The Kerry-Kildare rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Kerry and Kildare, who first played each other in 1903. It was considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games during the 1920s. Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald 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 Kerry have the highest number of Munster 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 41 championship titles between them to date.
All-time results
Legend
Kerry winKildare winMatch was a draw
Senior
No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage 1. 23 July 1905 Kerry 1-4 - 1-3 Kildare Tipperary All Ireland home-final 2. 27 August 1905 Kerry 0-7 - 1-4 Kildare Cork All Ireland home-final replay 3. 15 October 1905 Kerry 0-8 - 0-2 Kildare Cork All Ireland home-final 2nd replay 4. 16 June 1906 Kildare 1-7 - 0-5 Kerry Thurles All Ireland final 5. 5 September 1926 Kerry 1-3 - 0-6 Kildare Croke Park All Ireland final 6. 17 October 1926 Kerry 1-4 - 0-4 Kildare Croke Park All Ireland final replay 7. 25 September 1927 Kildare 0-5 - 0-3 Kerry Croke Park All Ireland final 8. 22 September 1929 Kerry 1-8 - 1-5 Kildare Croke Park All Ireland final 9. 27 September 1931 Kerry 1-11 - 0-8 Kildare Croke Park All Ireland final 10. 30 August 1998 Kildare 0-13 - 1-9 Kerry Croke Park All Ireland semi-final 11. 27 July 2002 Kerry 2-10 - 1-5 Kildare Semple Stadium All Ireland qualifier round 4 12. 2 August 2015 Kerry 7-16 - 0-10 Kildare Croke Park All Ireland quarter-final 13. 4 August 2018 Kerry 3-25 - 2-16 Kildare Fitzgerald Stadium All Ireland quarter-final group stage 14. 13 June 2026 Kerry 3-22 - 0-17 Kildare St Conleth's Park All-Ireland qualifier Round 2B
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