1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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Event 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Dublin
Colours of Kerry.svg Colours of Dublin.svg
3–13
(22)		1–8
(11)
Date16 September 1979
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Hugh Duggan (Armagh) [1]
Attendance72,185
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The 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 92nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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This was one of six All-Ireland SFC finals contested by both Dublin and Kerry between 1974 and 1986, a period when one of either team always contested the decider. [2]

Match

Summary

Kerry had Páidí Ó Sé sent off, but still won by 11 points. [3]

It was the fourth of four All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1970s. [4]

Details

16 September 1979
Final		 Kerry 3–13 – 1–8 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 72,185
Referee: Hugh Duggan (Armagh)
M Sheehy 2–6, J Egan 1–1, P Spillane 0–4, E Liston 0–1, J O'Shea 0–1J Ronayne 1–0, B Doyle 0–3, T Hanahoe 0–2, D Hickey 0–2, A O'Toole 0–1

Kerry

Sub used
16 V. O'Connor
Sub used[ clarification needed ]
17 G. Power
18 G. O'Keeffe
19 B. Walsh
20 J. L. McElligott
21 P. O'Mahony
22 G. O'Driscoll
23 T. O'Regan
Manager
M. O'Dwyer

Dublin

Subs used
17 J. Ronayne for M. Hickey
19 G. O'Driscoll for J. McCarthy
21 B. Pocock for A. O'Toole
Subs not used
16 S. Doherty
18 R. Kelleher
20 P. Reilly
22 P. Ellis
23 J. Brogan
24 A. Larkin
25 J. Caffrey
26 P. Canavan
27 P. Norton
28 S. Bannon
29 S. Kearns
Manager
K. Heffernan

References

  1. ↑ Harrington, John (29 August 2019). "1979 Final referee Hugh Duggan still going strong".
  2. ↑ Crowe, Dermot (30 March 2025). "Marching on together". Sunday Independent . From 1974 to 1986, every final had Kerry or Dublin in it and in six of those they were the final pairing. They shared every All-Ireland going in that time save for Offaly's famous heist of 1982.
  3. ↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  4. ↑ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
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