1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
| Event | 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 16 September 1979 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Hugh Duggan (Armagh)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 72,185 | ||||||
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.
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 0–1 | J Ronayne 1–0, B Doyle 0–3, T Hanahoe 0–2, D Hickey 0–2, A O'Toole 0–1 |
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Kerry
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Dublin
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Kerry
- 1 C. Nelligan
- 2 J. Deenihan
- 3 J. O'Keeffe
- 4 M. Spillane
- 5 P. Ó Sé
- 6 T. Kennelly (c)
- 7 P. Lynch
- 8 J. O'Shea
- 9 S. Walsh
- 10 T. Doyle
- 11 D. Moran
- 12 P. Spillane
- 13 M. Sheehy
- 14 E. Liston
- 15 J. Egan
- Sub used
- 16 V. O'Connor
- Sub used
- 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
- 1 P. Cullen
- 2 M. Kennedy
- 3 M. Holden
- 4 D. Foran
- 5 T. Drumm
- 6 F. Ryder
- 7 P. O'Neill
- 8 B. Mullins
- 9 B. Brogan
- 10 A. O'Toole
- 11 T. Hanahoe (c)
- 12 D. Hickey
- 13 M. Hickey
- 14 B. Doyle
- 15 J. McCarthy
- 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
- ^ Harrington, John (29 August 2019). "1979 Final referee Hugh Duggan still going strong".
- ^ 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.
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.