Cavan–Cork Gaelic football rivalry

The Cavan-Cork rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish inter-county teams Cavan and Cork, who first played each other in 1943. The rivalry peaked during a series of meetings between 1943 and 1952.[1] Cavan's home ground is the Kingspan Breffni Park and Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh, however, all of their championship meeting have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

Cavan-Cork

Locale	County Cavan County Cork
Teams	Cavan Cork
First meeting	Cavan 1-8 - 1-7 Cork 1943 All-Ireland semi-final (15 August 1943)
Latest meeting	Cork 1-19 - 0-4 Cavan All-Ireland qualifier round 2 (10 July 2010)
Statistics
All-time series	Cavan 3-3 Cork
Largest victory	Cork 1-19 - 0-4 Cavan All-Ireland qualifier round 2 (10 July 2010)

While Cork have the second highest number of Munster titles and Cavan are the standard bearers in Ulster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 12 championship titles between them to date.

All-time results

Legend

	Cavan win
	Cork win
	Match was a draw

Senior

	No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Stage
	1.	15 August 1943	Cavan	1-8 - 1-7	Cork	Croke Park	All Ireland semi-final
	2.	23 September 1945	Cork	2-5 - 0-7	Cavan	Croke Park	All Ireland final
	3.	21 August 1949	Cavan	2-3 - 1-9	Cork	Croke Park	All Ireland semi-final
	4.	17 August 1952	Cavan	0-10 - 0-3	Cork	Croke Park	All Ireland semi-final
	5.	6 August 1967	Cork	2-7 - 0-12	Cavan	Croke Park	All Ireland semi-final
	6.	10 July 2010	Cork	1-19 - 0-4	Cavan	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	All Ireland qualifier round 2

References

1. "Could a summer without inter-county action follow our winter of discontent?". Irish Independent. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2016.