1981 Kerry Senior Football Championship

1981 Kerry Senior Football Championship
Dates	13 June - 27 September 1981
Teams	16
Champions	South Kerry (4th title); Paudie Sheahan (captain)
Runners-up	Austin Stacks; Teddy Brick (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	28 (1.75 per match)
Points scored	237 (14.81 per match)
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Dates13 June - 27 September 1981

Teams16

Champions

South Kerry (4th title)
Paudie Sheahan (captain)

Runners-up

Austin Stacks
Teddy Brick (captain)

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.

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]

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5 July 1981 Second 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 1981 Second 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 1981 Second 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 1981 Second 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.

15 August 1981 Quarter-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.

1981 Kerry Senior Football Championship

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References

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16 August 1981 Quarter-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 1981 Quarter-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 1981 Quarter-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.

30 August 1981 Semi-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 1981 Semi-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)

27 September 1981 Final	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)