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1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Field	Value
title	1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final P.jpg
event	1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
team1	Kerry
team1association	[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	40px]]
team1score	3–13
(22)
team2	Dublin
team2association	[[File:Colours of Dublin.svg	40px]]
team2score	1–8
(11)
date	16 September 1979
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Hugh Duggan (Armagh)
attendance	72,185
previous	1978
next	1980

(22) (11) 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.

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

Summary

Kerry had Páidí Ó Sé sent off, but still won by 11 points.

It was the fourth of four All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1970s.

Details

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 : 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

References

Harrington, John. (29 August 2019). "1979 Final referee Hugh Duggan still going strong".
Crowe, Dermot. (30 March 2025). "Marching on together". [[Sunday Independent (Ireland).
''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
(14 September 2009). "Kerry on honour roll". Independent News & Media.

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