In spite of an almost annual meeting in the Munster Senior Football Championship, interest in the clash of these two teams has endured over the last 120 years.
Kerry are the most successful team in the history of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, leading the all-time roll of honour with thirty-five titles.
Cork's lone victory came in the 1983 provincial decider when they stopped Kerry from claiming a record nine-in-a-row.
[citation needed] In 1987 Cork broke the Kerry stranglehold at last and made hay while their biggest rivals were going through a transition.
The introduction of the qualifiers system in 2001 saw the launch of the Cork-Kerry rivalry on the national stage at Croke Park.
[citation needed] Usually games are held in rotation on home soil between 2015 and 2017 played 3 times running at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney due to Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork been renovated.