Cork–Galway hurling rivalry

Cork-Galway
Location	County Cork; County Galway
Teams	Cork; Galway
First meeting	Cork 7-12 - 1-3 Galway; 1901 All-Ireland semi-final; (17 May 1903)
Latest meeting	Galway 2-19 - 1-21 Cork; 2022 All-Ireland quarter-final; (18 June 2022)
Next meeting	TBA
Statistics
Meetings total	34
Top scorer	Joe Canning (2-44)
All-time series	Championship: Cork 25-9 Galway
Largest victory	Cork 10-13 - 0-00 Galway; 1902 All-Ireland semi-final; (20 March 1904)

The Cork–Galway rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Cork and Galway. The fixture is an irregular one due to both teams playing in separate provinces.

Roots

Statistics

Up to date as of 2023 season

Team	All-Ireland	Provincial	National League	Total
Cork	30	54	14	98
Galway	5	28	11	44
Combined	35	82	25	142

Notable moments

Galway 4-15 : 2-19 Cork (17 August 1975 at Croke Park) - The 1975 All Ireland semi-final took place on one of the hottest days of one of the hottest summers of the century. Cork may have been "a bit rusty" after winning Munster and over-confidence may have been a factor. In any event, Galway hit them hard and hit them fast. They scored a couple of goals early on, they continued to get scores at opportune times and come the end, they had two points in hand, 4-15 to 2-19.^[1]
Galway 2-14 : 1-13 Cork (5 August 1979 at Croke Park) - Cork were aiming for an historic four-in-a-row and hence were the defending All-Ireland champions. After a record equalling fifth consecutive Munster title on the back of a final win over Limerick, Cork were expected to see off the Galway challenge comfortably. Galway, on the other hand, were coming with a team of their own backboned by the likes of the Connolly brothers and Noel Lane. In front of a paltry attendance of 12,315, Galway shocked the hurling world by dumping the holders out and progressed to the 1979 decider.^[2]
Cork 5-15 : 2-21 Galway (2 September 1990 at Croke Park) - Having recovered from a poor start Galway looked likely winners when holding a seven-points lead early in the second half, but they ceded control at a critical stage. Kevin Hennessy gave Cork a dream start goaling inside the first minute and the last of their five goals, from John Fitzgibbon in the 63rd minute ensured a 27th title.^[3]

All-time results

Legend

	Galway win
	Cork win
	Drawn game

Senior

No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Competition
1.	17 May 1903	Cork (1)	7-12 - 1-3	Galway	Markets Field	All-Ireland semi-final
2.	20 March 1904	Cork (2)	10-13 - 0-0	Galway	Tipperary	All-Ireland semi-final
3.	2 September 1906	Cork (3)	5-13 - 0-4	Galway	Markets Field	All-Ireland semi-final
4.	10 May 1908	Cork (4)	2-8 - 1-7	Galway	Markets Field	All-Ireland semi-final
5.	21 August 1910	Cork (5)	7-3 - 1-0	Galway	O'Moore Park	All-Ireland semi-final
6.	6 September 1914	Cork (6)	6-6 - 0-0	Galway	O'Moore Park	All-Ireland semi-final
7.	31 August 1919	Cork (7)	3-8 - 0-2	Galway	Markets Field	All-Ireland semi-final
8.	21 August 1927	Cork (8)	5-6 - 0-2	Galway	Thurles Sportsfield	All-Ireland semi-final
9.	9 September 1928	Cork (9)	6-12 - 1-0	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
10.	1 September 1929	Cork (10)	4-9 - 1-3	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
11.	26 July 1942	Cork (11)	6-8 - 2-4	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	All-Ireland semi-final
12.	13 August 1944	Cork (12)	1-10 - 3-3	Galway	Cusack Park	All-Ireland semi-final
13.	28 July 1946	Cork (13)	2-10 - 0-3	Galway	O'Connor Park	All-Ireland semi-final
14.	27 July 1952	Cork (14)	1-5 - 0-6	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	All-Ireland semi-final
15.	6 September 1953	Cork (15)	3-3 - 0-8	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
16.	8 August 1954	Cork (16)	4-13 - 2-1	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
17.	7 June 1964	Cork (17)	4-14 - 2-7	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	Munster quarter-final
18.	23 June 1968	Cork (18)	3-15 - 1-6	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	Munster semi-final
19.	29 June 1969	Cork (19)	3-15 - 1-10	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	Munster semi-final
20.	17 August 1975	Galway (1)	4-15 - 2-19	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
21.	7 August 1977	Cork (20)	3-14 - 1-15	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
22.	5 August 1979	Galway (2)	2-14 - 1-13	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
23.	7 August 1983	Cork (21)	5-14 - 1-16	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
24.	4 August 1985	Galway (3)	4-12 - 5-5	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
25.	7 September 1986	Cork (22)	4-13 - 2-15	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
26.	2 September 1990	Cork (23)	5-15 - 2-21	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
27.	13 July 2002	Galway (4)	0-21 - 1-9	Cork	Semple Stadium	All-Ireland qualifiers
28.	11 September 2005	Cork (24)	1-21 - 1-16	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
29.	19 July 2008^[4]	Cork (25)	0-23 - 2-15	Galway	Semple Stadium	All-Ireland qualifiers
30.	18 July 2009^[5]	Galway (5)	1-19 - 0-15	Cork	Semple Stadium	All-Ireland qualifiers
31.	9 July 2011^[6]	Galway (6)	2-23 - 1-14	Cork	Gaelic Grounds	All-Ireland qualifiers
32.	12 August 2012^[7]	Galway (7)	0-22 - 0-17	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
33.	26 July 2015^[8]	Galway (8)	2-28 - 0-22	Cork	Semple Stadium	All-Ireland quarter-final
34.	18 June 2022^[9]	Galway (9)	2-19 - 1-21	Cork	Semple Stadium	All-Ireland quarter-final

