Kerry–Tyrone Gaelic football rivalry

The Kerry-Tyrone rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Kerry and Tyrone, who first played each other in 1986. It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in modern Gaelic games.[1] Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium and Tyrone's home ground is Healy Park, however, all but one of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

Kerry-Tyrone
LocationCounty Kerry
County Tyrone
TeamsKerry
Tyrone
First meetingKerry 2-15 - 1-10 Tyrone
1986 All-Ireland final
(21 September 1986)
Latest meetingKerry 2-18 - 0-12 Tyrone
2023 All-Ireland quarter-final
(1 July 2023)
Statistics
Meetings total9
All-time seriesTyrone 4-5 Kerry
Largest victoryKerry 2-18 - 0-12 Tyrone
2023 All Ireland Quarter Final
(1 July 2023)

While Kerry have the highest number of Munster titles and Tyrone are third on the roll of honour in Ulster, 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
Tyrone win
Match was a draw

Senior
No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1.21 September 1986Kerry2-15 - 1-10TyroneCroke ParkAll Ireland final
2.24 August 2003Tyrone0-13 - 0-6KerryCroke ParkAll Ireland semi-final
3.25 September 2005Tyrone1-16 - 2-10KerryCroke ParkAll Ireland final
4.21 September 2008Tyrone1-15 - 0-14KerryCroke ParkAll Ireland final
5.21 July 2012Kerry1-16 - 1-6TyroneFitzgerald StadiumAll Ireland qualifier round 3
6.23 August 2015Kerry0-18 - 1-11TyroneCroke ParkAll Ireland semi-final
7.11 August 2019Kerry1-18 - 0-18TyroneCroke ParkAll Ireland semi-final
8.28 August 2021Tyrone3-14 - 0-22KerryCroke ParkAll Ireland semi-final
7.1 July 2023Kerry2-18 - 0-12TyroneCroke ParkAll Quarter-final

References
  1. McMahon, James (23 August 2015). "Kerry v Tyrone: A football rivalry". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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