Kerry–Kildare Gaelic football rivalry

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.

Kerry-Kildare
LocationCounty Kerry
County Kildare
TeamsKerry
Kildare
First meetingKerry 1-4 - 1-3 Kildare
1903 All-Ireland home final
(23 July 1905)
Latest meetingKerry 3-25 - 2-16 Kildare
2018 All-Ireland quarter-final group stage
(4 August 2018)
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)

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

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Legend

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Kerry win
Kildare win
Match was a draw

Senior

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No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1. 23 July 1905 Kerry 1-4 - 1-3 Kildare Tipperary All Ireland home-final
2. 27 August 1905 Kerry 0-7 - 1-4 Kildare Cork All Ireland home-final replay
3. 15 October 1905 Kerry 0-8 - 0-2 Kildare Cork All Ireland home-final 2nd replay
4. 16 June 1906 Kildare 1-7 - 0-5 Kerry Thurles All Ireland final
5. 5 September 1926 Kerry 1-3 - 0-6 Kildare Croke Park All Ireland final
6. 17 October 1926 Kerry 1-4 - 0-4 Kildare Croke Park All Ireland final replay
7. 25 September 1927 Kildare 0-5 - 0-3 Kerry Croke Park All Ireland final
8. 22 September 1929 Kerry 1-8 - 1-5 Kildare Croke Park All Ireland final
9. 27 September 1931 Kerry 1-11 - 0-8 Kildare Croke Park All Ireland final
10. 30 August 1998 Kildare 0-13 - 1-9 Kerry Croke Park All Ireland semi-final
11. 27 July 2002 Kerry 2-10 - 1-5 Kildare Semple Stadium All Ireland qualifier round 4
12. 2 August 2015 Kerry 7-16 - 0-10 Kildare Croke Park All Ireland quarter-final
13. 4 August 2018 Kerry 3-25 - 2-16 Kildare Fitzgerald Stadium All Ireland quarter-final group stage

References

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