Intermediate

No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Competition
1.	4 June 1961	Cork (1)	7-4 - 5-3	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	Munster semi-final
2.	24 June 1962	Galway (1)	5-4 - 4-6	Cork	Gaelic Grounds	Munster final
3.	2 August 1964	Cork (2)	4-13 - 1-10	Galway	Dunlo GAA Grounds	Munster final
4.	27 June 1965	Cork (3)	6-14 - 3-4	Galway	Cork Athletic Grounds	Munster semi-final
5.	12 May 1968	Cork (4)	3-9 - 4-2	Galway		Munster semi-final
6.	3 August 1969	Cork (5)	4-14 - 0-6	Galway	Charleville	Munster final
7.	11 October 1997	Cork (6)	2-11 - 1-12	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	All-Ireland final
8.	13 October 2001	Cork (7)	1-15 - 0-17	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	All-Ireland semi-final
9.	20 August 2003	Cork (8)	5-23 - 1-10	Galway	Semple Stadium	All-Ireland semi-final
10.	6 August 2005	Galway (2)	1-15 - 0-14	Cork	Semple Stadium	All-Ireland semi-final
11.	8 August 2009	Cork (9)	2-23 - 1-10	Galway	O'Moore Park	All-Ireland semi-final
12.	26 July 2014	Cork (10)	0-21 - 0-17	Galway	O'Connor Park	All-Ireland semi-final

Junior

No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Competition
1.	6 June 1926	Cork (1)	5-8 - 1-3	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
2.	29 August 1937	Galway (1)	3-4 - 2-6	Cork	Pearse Stadium	All-Ireland semi-final
3.	25 August 1940	Cork (2)	3-3 - 3-1	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	All-Ireland final
4.	17 August 1947	Cork (3)	8-6 - 5-1	Galway	Dunlo GAA Grounds	All-Ireland semi-final
5.	18 September 1955	Cork (4)	3-10 - 4-5	Galway	MacDonagh Park	All-Ireland home final
6.	3 July 1960	Cork (5)	2-5 - 1-7	Galway	Cusack Park	Munster semi-final
7.	25 September 1983	Cork (6)	3-14 - 2-15	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	All-Ireland final
8.	4 August 1992	Cork (7)	1-12 - 0-14	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	All-Ireland semi-final
9.	30 June 1994	Cork	2-12 - 4-6	Galway	Cusack Park	All-Ireland semi-final
10.	11 July 1994	Cork (8)	1-13 - 1-9	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	All-Ireland semi-final replay
10.	7 August 1996	Cork	3-7 - 1-13	Galway	Cusack Park	All-Ireland semi-final
11.	30 August 1996	Galway (2)	1-15 - 1-6	Cork	Cusack Park	All-Ireland semi-final replay

