1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

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1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
Event 1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Date1979
1978
1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final Replay
Date1979
Venue McCann Park, Portarlington
1980

The 1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final was the sixth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1979 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Offaly were the winners after a replay. [1] [2] The replay was held at McCann Park in Portarlington.[ citation needed ]

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