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{{Infobox sports rivalry
| name                    = Dublin-Meath
| other names             =
| image                   =
| caption                 =
| city or region          = [[County Dublin]]<br>[[County Meath]]
| first contested         = Dublin 0-4 - Meath 0-4<br>[[1894 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|1894 Leinster final]]<br>(14 October 1894)
| teams involved          = [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]<br />[[Meath GAA|Meath]]
| most wins               = Dublin (40)
| most player appearances =
| top scorer              =
| mostrecent              = Dublin 3-19 - 0-12 Meath<br>[[2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|2024 Leinster quarter-final]]<br>(14 April 2024)
| total                   = 69
| series                  = Dublin 40-8-19 Meath
| largestvictory          =
}}
The '''Dublin-Meath''' rivalry is a [[Gaelic football]] rivalry between [[Ireland|Irish]] county teams [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] and [[Meath GAA|Meath]], who first played each other in [[1894 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1894]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/1894-clash-between-dublin-and-meath-set-template-for-current-clash-1.1210721|title=1894 clash between Dublin and Meath set template for current clash|publisher=Irish Times|date=16 June 2007|accessdate=23 March 2016|first=|last=}}</ref> It is considered to be one of the biggest rivalries in [[Gaelic games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/meath-dublin-rivalry-is-huge-says-macauley-528295-Jul2012/|title=Meath-Dublin rivalry is ‘huge,’ says Macauley|publisher=The 42|date=21 July 2012|accessdate=23 March 2016|first=|last=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/gaelic-football-news/dublins-jim-gavin-says-traditional-2041379|title=Dublin's Jim Gavin says traditional rivalry with Meath still exists|publisher=Irish Mirror|date=10 July 2013|accessdate=23 March 2016|first=|last=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/rivalry-on-slide-but-dublin-v-meath-can-still-set-pulses-racing-26663216.html|title=Rivalry on slide but Dublin v Meath can still set pulses racing|publisher=Irish Independent|date=26 June 2010|accessdate=23 March 2016|first=|last=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/football/2014/0718/631708-factfile-dublin-v-meath/|title=Factfile: Dublin v Meath|publisher=RTÉ Sport|date=18 July 2014|accessdate=23 March 2016|first=|last=}}</ref> Dublin's home ground is [[Parnell Park]] and Meath's home ground is [[Páirc Tailteann]], however, many of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually [[Croke Park]].
While Dublin have the highest number of [[Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster]] titles and Meath are ranked second on the roll of honour, they have also enjoyed success in the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]], having won 35 championship titles between them to date.
Regarded as one of the greatest rivalries in Gaelic football, a Leinster final between Dublin and Meath is regarded as a special occasion.
==Statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Team
! All-Ireland
! Provincial
! National League
! Total
|-|
|[[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
|31
|63
|14
|108
|-
|[[Meath GAA|Meath]]
|7
|21
|7
|35
|-
|Combined
|38
|84
|21
|143
|}
==All-time results==
===Legend===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|style="background-color:blue"|
|Dublin win
|-
|style="background-color:green"|
|Meath win
|-
|
|Match was a draw
|}
===Senior===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!width=1 |
!width=5 | No.
!width=120 | Date
!width=100 | Winners
!width=70 | Score
!width=100 | Runners-up
!width=130 | Venue
!width=160 | Stage
|-
|style="background-color:"| ||1. || 14 October 1894 || Dublin || 0-4- 0-4 || Meath || [[Clonturk]] || [[1894 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:"| ||2. || 15 December 1894 || Dublin || 0-2- 0-2 || Meath || [[Navan]] || [[1894 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final replay]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||3. || 24 February 1895 || Dublin || 1-8- 1-2 || Meath || [[Clonturk Park]] || [[1894 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final 2nd replay]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||4. || 1 March 1896 || Meath || 0-6 - 0-2 || Dublin|| [[Jones's Road]] || [[1895 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||5. || 24 October 1897 || Dublin || 2-4 - 1-5 || Meath|| [[Jones's Road]] || [[1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:"| ||6. ||  1908 || Dublin || 0-0 - 0-0 || Meath|| [[Jones's Road]] || [[1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||7. ||  1908 || Dublin || 1-9 - 0-1 || Meath|| [[Jones's Road]] || [[1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final replay]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||8. ||  1911 || Meath || 1-3 - 0-2 || Dublin|| [[Jones's Road]] || [[1911 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster semi-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||9. ||  1919 || Dublin || 0-7 - 0-2 || Dublin|| [[Navan]] || [[1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||11. || 1921 || Dublin || 3-6 - 0-0 || Meath|| [[Croke Park]] || [[1921 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||12. || 12 August 1923 || Dublin || 3-5 - 0-0 || Meath|| [[Croke Park]] || [[1923 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||13. || 1924 || Dublin || 2-3 - 1-4 || Meath|| [[Navan]] || [[1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster Preliminary round]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||14. || 29 June 1930 || Meath || 3-8 - 0-4 || Dublin || [[Drogheda Park]] || [[1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||15. ||  1932 || Dublin || 3-6 - 0-4 || Meath || [[Newbridge, County Kildare|Newbridge]] || [[1933 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster Preliminary round]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||16. || 11 June 1933 || Dublin || 1-8 - 1-4 || Meath || [[Drogheda Park]] || [[1933 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||17. || 8 July 1934 || Dublin || 2-8 - 2-9 || Meath || [[Drogheda Park]] || [[1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster semi-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||18. || 7 July 1940 || Meath || 1-7 - 0-4 || Dublin || [[St. Conleth's Park]] || [[1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster semi-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||19. || 1 June 1941 || Dublin || 1-8 - 1-6 || Meath || [[Cusack Park (Mullingar)|Cusack Park]] || [[1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||20. || 31 May 1942 || Dublin || 3-5 - 1-3 || Meath || [[Drogheda