# 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.
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