the biggest margin of victory came in the 1895 all-ireland final when tipperary defeated kilkenny by 6-8 to 1-0, a victory of twenty-three points. other one-sided victories in tipperary's favour came in the 1887 all-ireland final (4-7 to 0-00), the 1937 all-ireland final (3-11 to 0-3) and the 1898 all-ireland final (7-13 to 3-10). in recent times kilkenny reversed this trend, dishing out a 4-24 to 1-15 trouncing in the 2012 all-ireland semi-final. the largest attendance for a kilkenny-tipperary match was 82,106 for the all-ireland final on 6 september 2009 at croke park.