Park]] || [[1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster semi-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||21. || 28 May 1944 || Dublin || 3-6 - 4-3 || Meath || [[Drogheda Park]] || [[1944 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:"| ||22. || 10 June 1945 || Meath|| 3-6 - 4-3 || Dublin || [[Drogheda Park]] || [[1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||23. || 17 June 1945 || Meath|| 2-16 - 1-10 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final replay]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||24. || 3 June 1951 || Meath|| 0-11 - 1-5 || Dublin || [[Drogheda Park]] || [[1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||25. || 25 May 1952 || Meath|| 2-7 - 2-5 || Dublin || [[Drogheda Park]] || [[1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||26. || 24 May 1953 || Meath|| 2-6 - 2-5 || Dublin || [[Páirc Tailteann]] || [[1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||27. || 24 July 1955 || Dublin || 5-12 - 0-7 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||28. || 1 June 1961 || Dublin || 1-12 - 2-7 || Meath || [[Drogheda Park]] || [[1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||29. || 9 July 1961 || Dublin || 4-14 - 1-7 || Meath || [[Páirc Tailteann]] || [[1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster semi-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||30. || 2 June 1963 || Dublin || 2-6 - 2-5 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||31. || 26 July 1964 || Meath || 2-12 - 1-7 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||32. || 28 July 1974 || Dublin || 1-14 - 1-9 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||33. || 25 July 1976 || Dublin || 2-8 - 1-9 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||34. || 31 July 1977 || Dublin || 1-9 - 0-8 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||35. || 6 July 1980 || Dublin || 3-13 - 2-7 || Meath || [[Páirc Tailteann]] || [[1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster semi-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:"| ||36. || 12 June 1983 || Dublin || 2-8 - 2-8 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||37. || 3 July 1983 || Dublin || 3-9 - 0-16 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final replay]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||38. || 22 July 1984 || Dublin || 2-10 - 1-7 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||39. || 27 July 1986 || Meath || 0-9 - 0-7 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||40. || 26 July 1987 || Meath || 1-13 - 0-12 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||41. || 31 July 1988 || Meath || 2-5 - 0-9 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||42.  || 30 July 1989 || Dublin || 2-12 - 1-10 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[1989 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||43. || 29 July 1990 || Meath || 1-14 - 0-14 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1990 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:"| ||44. || 2 June 1991 || Meath || 1-12 - 1-12  || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster Preliminary round]]
|-
|style="background-color:"| ||45. || 9 June 1991 || Meath || 1-11 - 1-11  || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster Preliminary round replay]]
|-
|style="background-color:"| ||46. || 23 June 1991 || Meath || 2-11 - 1-14 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster Preliminary round 2nd replay]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||47. || 6 July 1991 || Meath || 2-10 - 0-15 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster Preliminary round 3rd replay]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||48. || 4 July 1993 || Dublin || 1-10 - 0-12 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster semi-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||49. || 31 July 1994 || Dublin || 1-9 - 1-8 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||50. || 30 July 1995 || Dublin || 1-18 - 1-8 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||51. || 28 July 1996 || Meath || 0-10 - 0-8 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||52. || 15 June 1997 || Meath || 1-13 - 1-10 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||53. || 1 August 1999 || Meath || 1-14 - 0-12 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||54. || 15 July 2001 || Meath || 2-11 - 0-14 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||55. || 23 June 2002 || Dublin || 2-11 - 0-10 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster semi-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||56. || 5 June 2005 || Dublin || 1-12 - 1-10 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:"| ||57. || 3 June 2007 || Dublin || 1-11 - 0-14 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||58. || 17 June 2007 || Dublin || 0-16 - 0-12 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final replay]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||59.  || 7 June 2009 || Dublin || 0-14 - 0-12 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:green"| ||60. || 27 June 2010 || Meath || 5-9 - 0-13 || Dublin || [[Croke Park]] || [[2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster semi-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||61. || 22 July 2012 || Dublin || 2-13 - 1-13 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||62. || 14 July 2013 || Dublin || 2-15 - 0-14 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||63. || 20 July 2014 || Dublin || 3-20 - 1-10 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||64. || 26 June 2016 || Dublin || 0-21 - 0-11 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Leinster Senior Football Championship|Leinster semi-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||65. || 23 June 2019 || Dublin || 1-17 - 0-4 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||66. || 21 November 2020 || Dublin || 3-21 - 0-9 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|Leinster final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||67. || 18 July 2021 || Dublin || 2-16 - 1-13 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|Leinster semi-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||68. || 15 May 2022 || Dublin || 1-27 - 1-14 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|Leinster semi-final]]
|-
|style="background-color:blue"| ||69. || 14 April 2024 || Dublin || 3-19 - 0-12 || Meath || [[Croke Park]] || [[2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|Leinster quarter-final]]
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Dublin county football team}}
{{Gaelic football rivalries}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dublin-Meath Gaelic football rivalry}}
[[Category:Dublin county football team rivalries|Meath]]
[[Category:Meath county football team rivalries]]