Cork–Galway Gaelic football rivalry

Cork-Galway
LocationCounty Cork
County Galway
TeamsCork
Galway
First meetingCork 3-4 - 0-2 Galway
1911 All-Ireland semi-final
(3 December 1911)
Latest meetingCork 1-17 - 1-16 Galway
2013 All-Ireland qualifier
(27 July 2013)
Statistics
Meetings total11
Most winsCork (7)
All-time seriesCork 7-1-3 Galway

The Cork-Galway rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Galway, who first played each other in 1911. The fixture has been an infrequent one in the history of the championship, and therefore the rivalry is not as intense between the two teams.[1] Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh and Galway's home ground is Pearse Stadium, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

While Cork have the second highest number of Munster titles and Galway are second only to Mayo in Connacht, they have also enjoyed All-Ireland Senior Football Championship successes, having won 16 championship titles between them to date.

All-time results

Legend

Galway win
Cork win
Drawn game

Senior

No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Competition
1. 3 December 1911 Cork 3-4 - 0-2 Galway Portlaoise All-Ireland semi-final
2. 12 August 1945 Cork 2-12 - 2-8 Galway Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
3. 7 October 1956 Galway 2-13 - 3-7 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland final
4. 11 August 1957 Cork 2-4 - 0-9 Galway Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
5. 7 August 1966 Galway 1-11 - 1-9 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
6. 23 September 1973 Cork 3-17 - 2-13 Galway Croke Park All-Ireland final
7. 16 August 1987 Cork 1-11 - 1-11 Galway Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
8. 30 August 1987 Cork 0-18 - 1-4 Galway Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final Replay
9. 22 July 2001 Galway 1-14 - 1-10 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland qualifier round 4
10. 7 August 2005 Cork 2-14 - 2-11 Galway Croke Park All-Ireland quarter-final
11. 27 May 2013 Cork 1-17 - 1-16 Galway Croke Park All-Ireland qualifier round 4

References

  1. ^ Breheny, Martin (2 August 2014). "Croke Park Galway's Graveyard". Irish Independent. Retrieved 22 March 2016.