Kerry–Kildare Gaelic football rivalry

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Kerry-Kildare
Location County Kerry
County Kildare
Teams Kerry
Kildare
First meetingKerry 1-4 - 1-3 Kildare
1903 All-Ireland home final
(23 July 1905)
Statistics
Meetings total13
Most winsKerry (8)
All-time seriesKerry 8-2-3 Kildare
Largest victoryKerry 7-16 - 0-10 Kildare
2015 All-Ireland quarter-final
(2 August 2015)

The Kerry-Kildare rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Kerry and Kildare, who first played each other in 1903. It was considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games during the 1920s. [1] Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium and Kildare's home ground is St. Conleth's Park, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

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While Kerry have the highest number of Munster titles and Kildare lie in third position behind Dublin and Meath on the roll of honour in Leinster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 41 championship titles between them to date.

All-time results

Legend

Kerry win
Kildare win
Match was a draw

Senior

No.DateWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueStage
1.23 July 1905Kerry1-4 - 1-3Kildare Tipperary All Ireland home-final
2.27 August 1905Kerry0-7 - 1-4Kildare Cork All Ireland home-final replay
3.15 October 1905Kerry0-8 - 0-2Kildare Cork All Ireland home-final 2nd replay
4.16 June 1906Kildare1-7 - 0-5Kerry Thurles All Ireland final
5.5 September 1926Kerry1-3 - 0-6Kildare Croke Park All Ireland final
6.17 October 1926Kerry1-4 - 0-4Kildare Croke Park All Ireland final replay
7.25 September 1927Kildare0-5 - 0-3Kerry Croke Park All Ireland final
8.22 September 1929Kerry1-8 - 1-5Kildare Croke Park All Ireland final
9.27 September 1931Kerry1-11 - 0-8Kildare Croke Park All Ireland final
10.30 August 1998Kildare0-13 - 1-9Kerry Croke Park All Ireland semi-final
11.27 July 2002Kerry2-10 - 1-5Kildare Semple Stadium All Ireland qualifier round 4
12.2 August 2015Kerry7-16 - 0-10Kildare Croke Park All Ireland quarter-final
13.4 August 2018Kerry3-25 - 2-16Kildare Fitzgerald Stadium All Ireland quarter-final group stage

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References

  1. "Kildare V Kerry Match Preview". Kildare GAA. Retrieved 23 March 2016.