Kerry–Tyrone Gaelic football rivalry explained

Kerry-Tyrone
City Or Region:	County Kerry County Tyrone
First Contested:	Kerry 2-15 - 1-10 Tyrone 1986 All-Ireland final (21 September 1986)
Teams Involved:	Kerry Tyrone
Mostrecent:	Kerry 2-18 - 0-12 Tyrone 2023 All-Ireland quarter-final (1 July 2023)
Total:	9
Series:	Tyrone 4-5 Kerry
Largestvictory:	Kerry 2-18 - 0-12 Tyrone 2023 All Ireland Quarter Final (1 July 2023)

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.

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

width=1		width=5	No.	width=120	Date	width=100	Winners	width=70	Score	width=100	Runners-up	width=130	Venue	width=160	Stage
	1.	21 September 1986	Kerry	2-15 - 1-10	Tyrone		All Ireland final
	2.	24 August 2003	Tyrone	0-13 - 0-6	Kerry		All Ireland semi-final
	3.	25 September 2005	Tyrone	1-16 - 2-10	Kerry		All Ireland final
	4.	21 September 2008	Tyrone	1-15 - 0-14	Kerry		All Ireland final
	5.	21 July 2012	Kerry	1-16 - 1-6	Tyrone		All Ireland qualifier round 3
	6.	23 August 2015	Kerry	0-18 - 1-11	Tyrone		All Ireland semi-final
	7.	11 August 2019	Kerry	1-18 - 0-18	Tyrone		All Ireland semi-final
	8.	28 August 2021	Tyrone	3-14 - 0-22	Kerry		All Ireland semi-final
	7.	1 July 2023	Kerry	2-18 - 0-12	Tyrone		All Quarter-final

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kerry v Tyrone: A football rivalry. RTÉ Sport. 23 August 2015. 21 March 2016. James. McMahon.