1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date16 September 1979
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeHugh Duggan (Armagh)[1]
Attendance72,185
1978
1980

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.

Kerry had Páidí Ó Sé sent off but still won by 11 points.[2]

It was the fourth of four All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1970s.[3]

Match details[edit]

16 September 1979
Final
Kerry 3-13 – 1-8 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 72,185
Referee: Hugh Duggan (Armagh)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Harrington, John (29 August 2019). "1979 Final referee Hugh Duggan still going strong".
  2. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  3. ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.