Cork–Kilkenny hurling rivalry
No Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1 24 June 1894 Cork ( 1 ) 6-8 - 0-2 Kilkenny Phoenix Park All-Ireland final
2 16 July 1905 Cork ( 2 ) 8-9 - 0-8 Kilkenny Fraher Field All-Ireland home final
3 24 June 1906 Kilkenny ( 1 ) 1-9 - 1-8 Cork Carrick-on-Suir All-Ireland final
4 30 June 1907 Kilkenny ( 2 ) 7-7 - 2-9 Cork Fraher Field All-Ireland final refixture
5 21 June 1908 Kilkenny ( 3 ) 3-12 - 4-8 Cork Fraher Field All-Ireland final
6 17 November 1912 Kilkenny ( 4 ) 2-1 - 1-3 Cork Jones 's Road All-Ireland final
7 24 October 1926 Cork ( 3 ) 4-6 - 2-0 Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland final
8 6 September 1931 Cork 1-6 - 1-6 Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland final
9 11 October 1931 Cork 2-5 - 2-5 Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland final replay
10 1 November 1931 Cork ( 4 ) 5-8 - 3-4 Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland second replay
11 3 September 1939 Kilkenny ( 5 ) 2-7 - 3-3 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland final
12 1 September 1946 Cork ( 5 ) 7-5 - 3-8 Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland final
13 7 September 1947 Kilkenny ( 6 ) 0-14 - 2-7 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland final
14 4 September 1966 Cork ( 6 ) 3-9 - 1-10 Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland final
15 7 September 1969 Kilkenny ( 7 ) 2-15 - 2-9 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland final
16 7 September 1972 Kilkenny ( 8 ) 3-24 - 5-11 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland final
17 4 September 1978 Cork ( 7 ) 1-15 - 2-8 Kilkenny Croke Park All-Ireland final
18 5 September 1982 Kilkenny ( 9 ) 3-18 - 1-13 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland final
19 4 September 1983 Kilkenny ( 10 ) 2-14 - 2-12 Cork Croke Park AISHC final
20 6 September 1992 Kilkenny ( 11 ) 3-10 - 1-12 Cork Croke Park AISHC final
All time results -- Senior championship
The Cork-Kilkenny rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Kilkenny, who first played each other in 1894. It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in Gaelic games. Kilkenny's home ground is Nowlan Park and Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park. While Cork have the highest number of Munster titles and Kilkenny are the standard bearers in Leinster, they are also two of the most successful teams in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, having won 66 championship titles between them to date. As of 2019 the sides have met 28 times in the hurling championship including meeting 24 times at the All Ireland final stage, more than any other All Ireland hurling final fixture, (Kilkenny have won 13 of these finals compared to Corks 9 final wins with 2 draws). Regarded as two of hurling's big three, with Tipperary making up the trio, an All-Ireland final between Cork and Kilkenny is regarded as a special occasion.