Kilkenny–Offaly hurling rivalry

The Kilkenny–Offaly rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Kilkenny and Offaly, who first played each other in 1899. Kilkenny's home ground is Nowlan Park and Offaly's home ground is O'Connor Park.

While Kilkenny are regarded as one of the "big three" of hurling, with Cork and Tipperary completing the trio, Offaly are ranked joint seventh in the all-time roll of honour and have enjoyed sporadic periods of dominance at various stages throughout the history of the championship. The two teams have won a combined total of 40 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship titles.

Statistics Up to date as of 2023 season Team All-Ireland Provincial National League TotalKilkenny 367519130Offaly49114Combined408420144

All time results

Legend

Kilkenny winOffaly winDraw

1899-1908

No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Competition 1. 19 November 1899 Kilkenny (1) 4-13 - 1-5 Offaly Jones's Road Leinster semi-final 2. 14 July 1900 Kilkenny (2) 1-12 - 1-5 Offaly Abbeyleix Leinster semi-final 3. 6 March 1904 Kilkenny (3) 5-8 - 1-4 Offaly Leinster semi-final 4. 15 April 1906 Kilkenny (4) 3-11 - 1-4 Offaly Portlaoise Leinster semi-final 5. 2 September 1906 Kilkenny (5) 2-15 - 0-7 Offaly Jones's Road Leinster semi-final 6. 10 May 1908 Kilkenny (6) 3-8 - 1-6 Offaly Tullamore Leinster semi-final

1980-present

No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Competition 20. 25 June 1978 Kilkenny (20) 2-17 - 1-4 Offaly O'Moore Park Leinster semi-final 21. 13 July 1980 Offaly (1) 3-17 - 5-10 Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster final 22. 25 July 1982 Kilkenny (21) 1-11 - 0-12 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final 23. 10 July 1983 Kilkenny (22) 1-17 - 0-13 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final 24. 23 June 1985 Kilkenny 3-18 - 3-18 Offaly Croke Park Leinster semi-final 25. 14 July 1985 Offaly (2) 1-20 - 0-17 Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster semi-final replay 26. 13 July 1986 Kilkenny (23) 4-10 - 1-11 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final 27. 2 August 1987 Kilkenny (24) 2-14 - 0-17 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final 28. 9 July 1989 Offaly (3) 3-15 -4-9 Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster final 29. 17 June 1990 Offaly (4) 4-15 - 1-8 Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster semi-final 30. 21 June 1992 Kilkenny (25) 2-15 - 1-12 Offaly Croke Park Leinster semi-final 31. 30 May 1993 Kilkenny (26) 2-10 - 0-14 Offaly Croke Park Leinster quarter-final 32. 26 June 1994 Offaly (5) 2-16 - 3-9 Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster semi-final 33. 16 July 1995 Offaly (6) 2-16 - 2-5 Kilkenny Croke Park Leinster final 34. 5 July 1998 Kilkenny (27) 3-10 - 1-11 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final 35. 13 September 1998 Offaly (7) 2-16 - 1-13 Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland final 36. 11 July 1999 Kilkenny (28) 5-14 - 1-16 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final 37. 9 July 2000 Kilkenny (29) 2-21 - 1-13 Offaly Croke Park Leinster final 38. 10 September 2000 Kilkenny (30) 5-15 - 1-14 Offaly Croke Park All-Ireland final 39. 10 June 2001 Kilkenny (31) 3-21 - 0-18 Offaly Croke Park Leinster semi-final 40. 9 June 2002 Kilkenny (32) 2-20 - 1-14 Offaly Semple Stadium Leinster semi-final 41. 12 June 2005 Kilkenny (33) 6-28 - 0-15 Offaly Croke Park Leinster semi-final 42. 10 June 2007 Kilkenny (34) 1-27 - 1-13 Offaly O'Moore Park Leinster semi-final 43. 15 June 2008 Kilkenny (35) 2-24 - 0-12 Offaly O'Moore Park Leinster semi-final 44. 9 June 2013 Kilkenny (36) 0-26 - 4-9 Offaly O'Connor Park Leinster quarter-final 45. 7 June 2014 Kilkenny (37) 5-32 - 1-18 Offaly Nowlan Park Leinster quarter-final 46. 20 May 2018 Kilkenny (38) 2-19 - 1-13 Offaly Nowlan Park Leinster Round 2 47. 10 May 2025 Kilkenny (39) 4-25 - 2-16 Offaly Nowlan Park Leinster Round 3 48. 10 May 2026 Kilkenny 0-24 - 1-21 Offaly O'Connor Park Leinster Round 3

Records

Scorelines

Biggest championship win: For Kilkenny: Kilkenny 6-28 - 0-15 Offaly, 2005 Leinster semi-final, Croke Park, 12 June 2005 For Offaly: Offaly 4-15 - 1-8 Kilkenny, 1990 Leinster semi-final, Croke Park, 17 June 1990 Highest aggregate: Kilkenny 5-32 - 1-18 Offaly, 2014 Leinster quarter-final, Nowlan Park, 7 June 2014

Top scorer

Team Player Score Total Kilkenny Henry Shefflin 6-65 83

Attendance

Highest attendance: 65,491 - Offaly 2-16 - 1-13 Kilkenny, All-Ireland final, Croke Park, 13 September 1998

External links Kilkenny v Offaly all-time results