Kerry–Meath Gaelic football rivalry explained

Kerry-Meath
City Or Region:	County Kerry County Meath
First Contested:	Kerry 2-5 - 2-3 Meath 1939 All-Ireland final (24 September 1939)
Teams Involved:	Kerry Meath
Most Wins:	Kerry (6)
Mostrecent:	Kerry 2-18 - 1-13 Meath 2019 All-Ireland quarter-final group stage (3 August 2019)
Total:	8
Series:	Kerry 6-2 Meath
Largestvictory:	Meath 2-14 - 0-5 Kerry 2001 All-Ireland semi-final (2 September 2001)

The Kerry-Meath rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Kerry and Meath, who first played each other in 1939.^[1] Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium and Meath's home ground is Páirc Tailteann; however, all but one of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

While Kerry have the highest number of Munster titles and Meath are second to Dublin in Leinster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 44 championship titles between them to date.

Statistics

Team	All-Ireland	Provincial	National League	Total
	Kerry	37	81	19	137
Meath	7	21	7	35
Combined	44	102	26	172

All-time results

Legend

	Kerry win
	Meath win
	Match was a draw

Senior

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	1.	24 September 1939	Kerry	2-5 - 2-3	Meath		All-Ireland final
	2.	10 August 1947	Kerry	1-11 - 0-5	Meath		All-Ireland semi-final
	3.	26 September 1954	Meath	1-13 - 1-7	Kerry		All-Ireland final
	4.	27 September 1970	Kerry	2-19 - 0-18	Meath		All-Ireland final
	5.	24 August 1986	Kerry	2-13 - 0-12	Meath		All-Ireland semi-final
	6.	2 September 2001	Meath	2-14 - 0-5	Kerry		All-Ireland semi-final
	7.	23 August 2009	Kerry	2-8 - 1-7	Meath		All-Ireland semi-final
	8.	3 August 2019	Kerry	2-18 - 1-13	Meath		All-Ireland quarter-final group stage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fay: ‘Meath football started showing an arrogance and it’s never recovered from it’. The 42. 15 December 2013. 21 March 2016.