Kilkenny–Offaly hurling rivalry

The Kilkenny–Offaly rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish 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.

Kilkenny-Offaly

Location	County Kilkenny County Offaly
Teams	Kilkenny Offaly
First meeting	Kilk. 4-13 - 1-5 Offaly 1898 Leinster semi-final (19 November 1899)
Latest meeting	Kilk. 2-19 - 1-13 Offaly 2018 Leinster Rounds 2 (20 May 2018)
Next meeting	TBA
Statistics
Meetings total	46
Top scorer	Henry Shefflin (6-65)
All-time series	Championship: Kilkenny 38-7 Offaly (1 drawn game)
Largest victory	Kilk. 6-28 - 0-15 Offaly 2005 Leinster semi-final (12 June 2005)

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 40 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship titles.

Statistics

Up to date as of 2023 season

Team	All-Ireland	Provincial	National League	Total
Kilkenny	36	75	19	130
Offaly	4	9	1	14
Combined	40	84	20	144

All time results

Legend

	Kilkenny win
	Offaly win
	Draw

1899-1908

	No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Competition
	1.	19 November 1899	Kilkenny (1)	4-13 - 1-5	Offaly	Jones's Road	Leinster semi-final
	2.	14 July 1900	Kilkenny (2)	1-12 - 1-5	Offaly	Abbeyleix	Leinster semi-final
	3.	6 March 1904	Kilkenny (3)	5-8 - 1-4	Offaly		Leinster semi-final
	4.	15 April 1906	Kilkenny (4)	3-11 - 1-4	Offaly	Portlaoise	Leinster semi-final
	5.	2 September 1906	Kilkenny (5)	2-15 - 0-7	Offaly	Jones's Road	Leinster semi-final
	6.	10 May 1908	Kilkenny (6)	3-8 - 1-6	Offaly	Tullamore	Leinster semi-final

1980-present

	No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Competition
	20.	25 June 1978	Kilkenny (20)	2-17 - 1-4	Offaly	O'Moore Park	Leinster semi-final
	21.	13 July 1980	Offaly (1)	3-17 - 5-10	Kilkenny	Croke Park	Leinster final
	22.	25 July 1982	Kilkenny (21)	1-11 - 0-12	Offaly	Croke Park	Leinster final
	23.	10 July 1983	Kilkenny (22)	1-17 - 0-13	Offaly	Croke Park	Leinster final
	24.	23 June 1985	Kilkenny	3-18 - 3-18	Offaly	Croke Park	Leinster semi-final
	25.	14 July 1985	Offaly (2)	1-20 - 0-17	Kilkenny	Croke Park	Leinster semi-final replay
	26.	13 July 1986	Kilkenny (23)	4-10 - 1-11	Offaly	Croke Park	Leinster final
	27.	2 August 1987	Kilkenny (24)	2-14 - 0-17	Offaly	Croke Park	Leinster final
	28.	9 July 1989	Offaly (3)	3-15 -4-9	Kilkenny	Croke Park	Leinster final
	29.	17 June 1990	Offaly (4)	4-15 - 1-8	Kilkenny	Croke Park	Leinster semi-final
	30.	21 June 1992	Kilkenny (25)	2-15 - 1-12	Offaly	Croke Park	Leinster semi-final
	31.	30 May 1993	Kilkenny (26)	2-10 - 0-14	Offaly	Croke Park	Leinster quarter-final
	32.	26 June 1994	Offaly (5)	2-16 - 3-9	Kilkenny	Croke Park	Leinster semi-final
	33.	16 July 1995	Offaly (6)	2-16 - 2-5	Kilkenny	Croke Park	Leinster final
	34.	5 July 1998	Kilkenny (27)	3-10 - 1-11	Offaly	Croke Park	Leinster final
	35.	13 September 1998	Offaly (7)	2-16 - 1-13	Kilkenny	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
	36.	11 July 1999	Kilkenny (28)	5-14 - 1-16	Offaly	Croke Park	Leinster final
	37.	9 July 2000	Kilkenny (29)	2-21 - 1-13	Offaly	Croke Park	Leinster final
	38.	10 September 2000	Kilkenny (30)	5-15 - 1-14	Offaly	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
	39.	10 June 2001	Kilkenny (31)	3-21 - 0-18	Offaly	Croke Park	Leinster semi-final
	40.	9 June 2002	Kilkenny (32)	2-20 - 1-14	Offaly	Semple Stadium	Leinster semi-final
	41.	12 June 2005	Kilkenny (33)	6-28 - 0-15	Offaly	Croke Park	Leinster semi-final
	42.	10 June 2007	Kilkenny (34)	1-27 - 1-13	Offaly	O'Moore Park	Leinster semi-final
	43.	15 June 2008	Kilkenny (35)	2-24 - 0-12	Offaly	O'Moore Park	Leinster semi-final
	44.	9 June 2013	Kilkenny (36)	0-26 - 4-9	Offaly	O'Connor Park	Leinster quarter-final
	45.	7 June 2014	Kilkenny (37)	5-32 - 1-18	Offaly	Nowlan Park	Leinster quarter-final
	46.	20 May 2018	Kilkenny (38)	2-19 - 1-13	Offaly	Nowlan Park	Leinster Round 2

Records

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

Top scorer

Team	Player	Score	Total
Kilkenny	Henry Shefflin	6-65	83

Attendance

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

External links

• Kilkenny v Offaly all-time results