Kilkenny–Offaly hurling rivalry

The Kilkenny–Offaly rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Kilkenny and Offaly, who first played each other in 1899. Kilkenny's home ground is Nowlan Park and Offaly's home ground is O'Connor Park.

Kilkenny-Offaly
LocationCounty Kilkenny
County Offaly
Teams Kilkenny
Offaly
First meetingKilk. 4-13 - 1-5 Offaly
1898 Leinster semi-final
(19 November 1899)
Latest meetingKilk. 2-19 - 1-13 Offaly
2018 Leinster Rounds 2
(20 May 2018)
Next meetingTBA
Statistics
Meetings total46
Top scorer Henry Shefflin (6-65)
All-time seriesChampionship: Kilkenny 38-7 Offaly
(1 drawn game)
Largest victoryKilk. 6-28 - 0-15 Offaly
2005 Leinster semi-final
(12 June 2005)

While Kilkenny are regarded as one of the "big three" of hurling, with Cork and Tipperary completing the trio, Offaly are ranked joint seventh in the all-time roll of honour and have enjoyed sporadic periods of dominance at various stages throughout the history of the championship. The two teams have won a combined total of 40 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship titles.

Statistics

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Up to date as of 2023 season

Team All-Ireland Provincial National League Total
Kilkenny 36 75 19 130
Offaly 4 9 1 14
Combined 40 84 20 144

All time results

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Legend

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Kilkenny win
Offaly win
Draw

1899-1908

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No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Competition
1. 19 November 1899 Kilkenny (1) 4-13 - 1-5 Offaly Jones's Road Leinster semi-final
2. 14 July 1900 Kilkenny (2) 1-12 - 1-5 Offaly Abbeyleix Leinster semi-final
3. 6 March 1904 Kilkenny (3) 5-8 - 1-4 Offaly Leinster semi-final
4. 15 April 1906 Kilkenny (4) 3-11 - 1-4 Offaly Portlaoise Leinster semi-final
5. 2 September 1906 Kilkenny (5) 2-15 - 0-7 Offaly Jones's Road Leinster semi-final
6. 10 May 1908 Kilkenny (6) 3-8 - 1-6 Offaly Tullamore Leinster semi-final

1980-present

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No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Competition
20. 25 June 1978 Kilkenny (20) 2-17 - 1-4 Offaly O'Moore Park Leinster semi-final
21. 13 July 1980 Offaly (1) 3-17 - 5-10 Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster final
22. 25 July 1982 Kilkenny (21) 1-11 - 0-12 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final
23. 10 July 1983 Kilkenny (22) 1-17 - 0-13 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final
24. 23 June 1985 Kilkenny 3-18 - 3-18 Offaly Croke Park Leinster semi-final
25. 14 July 1985 Offaly (2) 1-20 - 0-17 Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster semi-final replay
26. 13 July 1986 Kilkenny (23) 4-10 - 1-11 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final
27. 2 August 1987 Kilkenny (24) 2-14 - 0-17 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final
28. 9 July 1989 Offaly (3) 3-15 -4-9 Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster final
29. 17 June 1990 Offaly (4) 4-15 - 1-8 Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster semi-final
30. 21 June 1992 Kilkenny (25) 2-15 - 1-12 Offaly Croke Park Leinster semi-final
31. 30 May 1993 Kilkenny (26) 2-10 - 0-14 Offaly Croke Park Leinster quarter-final
32. 26 June 1994 Offaly (5) 2-16 - 3-9 Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster semi-final
33. 16 July 1995 Offaly (6) 2-16 - 2-5 Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster final
34. 5 July 1998 Kilkenny (27) 3-10 - 1-11 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final
35. 13 September 1998 Offaly (7) 2-16 - 1-13 Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland final
36. 11 July 1999 Kilkenny (28) 5-14 - 1-16 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final
37. 9 July 2000 Kilkenny (29) 2-21 - 1-13 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final
38. 10 September 2000 Kilkenny (30) 5-15 - 1-14 Offaly Croke Park All-Ireland final
39. 10 June 2001 Kilkenny (31) 3-21 - 0-18 Offaly Croke Park Leinster semi-final
40. 9 June 2002 Kilkenny (32) 2-20 - 1-14 Offaly Semple Stadium Leinster semi-final
41. 12 June 2005 Kilkenny (33) 6-28 - 0-15 Offaly Croke Park Leinster semi-final
42. 10 June 2007 Kilkenny (34) 1-27 - 1-13 Offaly O'Moore Park Leinster semi-final
43. 15 June 2008 Kilkenny (35) 2-24 - 0-12 Offaly O'Moore Park Leinster semi-final
44. 9 June 2013 Kilkenny (36) 0-26 - 4-9 Offaly O'Connor Park Leinster quarter-final
45. 7 June 2014 Kilkenny (37) 5-32 - 1-18 Offaly Nowlan Park Leinster quarter-final
46. 20 May 2018 Kilkenny (38) 2-19 - 1-13 Offaly Nowlan Park Leinster Round 2

Records

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Scorelines

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Top scorer

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Team Player Score Total
Kilkenny Henry Shefflin 6-65 83

Attendance

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  • Highest attendance:
    • 65,491 - Offaly 2-16 - 1-13 Kilkenny, All-Ireland final, Croke Park, 13 September 1998
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