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Kilkenny–Offaly hurling rivalry

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Teams
  
KilkennyOffaly

Meetings total
  
45

Next meeting
  
TBA

Locale
  
County KilkennyCounty Offaly

First meeting
  
Kilk. 4-13 - 1-5 Offaly1898 Leinster semi-final(19 November 1899)

Latest meeting
  
Kilk. 5-32 - 1-18 Offaly2014 Leinster quarter-final(7 June 2014)

The Kilkenny–Offaly rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish inter-county teams Kilkenny and Offaly, who first played each other in 1899. Kilkenny's home ground is Nowlan Park and Offaly's home ground is O'Connor Park.

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While Kilkenny are regarded as one of the "big three" of hurling, with Cork and Tipperary completing the trio, Offaly are ranked joint seventh in the all-time roll of honour and have enjoyed sporadic periods of dominance at various stages throughout the history of the championship. The two teams have won a combined total of 39 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship titles.

Scorelines

  • Biggest championship win:
  • For Kilkenny: Kilkenny 6-28 - 0-15 Offaly, 2005 Leinster semi-final, Croke Park, 12 June 2005
  • For Offaly: Offaly 4-15 - 1-8 Kilkenny, 1990 Leinster semi-final, Croke Park, 17 June 1990
  • Highest aggregate:
  • Kilkenny 5-32 - 1-18 Offaly, 2014 Leinster quarter-final, Nowlan Park, 7 June 2014

    • Attendance

  • Highest attendance:
  • 65,491 - Offaly 2-16 - 1-13 Kilkenny, All-Ireland final, Croke Park, 13 September 1998

    • References

    Kilkenny–Offaly hurling rivalry Wikipedia
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