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Cork–Donegal Gaelic football rivalry

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Teams
  
Cork Donegal

Top scorer
  
Paul Kerrigan (2-7)

Meetings total
  
4

Locale
  
County Cork County Donegal

First meeting
  
Cork 1-11 - 1-10 Donegal 2006 All-Ireland quarter-final (5 August 2006)

Latest meeting
  
Donegal 0-21 - 1-15 Cork 2016 All-Ireland qualifier (30 July 2016)

The Cork-Donegal rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish inter-county teams Cork and Donegal, who first played each other in 2006. 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. Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh and Donegal's home ground is MacCumhail Park, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

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While Cork have the second highest number of Munster titles and Donegal are seventh on the roll of honour in Ulster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 9 championship titles between them to date.

Scorelines

  • Biggest championship win:
  • For Cork: Cork 1-27 - 2-10 Donegal, All-Ireland quarter-final, Croke Park, 2 August 2009
  • For Donegal: Donegal 0-16 - 1-11 Cork, All-Ireland semi-final, Croke Park, 26 August 2012
  • Highest aggregate:
  • Cork 1-27 - 2-10 Donegal, All-Ireland quarter-final, Croke Park, 2 August 2009

    • Attendance

  • Highest attendance:
  • 55,169 - Donegal 0-16 - 1-11 Cork, All-Ireland semi-final, Croke Park, 26 August 2012

    • References

    Cork–Donegal Gaelic football rivalry Wikipedia
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