Kerry–Mayo Gaelic football rivalry

Kerry-Mayo
LocationCounty Kerry
County Mayo
TeamsKerry
Mayo
First meetingKerry 2-7 -0-4 Mayo
1903 All-Ireland semi-final
(7 May 1905)
Latest meetingKerry 0-17 - 1-19 Mayo
2023 All-Ireland group stage
(20 May 2023)
Statistics
Meetings total28
Most winsKerry (19)
Most player appearancesAndy Moran (9)
Top scorerCillian O'Connor (4-32)
All-time seriesKerry 19 wins, Mayo 6 wins , Draws 4
Largest victoryKerry 2-19 - 1-6 Mayo
1981 All-Ireland semi final
(9 August 1981)

The Kerry-Mayo rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Kerry and Mayo, who first played each other in 1905. It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games.[1] Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium and Mayo's home ground is MacHale Park, however, all but one of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park. The first championship meeting between the two counties to take place in either Kerry or Mayo was in 2019 when they played each other in Fitzgerald Stadium at the All-Ireland quarter-final group stage.

While Kerry have the highest number of Munster Senior Football Championship titles and Mayo are the standard bearers in Connacht, they have also enjoyed All-Ireland Senior Football Championship successes, having won 40 championship titles between them to date.
They have met 28 times with Kerry winning 19 times, Mayo winning 5 times, with 4 Draws

All-time results

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Legend

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Kerry win
Mayo win
Match was a draw

Senior

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No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1. 7 May 1905 Kerry 2-7 - 0-4 Mayo Limerick All-Ireland semi final
2. 14 February 1909 Kerry 2-4 - 0-1 Mayo Limerick All-Ireland semi final
3. 21 November 1909 Kerry 2-12 - 0-6 Mayo Ennis All-Ireland semi final
4. 21 August 1910 Kerry 1-7 - 0-4 Mayo Tuam All-Ireland semi final
5. 7 December 1924 Kerry 1-4 - 0-1 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
6. 18 August 1929 Kerry 3-8 - 1-1 Mayo Roscommon All-Ireland semi final
7. 24 August 1930 Kerry 1-9 - 0-4 Mayo Roscommon All-Ireland semi final
8. 30 August 1931 Kerry 1-6 - 1-4 Mayo Tuam All-Ireland semi final
9. 25 September 1932 Kerry 2-7 - 2-4 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland final
10. 9 August 1936 Mayo 1-5 - 0-6 Kerry Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
11. 13 August 1939 Kerry 0-4 - 0-4 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
12. 11 September 1939 Kerry 3-8 - 1-4 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final replay
13. 29 August 1948 Mayo 0-13 - 0-3 Kerry Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
14. 12 August 1951 Kerry 1-5 - 1-5 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
15. 9 September 1951 Mayo 2-4 - 1-5 Kerry Croke Park All-Ireland semi final replay
16. 10 August 1969 Kerry 0-14 - 1-10 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
17. 9 August 1981 Kerry 2-19 - 1-6 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
18. 11 August 1996 Mayo 2-13 - 1-10 Kerry Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
19. 28 September 1997 Kerry 0-13 - 1-7 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland final
20. 26 September 2004 Kerry 1-20 - 2-9 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland final
21. 7 August 2005 Kerry 2-15 - 0-18 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland quarter final
22. 17 September 2006 Kerry 4-15 - 3-5 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland final
23. 21 August 2011 Kerry 1-20 - 1-11 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
24. 24 August 2014 Kerry 1-16 - 1-16 Mayo Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
25. 30 August 2014 Kerry 3-16 - 3-13 Mayo Gaelic Grounds All-Ireland semi final replay
26. 20 August 2017 Mayo 2-14 - 2-14 Kerry Croke Park All-Ireland semi final
27. 26 August 2017 Mayo 2-16 - 0-17 Kerry Croke Park All-Ireland semi final replay
28. 14 July 2019 Kerry 1-22 - 0-15 Mayo Fitzgerald Stadium All-Ireland quarter final group stage

References

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  1. ^ Breheny, Martin (21 August 2014). "History is Mayo's greatest obstacle against the Kingdom". Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 March 2016.