Kerry–Offaly Gaelic football rivalry

The Kerry-Offaly rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Kerry and Offaly, who first played each other in 1969. It was considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games during the 1980s.[1] Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium and Offaly's home ground is O'Connor Park, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

Kerry-Offaly
LocationCounty Kerry
County Offaly
TeamsKerry
Offaly
First meetingKerry 0-10 - 0-7 Offaly
1969 All-Ireland final
(28 September 1969)
Latest meetingOffaly 1-15 - 0-17 Kerry
1982 All-Ireland final
(19 September 1982)
Statistics
Meetings total6
Most winsKerry (3)
All-time seriesKerry 3-1-2 Offaly
Largest victoryOffaly 1-19 - 0-13 Kerry
1972 All-Ireland final replay
(15 October 1972)

While Kerry have the highest number of Munster titles and Offaly lie in fourth position behind Dublin, Meath and Kildare on the roll of honour in Leinster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 40 championship titles between them to date.

All-time results

Legend
Kerry win
Offaly win
Match was a draw

Senior
No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1.28 September 1969Kerry0-10 - 0-7OffalyCroke ParkAll Ireland final
2.24 September 1972Kerry1-13 - 1-13OffalyCroke ParkAll Ireland final
3.15 October 1972Offaly1-19 - 0-13KerryCroke ParkAll Ireland final replay
4.24 August 1980Kerry4-15 - 4-10OffalyCroke ParkAll Ireland semi-final
5.20 September 1981Kerry1-12 - 0-8OffalyCroke ParkAll Ireland final
6.19 September 1982Offaly1-15 - 0-17KerryCroke ParkAll Ireland final

References
  1. "Every game takes on a life of its own but it's a Hell of a lot easier in the stands!". GPA website. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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