1981 Kerry Senior Football Championship

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1981 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Dates13 June - 27 September 1981
Teams16
Champions Colours of Kerry.svg South Kerry (4th title)
Paudie Sheahan (captain)
Runners-up Colours of Kilkenny.svg Austin Stacks
Teddy Brick (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored28 (1.75 per match)
Points scored237 (14.81 per match)
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The 1981 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 81st staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. [1] The championship ran from 13 June to 27 September 1981.

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Feale Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Austin Stacks in the semi-finals. [2] [3]

The final was played on 27 September 1981 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between South Kerry and Austin Stacks, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. South Kerry won the match by 1-12 to 0-11 to claim their fourth championship title overall and a first title in 23 years. [4]

Results

First round

13 June 1981First round Spa-Glenflesk 0-08 - 0-03 Na Fianna Spa Grounds
14 June 1981First round Laune Rangers 2-08 - 0-04 Eoin Rua FitzGerald Stadium

Second round

5 July 1981Second round Kerins O'Rahilly's 1-09 - 1-07 Spa-Glenflesk J. P. O'Sullivan Park
S Walsh 0-4, N Kelter 1-0, D Keane 0-2, N O'Sullivan 0-1, S Kissane 0-1, M Griffin 0-1.S Cronin 1-0, P Cronin 0-3, T Regan 0-1, J O'Donoghue 0-1, S Kelleher 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1.
5 July 1981Second round Castleisland Desmonds 2-03 - 0-09 West Kerry Austin Stack Park
M O'Connor 2-1, E O'Connor 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1.T Doyle 0-7, D Higgins 0-2.
15 August 1981Second round Laune Rangers 3-05 - 1-09 St. Brendan's Austin Stack Park
J Griffin 1-1, J O'Dwyer 1-0, MF O'Shea 0-1, A Shannon 0-1, P Prendeville 0-1, F Russell 0-1.M Ferris 1-1, P Crowley 0-2, P Flaherty 0-1, P Dowling 0-1, T Mahony 0-1, B Courtney 0-1, P McCarthy 0-1, J Connell 0-1.
16 August 1981Second round replay Castleisland Desmonds 3-06 - 0-08 West Kerry Austin Stack Park
M O'Connor 2-2, P Horan 1-2, D Buckley 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1.J Doyle 0-3, T Sheehy 0-1, J Healy 0-1, T Doyle 0-1, P O'Shea 0-1, V O'Connor 0-1.

Quarter-finals

15 August 1981Quarter-final Austin Stacks 1-06 - 1-04 Feale Rangers Finuge Grounds
M Sheehy 0-4, J Power 1-0, JL McElligott 0-1, L Kerins 0-1.R Bunyan 1-4.
16 August 1981Quarter-final Shannon Rangers 1-15 - 1-08 Mid Kerry Stack Park
L Horgan 1-1, E Liston 0-4, J Costello 0-3, J Walsh 0-3, J Kennedy 0-1, D Moran 0-1, T Dee 0-1, S Liston 0-1.M O'Shea 0-4, D O'Sullivan 1-0, P Lynch 0-2, P Sheehan 0-2.
22 August 1981Quarter-final South Kerry 1-09 - 0-09 Castleisland Desmonds Con Keating Park
S Fitzgerald 0-5, F Courtney 1-0, P O'Mahony 0-2, P O'Connor 0-1, JP Curran 0-1.D O'Connor 0-5, W O'Connor 0-2, M O'Connor 0-2.
23 August 1981Quarter-final Laune Rangers 0-10 - 0-07 Kerins O'Rahilly's J. P. O'Sullivan Park
J Evans 0-4, MF O'Shea 0-4, F Russell 0-1, J Shannon 0-1.J Collins 0-2, S Kissane 0-2, N O'Sullivan 0-1, M Griffin 0-1, S Walsh 0-1.

Semi-finals

30 August 1981Semi-final South Kerry 1-12 - 1-06 Laune Rangers Austin Stack Park
S Fitzgerald 0-4, S Clifford 1-0. P O'Mahony 0-2, G Lynch 0-2, G O'Driscoll 0-1, P Sheehan 0-1, J Egan 0-1, J O'Shea 0-1.J O'Dwyer 1-0, MF O'Shea 0-2, J Shannon 0-1, J Griffin 0-1, F Russell 0-1, A Shannon 0-1.Referee: B O'Grady (John Mitchels)
30 August 1981Semi-final Austin Stacks 1-09 - 1-06 Shannon Rangers Austin Stack Park
N Power 1-1, M Sheehy 0-3, L O'Connell 0-2, D Sugrue 0-1, L Kerins 0-1, JL McElligott 0-1.L Lynch 1-1, J Walsh 0-2, B Walsh 0-2, J Costello 0-1.Referee: M Hayes (Kilcummin)

Final

27 September 1981Final South Kerry 1-12 - 0-11 Austin Stacks Austin Stack Park
J O'Shea 1-0, S Fitzgerald 0-3, J O'Sullivan 0-3, G O'Driscoll 0-2, P O'Mahony 0-2, JP Curran 0-1, P O'Connor 0-1.M Sheehy 0-6, N Power 0-1, L Kerins 0-1, JL McElligott 0-1, G Power 0-1, L O'Connell 0-1.Referee: T Brennan (Castleisland)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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References

  1. ↑ "The beginning". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Feale Rangers legends to be honoured". Irish Independent. 9 October 2003. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "1980". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Paudie's links with both camps". Killarney Today. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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