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Cork–Donegal Gaelic football rivalry

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Cork–Donegal
LocationCounty Cork
County Donegal
TeamsCork
Donegal
First meetingCork 1-11 - 1-10 Donegal
2006 All-Ireland quarter-final
(5 August 2006)
Latest meetingDonegal 0-16 - 3-09 Cork
All-Ireland Senior championship group stage round 2
(01 June 2024)
Statistics
Meetings total4
Top scorerPaul Kerrigan (2-7)
All-time seriesCork 2-2 Donegal
Largest victoryCork 1-27 - 2-10 Donegal
2009 All-Ireland quarter-final
(2 AUgust 2009)

The Cork–Donegal rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Donegal, whose first championship meeting was 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.[1] Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh and Donegal's home ground is MacCumhaill Park; however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

While Cork have the second highest number of Munster titles and Donegal are sixth 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.

Statistics

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Team All-Ireland Provincial National League Total
Cork 7 37 8 52
Donegal 2 8 1 11
Combined 9 45 9 63

All-time results

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Legend

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Cork win
Donegal win

Senior

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No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1. 5 August 2006 Cork 1-11 - 1-10 Donegal Croke Park All-Ireland quarter-final
2. 2 August 2009 Cork (2) 1-27 - 2-10 Donegal Croke Park All-Ireland quarter-final
3. 26 August 2012 Donegal 0-16 - 1-11 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
4. 30 July 2016 Donegal (2) 0-21 - 1-15 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland qualifier

Junior

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No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1. 3 September 1933 Donegal 1-9 - 2-5 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final

Minor

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No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1. 1 August 1985 Cork 2-5 - 0-9 Donegal Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
2. 11 August 1991 Cork (2) 0-12 - 1-6 Donegal Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final
3. 30 July 2016 Donegal 2-13 - 0-13 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland quarter-final

Records

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Scorelines

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Top scorers

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Team Player Score Total
Cork Paul Kerrigan 2-7 13
Donegal Michael Murphy
Patrick McBrearty
0-11 11

Attendance

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References

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  1. ^ Duggan, Keith (28 February 2015). "Cork and Donegal meeting will again provide a marker for both sides". Irish Times. Retrieved 22 March 2016.