | Kerry | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster semi-final | |
112. | 7 July 2013 | Kerry | 1-16 - 0-17 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
113. | 6 July 2014 | Kerry | 0-24 - 0-12 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
114. | 5 July 2015 | Kerry | 2-15 - 3-12 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
115. | 18 July 2015 | Kerry | 1-11 - 1-06 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final replay | |
116. | 2 July 2017 | Kerry | 1-23 - 0-15 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
117. | 23 June 2018 | Kerry | 3-18 - 2-04 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
118. | 22 June 2019 | Kerry | 1-19 - 3-10 | Cork | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster final | |
119. | 8 November 2020 | Cork | 1-12 - 0-13 | Kerry | Páirc Uà Chaoimh | Munster semi-final | |
120. | 25 July 2021 | Kerry | 4-22 - 1-09 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster final | |
121. | 7 May 2022 | Kerry | 0-23 - 0-11 | Cork | Pairc Ui Rinn | Munster semi-final | |
122. | 3 June 2023 | Kerry | 1-14 - 0-15 | Cork | Pairc Ui Chaoimh | 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Group Stage 1 | |
123. | 20 April 2024 | Kerry | 0-18 - 1-12 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium | Munster semi-final |