Kerry–Offaly Gaelic football rivalry explained

Kerry-Offaly
City Or Region:County Kerry
County Offaly
First Contested:Kerry 0-10 - 0-7 Offaly
1969 All-Ireland final
(28 September 1969)
Teams Involved:Kerry
Offaly
Most Wins:Kerry (3)
Mostrecent:Offaly 1-15 - 0-17 Kerry
1982 All-Ireland final
(19 September 1982)
Total:6
Series:Kerry 3-1-2 Offaly
Largestvictory:Offaly 1-19 - 0-13 Kerry
1972 All-Ireland final replay
(15 October 1972)

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.

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

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1. 28 September 1969 Kerry 0-10 - 0-7 Offaly All Ireland final
2. 24 September 1972 Kerry 1-13 - 1-13 Offaly All Ireland final
3. 15 October 1972 Offaly 1-19 - 0-13 Kerry All Ireland final replay
4. 24 August 1980 Kerry 4-15 - 4-10 Offaly All Ireland semi-final
5. 20 September 1981 Kerry 1-12 - 0-8 Offaly All Ireland final
6. 19 September 1982 Offaly 1-15 - 0-17 Kerry All Ireland final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. 23 March 2016.