Event | 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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Date | 20 September 1981 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Referee | Paddy Collins (Westmeath) | ||||||
Attendance | 61,489 | ||||||
The 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 94th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Kerry completed a four-in-a-row with a brilliant Jack O'Shea goal. [1]
It was the second of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1980s. [2]
20 September 1981 Final | Kerry | 1-12 – 0-8 | Offaly | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 61,489 Referee: Paddy Collins (Westmeath) |
M Sheehy 0-5, J O'Shea 1-0, D Moran 0-2, T Doyle 0-1, J Egan 0-1, P Ó Sé 0-1, S Walsh 0-1, G Power 0-1. | M Connor 0-4, S Lowry 0-2, T O'Connor 0-1, B Lowry 0-1. |
Kerry | Offaly |
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