1981 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final

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1981 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Final
Event 1981 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Date16 October 1981
City Ballinasloe
Man of the Match Brigid Sheridan (Cavan)
Referee M Fitzgerald (Kerry)
WeatherSunny
1980
1982

The 1981 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final was the eighth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1981 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Offaly were hot favourites but trailed 3–0 to 0–6 at half-time. Cavan ran out of steam in the second half and Offaly won by two. [1]

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References

  1. "Cavan | Ladies Gaelic Football". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.