Cork–Kildare Gaelic football rivalry

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.

Cork-Kildare

Locale	County Cork County Kildare
Teams	Cork Kildare
First meeting	Kildare 3-7 - 0-2 Cork 1928 All-Ireland semi-final (2 September 1928)
Latest meeting	Kildare 1-21 - 1-13 Cork 2015 All-Ireland qualifier (25 July 2015)
Statistics
Meetings total	5
Most wins	Cork (3)
All-time series	Cork 3-2 Kildare
Largest victory	Kildare 3-7 - 0-2 Cork 1928 All-Ireland semi-final (2 September 1928)

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

Legend

	Cork win
	Kildare win
	Match was a draw

Senior

	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

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