1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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| Event | 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 20 September 1981 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Paddy Collins (Westmeath) | ||||||
| Attendance | 61,489 | ||||||
The 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 94th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
This was one of the 13 consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals contested by either Dublin or Kerry between 1974 and 1986, a period when one of either team always contested the decider.[1]
Match
[edit]Summary
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Kerry completed a four-in-a-row with a brilliant Jack O'Shea goal.[2]
It was the second of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1980s.[3]
Details
[edit]| 20 September 1981 Final |
Kerry | 1–12 – 0–8 | Offaly | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 61,489 Referee: Paddy Collins (Westmeath) |
| M Sheehy 0–5, J O'Shea 1–0, D Moran 0–2, T Doyle 0–1, J Egan 0–1, P Ó Sé 0–1, S Walsh 0–1, G Power 0–1 | M Connor 0–4, S Lowry 0–2, T O'Connor 0–1, B Lowry 0–1 |
       Kerry
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   Offaly
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Kerry
[edit]- 1 C. Nelligan
- 2 J. Deenihan (c)
- 3 J. O'Keeffe
- 4 P. Lynch
- 5 P. Ó Sé
- 6 T. Kennelly
- 7 M. Spillane
- 8 S. Walsh
- 9 J. O'Shea
- 10 G. Power
- 11 D. Moran
- 12 T. Doyle
- 13 M. Sheehy
- 14 E. Liston
- 15 J. Egan
- Subs used
- P. Spillane for J. Egan
- G. O'Keeffe for M. Spillane
- Subs not used
- 18 T. Spillane
- 19 P. Sheahan
- 20 B. O'Sullivan
- 21 P. O'Mahony
- Manager
- M. O'Dwyer
Offaly
[edit]- 1 M. Furlong
- 2 M. Fitzgerald
- 3 L. O'Connor
- 4 C. Conroy
- 5 P. Fitzgerald
- 6 R. Connor (c)
- 7 L. Currams
- 8 T. O'Connor
- 9 P. Dunne
- 10 V. Henry
- 11 G. Carroll
- 12 A. O'Halloran
- 13 M. Connor
- 14 S. Lowry
- 15 B. Lowry
- Subs not used
- 16 D. Wynne
- 17 O. Minnock
- 18 S. Darby
- 19 M. Wright
- 20 T. Fitzpatrick
- 22 J. Guinan
- 23 M. Lowry
- Manager
- E. McGee
References
[edit]- ^ 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.