Galway–Kildare Gaelic football rivalry

The Galway-Kildare rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Galway and Kildare, who first played each other in 1919. The fixture has been an infrequent one in the history of the championship, however, the rivalry intensified during a series of championship encounters between 1998 and 2000.[1] Galway's home ground is Pearse 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.

Galway-Kildare

Locale	County Galway County Kildare
Teams	Galway Kildare
First meeting	Kildare 2-5 - 0-1 Galway 1919 All-Ireland final (28 September 1919)
Latest meeting	Galway 0-19 - 0-16 Kildare 2018 All-Ireland Super 8 Round 2 (22 July 2018)
Statistics
Meetings total	5
All-time series	1919 All-Ireland final (28 September 1919)

While Galway have the highest number of Connacht titles and have the third most All Ireland titles. 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 13 championship titles between them to date. Galway beat Kildare in the 1998 All Ireland Final, and the 2000 All Ireland Semi Final, the two biggest meetings of the counties to date in modern times.

All-time results

Legend

	Galway win
	Kildare win

Senior

	No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Stage
	1.	28 September 1919	Kildare	2-5 - 0-1	Galway	Croke Park	All Ireland Final
	2.	22 August 1926	Kildare	2-5 - 0-2	Galway	Croke Park	All Ireland Semi-Final
	3.	27 September 1998	Galway	1-14 - 1-10	Kildare	Croke Park	All Ireland Final
	4.	27 August 2000	Galway	0-15 - 2-6	Kildare	Croke Park	All Ireland Semi-Final
	5.	22 July 2018	Galway	0-19 - 0-16	Kildare	St. Conleth's Park	All Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage Round 2

References

1. "A Trip Down Memory Lane.. 1998". Galway GAA Blog. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2016.