1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

none June 2017 January 2025 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final program.jpg 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Kerry 40px 1–12(15) Offaly 40px 0–8(8) 20 September 1981 Croke Park Dublin Paddy Collins (Westmeath) 61,489 1980 1982 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.https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/marching-on-together-dublin-and-kerry-legends-will-reunite-to-remember-the-good-times-and-their-absent-friends/a766188048.html Marching on together Sunday Independent Dermot Crowe 30 March 2025 From 1974 to 1986, every final had Kerry or Dublin in it and in six of those they were the final pairing. They shared every All-Ireland going in that time save for Offaly's famous heist of 1982. Match Summary more details about the game January 2025 Kerry completed a four-in-a-row with a brilliant Jack O'Shea goal.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. It was the second of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1980s.http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/kerry-on-honour-roll-1885579.html Kerry on honour roll Irish Independent Independent News & Media 14 September 2009 14 September 2009 Details 20 September 1981 Final Kerry football 1–12 – 0–8 Offaly football M Sheehy 0–5, J O'Shea 1–0, D Moran 0–2, T Doyle 0–1, J Egan 0–1, P Ó Sé 0–1, S Walsh 0–1, G Power 0–1 M Connor 0–4, S Lowry 0–2, T O'Connor 0–1, B Lowry 0–1 Croke Park, Dublin 61,489 Paddy Collins (Westmeath) _halfgoldcollar _hoops gold ffe400 058A38 ffe400 058A38 058A38 Kerry _Offaly1982 _Offaly1982 _Offaly1982 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Offaly 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 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Kerry county football team matches Category:Offaly county football team matches