Down–Kerry Gaelic football rivalry

The Down-Kerry rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Down and Kerry, who first played each other in 1960. It was considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games during the 1960s.[1] Down's home ground is Páirc Esler and Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

Down-Kerry
LocationCounty Down
County Kerry
TeamsDown
Kerry
First meetingDown 2-10 - 0-8 Kerry
1960 All-Ireland final
(25 September 1960)
Latest meetingDown 1-16 - 1-10 Kerry
2010 All-Ireland quarter-final
(31 July 2010)
Statistics
Meetings total5
Most winsDown (5)
Top scorerPaddy Doherty (1-14)
All-time seriesDown 5-0 Kerry

While Kerry have the highest number of Munster titles and Down are fifth on the roll of honour in Ulster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 42 championship titles between them to date.

All-time results

Legend
Down win

Senior
No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1.25 September 1960Down2-10 - 0-8KerryCroke ParkAll-Ireland final
2.6 August 1961Down1-12 - 0-9KerryCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
3.22 September 1968Down2-12 - 1-13KerryCroke ParkAll-Ireland final
4.11 August 1991Down2-9 - 0-8KerryCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
5.31 July 2010Down1-16 - 1-10KerryCroke ParkAll-Ireland quarter-final

References
  1. Breheny, Martin (23 August 2007). "Dublin are a very poor second in long rivalry with Kerry". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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