Kerry–Meath Gaelic football rivalry


The Kerry-Meath rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Kerry and Meath, who first played each other in 1939. Kerry's home ground is Fitzgerald Stadium and Meath's home ground is Páirc Tailteann, however, all but one of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.
While Kerry have the highest number of Munster titles and Meath are second to Dublin in Leinster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 44 championship titles between them to date.

Statistics

TeamAll-IrelandProvincialNational LeagueTotal
Kerry378119137
Meath721735
Combined4410226172

All-time results

Legend

Kerry win
Meath win
Match was a draw

Senior

No.DateWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueStage
1.24 September 1939Kerry2-5 - 2-3MeathCroke ParkAll-Ireland final
2.10 August 1947Kerry1-11 - 0-5MeathCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
3.26 September 1954Meath1-13 - 1-7KerryCroke ParkAll-Ireland final
4.27 September 1970Kerry2-19 - 0-18MeathCroke ParkAll-Ireland final
5.24 August 1986Kerry2-13 - 0-12MeathCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
6.2 September 2001Meath2-14 - 0-5KerryCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
7.23 August 2009Kerry2-8 - 1-7MeathCroke ParkAll-Ireland semi-final
8.3 August 2019Kerry2-18 - 1-13MeathPáirc TailteannAll-Ireland quarter-final group stage