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1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Field	Value
title	1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final programme.jpg
event	[1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1974-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Dublin
team1association	[[File:Colours of Dublin.svg	40px]]
team1score	0–14
(14)
team2	Galway
team2association	[[File:Colours of Galway.svg	40px]]
team2score	1–6
(9)
date	22 September 1974
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Paddy Devlin (Tyrone)
attendance	71,898
weather	Dry
previous	[1973](1973-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1975](1975-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(14) (9) The 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 87th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1974 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.

Match

This year's final was played on 22 September.

Summary

Galway led 1–4 to 0–5 at half-time, with a Michael Rooney goal. Paddy Cullen saved a penalty kick (placed 17th in RTÉ's 2005 series Top 20 GAA Moments) and Kevin Heffernan's Dublin staged a comeback to win by five points. The penalty save (Liam Sammon took it) occurred at the Canal End of Croke Park.

It was Galway's second consecutive appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final; they lost to Cork in 1973.

Paddy Devlin, who had previously taken charge of the 1972 replay, was the last Tyrone man to referee an All-Ireland SFC final until Sean Hurson took charge of the 2022 final.

Details

Dublin

1 Paddy Cullen
2 Gay O'Driscoll
3 Seán Doherty (c)
4 Robbie Kelleher
5 Paddy Reilly
6 Alan Larkin
7 Georgie Wilson
8 Stephen Rooney
9 Brian Mullins
10 Booby Doyle
11 Tony Hanahoe
12 David Hickey
13 John McCarthy
14 Jimmy Keaveney
15 Anton O'Toole

;Subs not used : 16 Brendan Pocock : 17 Bernard Donovan : 18 Dave Billings : 19 Kevin Synnott : 20 Paddy Gogarty : 21 Les Deegan : 22 Pat O'Neill : 23 Jim Brogan : 24 Fran Ryder

;Manager : Kevin Heffernan

Galway

1 Gay Mitchell (c)
2 Joe Waldron
3 Jack Cosgrove
4 Brendan Colleran
5 Liam O'Neill
6 T. J. Gilmore
7 Johnny Hughes
8 Willie Joyce
9 Michael Rooney
10 Tom Naughton
11 Jimmy Duggan
12 P. Sands
13 Colie McDonagh
14 Liam Sammon
15 John Tobin

;Subs used : J. Burke for C. McDonagh

Legacy

The players involved in the game organised a golden jubilee reunion in 2024.

References

Crowe, Dermot. (30 March 2025). "Marching on together". [[Sunday Independent (Ireland).
(2021). "The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES". DBA.
''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
(23 September 2005). "Five other All-Ireland final Canal End penalty 'misses'". [[Independent News & Media]].
Kenny, Tom. (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". [[Galway Advertiser]].
(13 July 2022). "An Galbhaile Cumann na Piarsaigh Clubman Sean Hurson to Referee 2022 All Ireland Football Final".
Crowe, Dermot. (30 March 2025). "Marching on together". [[Sunday Independent (Ireland).

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