Cavan–Cork Gaelic football rivalry

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Cavan-Cork
LocaleCounty Cavan
County Cork
TeamsCavan
Cork
First meetingCavan 1-8 - 1-7 Cork
1943 All-Ireland semi-final
(15 August 1943)
Latest meetingCork 1-19 - 0-4 Cavan
All-Ireland qualifier round 2
(10 July 2010)
Statistics
All-time seriesCavan 3-3 Cork
Largest victoryCork 1-19 - 0-4 Cavan
All-Ireland qualifier round 2
(10 July 2010)

The Cavan-Cork rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish inter-county teams Cavan and Cork, who first played each other in 1943. The rivalry peaked during a series of meetings between 1943 and 1952.[1] Cavan's home ground is the Kingspan Breffni Park and Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh, however, all of their championship meeting have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

While Cork have the second highest number of Munster titles and Cavan are the standard bearers in Ulster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 12 championship titles between them to date.

All-time results[]

Legend[]

Cavan win
Cork win
Match was a draw

Senior[]

No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1. 15 August 1943 Cavan 1-8 - 1-7 Cork Croke Park All Ireland semi-final
2. 23 September 1945 Cork 2-5 - 0-7 Cavan Croke Park All Ireland final
3. 21 August 1949 Cavan 2-3 - 1-9 Cork Croke Park All Ireland semi-final
4. 17 August 1952 Cavan 0-10 - 0-3 Cork Croke Park All Ireland semi-final
5. 6 August 1967 Cork 2-7 - 0-12 Cavan Croke Park All Ireland semi-final
6. 10 July 2010 Cork 1-19 - 0-4 Cavan Páirc Uí Chaoimh All Ireland qualifier round 2

References[]

  1. ^ "Could a summer without inter-county action follow our winter of discontent?". Irish Independent. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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