Galway–Kildare Gaelic football rivalry

Galway-Kildare
Locale County Galway
County Kildare
Teams Galway
Kildare
First meeting Kildare 2-5 - 0-1 Galway
1919 All-Ireland final
(28 September 1919)
Latest meeting Galway 0-19 - 0-16 Kildare
2018 All-Ireland Super 8 Round 2
(22 July 2018)
Statistics
Meetings total 5
All-time series Galway 2-2 Kildare
Largest victory Kildare 2-5 - 0-1 Galway
1919 All-Ireland final
(28 September 1919)

The Galway-Kildare rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish inter-county teams Galway and Kildare, who first played each other in 1919. The fixture has been an infrequent one in the history of the championship, however, the rivalry intensified during a series of championship encounters between 1998 and 2000.[1] Galway's home ground is Pearse Stadium and Kildare's home ground is St. Conleth's Park, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

While Galway have the second highest number of Connacht titles and Kildare lie in third position behind Dublin and Meath on the roll of honour in Leinster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 13 championship titles between them to date.

All-time results

Legend

Galway win
Kildare win

Senior

No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1.28 September 1919Kildare2-5 - 0-1GalwayCroke ParkAll Ireland Final
2.22 August 1926Kildare2-5 - 0-2GalwayCroke ParkAll Ireland Semi-Final
3.27 September 1998Galway1-14 - 1-10KildareCroke ParkAll Ireland Final
4.27 August 2000Galway0-15 - 2-6KildareCroke ParkAll Ireland Semi-Final
5.22 July 2018Galway0-19 - 0-16KildareSt. Conleth's ParkAll Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage Round 2

References

  1. ↑ "A Trip Down Memory Lane.. 1998". Galway GAA Blog. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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