Armagh–Cork Gaelic football rivalry

Armagh-Cork
Locale County Armagh
County Cork
Teams Armagh
Cork
First meeting Cork 1-15 - 0-00 Armagh
1890 All-Ireland semi-final
(16 November 1890)
Latest meeting Cork 1-15 - 0-00 Armagh
1890 All-Ireland semi-final
(16 November 1890)
Statistics
Meetings total 1
Most wins Cork (1)
All-time series Cork 1-0 Armagh
Largest victory Cork 1-15 - 0-00 Armagh
1890 All-Ireland semi-final
(16 November 1890)

The Armagh-Cork rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish inter-county teams Armagh and Cork, who first played each other in 1890. It remains their sole championship meeting.[1] Armagh's home ground is the Athletic Grounds and Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh, however, their only championship meeting was held at Clonturk Park.

While Cork have the second highest number of Munster titles and Armagh are in third position on the roll of honour in Ulster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 8 championship titles between them to date.

References

  1. O'Sullivan, Jim (4 July 2015). "CORK DOUBLE 1990: ‘A mighty assignment but not an unattainable dream’". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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