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1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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Field	Value
title	1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final program.jpg
event	[1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1981-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Kerry
team1association	[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	40px]]
team1score	1–12
(15)
team2	Offaly
team2association	[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg	40px]]
team2score	0–8
(8)
date	20 September 1981
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
attendance	61,489
previous	[1980](1980-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1982](1982-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(15) (8) 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.

Match

Summary

Kerry completed a four-in-a-row with a brilliant Jack O'Shea goal.

It was the second of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1980s.

Details

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Kerry

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

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 used : 24 J. Mooney for T. Connor : 21 J. Moran for V. Henry

;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

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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