Minor

No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Competition
1.	15 August 1936	Cork (1)	4-6 - 1-3	Galway	St. Cronan's Park	All-Ireland semi-final
2.	7 August 1938	Cork (2)	7-4 - 5-3	Galway	Cusack Park	All-Ireland semi-final
3.	21 September 1941	Cork (3)	3-11 - 1-1	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
4.	2 September 1951	Cork (4)	4-5 - 1-8	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
5.	24 June 1964	Cork (5)		Galway	Gaelic Grounds	Munster quarter-final
6.	24 July 1966	Cork (6)	6-7 - 2-8	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	Munster final
7.	29 June 1968	Cork (7)		Galway	Gaelic Grounds	Munster semi-final
8.	29 June 1969	Cork (8)	9-11 - 1-1	Galway	Gaelic Grounds	Munster semi-final
9.	6 September 1970	Cork (9)	5-29 - 2-9	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
10.	15 August 1971	Cork (10)	4-13 - 1-4	Galway	St. Brendan's Park	All-Ireland semi-final
11.	17 August 1975	Cork (11)	6-20 - 4-7	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
12.	7 August 1977	Cork (12)	3-14 - 1-6	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
13.	5 August 1979	Cork (13)	6-15 - 0-6	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
14.	4 August 1985	Cork (14)	3-9 - 3-2	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
15.	12 August 1995	Cork (15)	2-8 - 0-12	Galway	Semple Stadium	All-Ireland semi-final
16.	10 September 2000	Galway (1)	2-19 - 4-10	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
17.	9 September 2001	Cork (16)	2-10 - 1-8	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland final
18.	28 July 2002	Galway (2)	2-10 - 2-6	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland quarter-final
19.	15 August 2004	Galway (3)	2-15 - 1-13	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
20.	13 August 2005	Galway (4)	4-13 - 1-9	Cork	O'Moore Park	All-Ireland semi-final
21.	6 August 2006	Galway (5)	2-12 - 0-16	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final
22.	29 July 2007	Cork (17)	2-19 - 0-8	Galway	Croke Park	All-Ireland quarter-final
23.	17 August 2008	Galway (6)	1-18 - 0-17	Cork	Croke Park	All-Ireland semi-final

References

^ McEvoy, Enday (5 September 2012). "1975: The summer the West was stirred from its slumber". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ "Waiting In The Long Grass". RTÉ Sport. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ O'Sullivan, Jim (3 September 2010). "Classic final: 1990: Cork 5-15 Galway 2-21". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ "RTÉ Sport: Galway 2-15 Cork 0-23". RTÉ Sport. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ "RTÉ Sport: Cork 0-15 1-19 Galway". RTÉ Sport. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ Breheny, Martin (11 July 2011). "McIntyre praise as Galway pass 'ultimate test'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (13 August 2012). "Galway hold nerve to earn a shot at glory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
^ "Young guns fire Galway into semi-final". Munster GAA. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
^ "Galway see off wasteful Cork to book semi-final spot". RTE. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

External links

Cork V Galway all-time statistics

[1] McEvoy, Enday (5 September 2012). "1975: The summer the West was stirred from its slumber". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

[2] "Waiting In The Long Grass". RTÉ Sport. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

[3] O'Sullivan, Jim (3 September 2010). "Classic final: 1990: Cork 5-15 Galway 2-21". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

[4] "RTÉ Sport: Galway 2-15 Cork 0-23". RTÉ Sport. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

[5] "RTÉ Sport: Cork 0-15 1-19 Galway". RTÉ Sport. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

[6] Breheny, Martin (11 July 2011). "McIntyre praise as Galway pass 'ultimate test'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

[7] O'Flynn, Diarmuid (13 August 2012). "Galway hold nerve to earn a shot at glory". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

[8] "Young guns fire Galway into semi-final". Munster GAA. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[9] "Galway see off wasteful Cork to book semi-final spot". RTE. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

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Statistics
Location	County Cork County Galway
Teams	Cork Galway
First meeting	Cork 7-12 - 1-3 Galway 1901 All-Ireland semi-final (17 May 1903)
Latest meeting	Galway 2-19 - 1-21 Cork 2022 All-Ireland quarter-final (18 June 2022)
Next meeting	TBA
Meetings total	34
Top scorer	Joe Canning (2-44)
All-time series	Championship: Cork 25-9 Galway
Largest victory	Cork 10-13 - 0-00 Galway 1902 All-Ireland semi-final (20 March 1904)