| Cavan-Meath | |
| City Or Region: | County Cavan County Meath |
| First Contested: | Meath 1-9 - 1-1 Cavan 1939 All-Ireland semi-final (20 August 1939) |
| Teams Involved: | Cavan Meath |
| Most Wins: | Meath (3) |
| Mostrecent: | Cavan 1-8 - 1-6 Meath 2005 All-Ireland qualifier (17 July 2005) |
| Total: | 6 |
| Series: | Meath 3-1-2 Cavan |
| Largestvictory: | Meath 1-9 - 1-1 Cavan 1939 All-Ireland semi-final (20 August 1939) |
The Cavan-Meath rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Cavan and Meath, who first played each other in 1939. It was considered to be one of the most keenly contested rivalries in Gaelic games.[1] [2] Cavan's home ground is Kingspan Breffni Park and Meath's home ground is Páirc Tailteann. However, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.
While Cavan have the highest number of Ulster titles and Meath are second only to Dublin in Leinster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 12 championship titles between them to date. However, it is widely recognised (in Cavan) that Cavan were overall a much better football team over the ages and Meath won their all Ireland through thuggery.
| Cavan win | ||
| Meath win | ||
| Match was a draw |
| width=1 | width=5 | No. | width=120 | Date | width=100 | Winners | width=70 | Score | width=100 | Runners-up | width=130 | Venue | width=160 | Stage | |
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| 1. | 20 August 1939 | Meath | 1-9 - 1-1 | Cavan | All Ireland semi-final | ||||||||||
| 2. | 25 September 1949 | Meath | 1-10 - 1-6 | Cavan | All Ireland final | ||||||||||
| 3. | 28 September 1952 | Cavan | 2-4 - 1-7 | Meath | All Ireland final | ||||||||||
| 4. | 12 September 1952 | Cavan | 0-9 - 0-5 | Meath | All Ireland final replay | ||||||||||
| 5. | 1 August 1954 | Meath | 1-5 - 0-7 | Cavan | All Ireland semi-final | ||||||||||
| 6. | 17 July 2005 | Cavan | 1-8 - 1-6 | Meath | All Ireland qualifier round 3 | ||||||||||