1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Football match
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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.
Date16 September 1979
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
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| 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 | ||||||
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 |
         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[clarification needed]
- 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