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1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Field	Value
title	1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	GAA-1976-All-Ireland-Football-Final-Dublin-Kerry.jpg
event	[1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1976-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Dublin
team1association	[[File:Colours of Dublin.svg	40px]]
team1score	3–8
(17)
team2	Kerry
team2association	[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	40px]]
team2score	0–10
(10)
date	26 September 1976
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
attendance	73,588
previous	[1975](1975-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1977](1977-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(17) (10) The 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 89th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1976 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.

Match

This year's final was played on 26 September.

Summary

Dublin won the second of the famous Kerry–Dublin 1970s duels with a seven-point win, goals coming from John McCarthy, Jimmy Keaveney, and Brian Mullins. It was Dublin's first championship win over Kerry since 1934.

Dublin manager Kevin Heffernan declared: "I've waited 21 years for this".

Kerry blamed a cancelled training session. The players asked for this because of "fatigue" though they also wished to take up a Beamish and Crawford invitation to the Tralee Races.

Details

Dublin

1 P. Cullen
2 G. O'Driscoll
3 S. Doherty
4 R. Kelleher
5 T. Drumm
6 K. Moran
7 P. O'Neill
8 B. Mullins
9 B. Brogan
10 A. O'Toole
11 T. Hanahoe (c)
12 D. Hickey
13 B. Doyle
14 J. Keaveney
15 J. McCarthy

;Subs used : 19 F. Ryder for T. Hanahoe : 20 P. Gogarty for B. Doyle

;Subs not used : 16 J. Brogan : 17 P. O'Reilly : 18 P. Pocock : 21 L. Deegan

;Manager : K. Heffernan

Kerry

1 P. O'Mahony
2 G. O'Keeffe
3 J. O'Keeffe (c)
4 J. Deenihan
5 P. Ó Sé
6 T. Kennelly
7 G. Power
8 P. Lynch
9 P. McCarthy
10 D. Moran
11 M. Sheehy
12 M. O'Sullivan
13 B. Lynch
14 J. Egan
15 P. Spillane

;Subs used : 21 C. Nelligan for P. O'Mahony : 16 S. Walsh for P. McCarthy : 17 G. O'Driscoll for M. O'Sullivan

;Subs not used : 18 J. Long : 19 A. O'Keeffe : 20 J. Walsh : 22 V. O'Connor : 23 B. Walsh

;Manager : M. O'Dwyer

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.
(6 April 2020). "Flashback - 1976 All-Ireland SFC Final: Dublin v Kerry". GAA.ie.
Hogan, Vincent. (31 August 2019). "Kingdom's appetite for mischief can still spook the finest Dublin has to offer". [[Independent News & Media]].

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