never mind the inter county game,there must surely be some outrageous club rivalries.
in wexford we had a few over the years,there was a trinity of rivals in oulart,buffers alley and rathnure but only one of them is any good now.but there was often filthy games between the 2 in the 80's-90's,buffers alley had a centre back who would kill a man to win a ball!

perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 10/01/2017 12:36:49    1944528

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 10/01/2017 12:39:11    1944529

For me being from North Kildare the rivalry with Meath is intense. Their rivalry with Dublin for the last 10 years or so has been irrelevant as has our.

I think it varies in different parts of the county though. I hear down South and to the West the rivalry with Offaly Laois is big.

daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 10/01/2017 16:38:24    1944595

Meath and Cork had a very bitter rivalry in the late 80s and early 90s. They met in 4 All Ireland finals which included a replay.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 10/01/2017 17:03:51    1944609

Anyone that says a rivalry is one-sided and their county is not bothered is absolutely twisted with bitterness.

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12115 - 10/01/2017 17:11:35    1944612

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 10/01/2017 18:48:34    1944656

seadog54 (Meath) - Posts: 2135 - 10/01/2017 19:23:35    1944665

The worse has to be Cork and Kerry, there was a prank call on a radio station few years ago around the All Ireland Final between Kerry and Cork where I think a Kerry man wanted a Cork delivery business to bring a delivery from Dublin to Kerry, the item would be picked up at 5pm on Sunday, it was the Sam Maguire cup, the Cork man lost the head, it was somebody pretending to be a Kerry man but it showed how sore some people get around football matches especially when you are playing bitter rivals

riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 10/01/2017 21:29:26    1944716

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 10/01/2017 23:01:35    1944740

overdabar (Westmeath) - Posts: 229 - 10/01/2017 23:22:45    1944745

First one I have to say is tipp and Kilkenny . Gf is from carrick and I've witnessed many fights on nights out after all Ireland's and semis just over the small ball . It's a rare town that is technically in both Kilkenny and tipp with Waterford 50metres across the bridge .Not many towns have three all Ireland constesting counties in the one little area . ..possibly Waterford /tipp a little too

Monaghan and Tyrone . Been to enough of these over the years and it gets heated enough . Armagh have fizzled away so this rivalry has strengthened a little bit the last few years .

And lastly a mention for two counties that don't border but seem to be meeting a lot at the latter stages . Mayo and Dublin . The rivalry seems to be growing every year ,with the replay they are even more familiar with each other .Even the players are developing rivalries keegan /Connolly Etc Mayo can only seem to pip Dublin before the final and it's been a while so this year will be an interesting game as ever if they meet .

Other honarble mentions some of which are not bordering :

Donegal /Tyrone (no comment necessary )

Galway /Kilkenny ( Galway usually so close but so far )

Kerry/Dublin ( not quite what is used to be as Kerry have failed to upset the Dubs for a while or come even close )

Mayo/Galway ( great games of the 90s and early 00s between these too . Died off for a while but I'd presume this years clash will be interesting after last years upset )

GameOfTyrones (Tyrone) - Posts: 469 - 11/01/2017 10:51:00    1944783

Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 11/01/2017 16:56:58    1944918

daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 11/01/2017 17:19:09    1944923

How are Donegal and Tyrone not bordering?! That's news to me.

There's a border from south of Derry city all the way to Lough Derg roughly! Definitely a serious rivalry and definitely a long border between the the two counties.

Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1319 - 12/01/2017 04:04:54    1945049

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 12/01/2017 07:42:01    1945052

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 12/01/2017 08:25:57    1945060

Goalie2016 (Mayo) - Posts: 36 - 12/01/2017 12:29:14    1945125

Replying To sceptical: "Their is certainly no love between the breifne aristocrats and our noisy neighbours but to echo my esteemed posters, Down are our rivals since our successful period coincided in a successful few decades for them. As for Tyrone, been successful in the recent decades they would class perhaps Armagh or donegal as their RIVALS. Monaghan have had a bit of a purple patch. Monaghan, like other weak counties such as westmeath, are disliked by their neighbours but can hardly claim to be anyone's historic rivals."


Holy Jasus.........Down are Cavan's rivals now,.............two teams who dominated in the, wait for it....................... 1960's...............................now thats sad,having to go back almost 60 years to find when you last had a good football team!!!

Meath,Down,Tyrone,Louth all have All Irelands yet you dont hear much mouthing out off them as you do with Cavan, and for this reason we dont want to see them win anything as they would dose you out of it,its been 20 years since they won anything at senior level yet they call us a weak county?? as i said, dose you out of it the would.

hardcore (Monaghan) - Posts: 1366 - 12/01/2017 14:13:54    1945170

MadgeKing (Cavan) - Posts: 493 - 12/01/2017 15:04:35    1945191

To be fair to Monaghan, they won the National League once I think. I've seen the pictures in all the pubs.

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12115 - 12/01/2017 16:08:08    1945216