1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

June 2018 June 2018 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Offaly 40px 1–14(17) Galway 40px 2–8(14) 26 September 1971 Croke Park Dublin P. Kelly (Dublin) 70,789 Rain 1970 1972 The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 84th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Match This year's final was played on 26 September.https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/t8bphnbixyanijooj1un.pdfbook The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES 2021 DBA 152July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Summary Galway were appearing in their first final since the three-in-a-row side of the 1960s.Tom Kenny https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/38701/the-men-who-first-brought-sam-to-galway The men who first brought Sam to Galway Galway Advertiser 14 April 2011 14 April 2011 Then came the three in a row team who in 1964 beat Kerry by 0 – 15 to 0 – 10; in 1965 it was Galway 0 – 12 to Kerry 0 – 9, and in 1966 Galway 1 – 10 to Meath's 0 – 7. Offaly beat us in 1971 by 1 – 14 to 2 – 8, and in 1973, Cork beat us by 3 – 17 to 2 – 13. Offaly, who had never won an All-Ireland title, had last contested a final in 1969. Galway were favourites. However, a shock Murt Connor goal gave Offaly their first title.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. However, with the duration of certain championship matches increasing from 60 to 80 minutes during the 1970s before being settled at 70 minutes after five seasons of this in 1975,Breheny, Martin. "The Final Verdict: The Greatest of my Lifetime" in Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals. Irish Independent. 1 September 2018, p. 2. this is the only All-Ireland final whose score at 60 minutes was different (a draw) to the actual outcome.Seán Moran https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/se%C3%A1n-moran-will-time-be-on-dublin-s-side-once-more-1.4014138 Will time be on Dublin's side once more? The Irish Times 11 September 2019 11 September 2019 Another issue touched on by John O'Keeffe in his interview was the strange decision to extend senior championship provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and finals to 80 minutes – which was an extra third on the previous duration of an hour. Curiously, it made little difference to the outcome of matches. Of the five finals plus 1972 replay played over 80 minutes – the length of a match was settled at 70 minutes from 1975 onwards – only the 1971 Offaly-Galway result would have been affected. Had it been played over an hour, it would have ended in a draw instead of Offaly's first All-Ireland triumph. This was the first All-Ireland final attended by Martin Breheny. The weather on the day was later described by Breheny as consisting of a "steady drizzle" in the first half, followed by a "deluge of monsoon proportions" during the second half.Martin Breheny https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/martin-breheny-my-100th-allireland-final-tales-from-the-great-occasions-38452758.html 'My 100th All-Ireland final - tales from the great occasions': From being nearly drowned on Hill 16 in 1971 to covering what could be a historic final, Martin Breheny reflects on the drama of it all Irish Independent 31 August 2019 It would be a further 21 years before another team (Donegal) won their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Details Final Offaly football 1–14 – 2–8 Galway football T McTague 0–6, M Connor 1–2, S Evans 0–2, K Kilmurray 0–2, B Clavin 0–1, J Cooney 0-1 S Leydon 2–3, F Canavan 0–3, L Sammon 0–2 Croke Park, Dublin 70,789 P. Kelly (Dublin) _white_hoop _offaly gaa _white_hoop 009900 009900 ffffff ffffff Offaly _collarwhite _band_claret 770000 770000 770000 ffffff ffffff Galway section January 2025 the teams not being laid out as, for instance, at 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final#Details, with full names visible, substitutes in numerical order and 'subon'/'suboff' templates included Offaly 1 M. Furlong 2 M. Ryan 3 P. McCormack 4 M. O'Rourke 5 E. Mulligan 6 N. Clavin 7 M. Heavey 8 W. Bryan (c) 9 K. Claffey 10 S. Cooney 11 K. Kilmurray 12 T. McTague 13 J. Gunning 14 S. Evans 15 M. Connor Subs used 17 J. Smith for N. Clavin 18 P. Fenning for J. Gunning Subs not used 16 N. Kinnarney 19 L. Hanlon 20 L. Coughlan 21 D. Murphy 22 S. Darby 23 G. Hughes 24 S. Lowry Trainer T. F. Gillooley Galway 1 P. J. Smyth 2 B. Colleran 3 J. Cosgrove 4 N. Colleran 5 L. O'Neill 6 T. J. Gilmore 7 C. McDonagh 8 L. Sammon (c) 9 W. Joyce 10 F. Burke 11 J. Duggan 12 M. Rooney 13 E. Farrell 14 F. Canavan 15 S. Leydon Subs used 19 T. Divilly for M. Rooney 17 M. Feerick for F. Burke Subs not used 16 G. Mitchell 18 J. McLoughlin 20 G. King 21 M. Byrne 22 M. Keane References External links 9uSDysg394o Offaly v Galway - 1971 Football Final RTMVEhl39KA 2 Murt Connor Scores - Offaly v Galway - 1971 Football Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Galway county football team matches Category:Offaly county football team matches