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Cork–Kildare Gaelic football rivalry

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Cork-Kildare
LocationCounty Cork
County Kildare
TeamsCork
Kildare
First meetingKildare 3-7 - 0-2 Cork
1928 All-Ireland semi-final
(2 September 1928)
Latest meetingKildare 1-21 - 1-13 Cork
2015 All-Ireland qualifier
(25 July 2015)
Statistics
Meetings total5
Most winsCork (3)
All-time seriesCork 3-2 Kildare
Largest victoryKildare 3-7 - 0-2 Cork
1928 All-Ireland semi-final
(2 September 1928)

The Cork-Kildare rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Kildare, who first played each other in 1928. The fixture has been an infrequent one in the history of the championship, however, the rivalry intensified during a series of championship encounters between 2008 and 2015.[1] Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh 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.

While Cork have the second 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 11 championship titles between them to date.

All-time results

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Legend

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Cork win
Kildare win
Match was a draw

Senior

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No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1. 2 September 1928 Kildare 3-7 - 0-2 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
2. 5 August 1956 Cork 0-9 - 0-5 Kildare Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
3. 10 August 2008 Cork 2-11 - 1-11 Kildare Croke Park All-Ireland quarter-final
4. 5 August 2012 Cork 2-19 - 0-12 Kildare Croke Park All-Ireland quarter-final
5. 25 July 2015 Kildare 1-21 - 1-13 Cork Semple Stadium All-Ireland qualifier round 4

References

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  1. ^ "Cork v Kildare - The stats". Kildare GAA. Retrieved 23 March 2016.