1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

June 2018 June 2018 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1984-Centenary-All-Ireland-Football-Final.jpg 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Dublin 40px 1–6(9) Kerry 40px 0–14(14) 23 September 1984 Croke Park Dublin Paddy Collins (Westmeath) 68,365 1983 1985 The 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 97th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1984 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.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. Pre-game Dublin were considered hot favourites to defeat Kerry. Kerry had lost to Offaly on their last appearance at this stage in 1982 and had not made it past Cork in the 1983 final of the Munster Senior Football Championship. Match This year's final was played on 23 September.https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/t8bphnbixyanijooj1un.pdfbook The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES 2021 DBA 153July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Summary Tom Spillane and Ger Lynch — assigned to mark Tommy Conroy and Barney Rock — began their efforts during the national anthem, which they sang with aplomb. Spillane, quoted in the book Princes of Pigskin, said of this tactic later: "There was no belting but the plot was to sing the National Anthem as loud as we could into their ears to put the fear of God into them. Neither of us were great singers but they must have thought we were wired to the moon".Sinéad Kissane https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/sinad-kissane-tommy-walshs-return-is-the-comeback-story-that-looked-like-it-might-never-happen-38496393.html Tommy Walsh's return is the comeback story that looked like it might never happen Sunday Independent 14 September 2019 14 September 2019 The headline in the printed edition read: "From twin tower to supersub target man, Walsh is key to Kingdom dream". Kerry controlled the game and won by five points, only two Dublin forwards scoring.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. Dublin were well beaten (0–14 to 1–6). Kerry claimed great motivation for their victory came from a piece in the RTÉ Guide in which the team were referred to as "a cowardly blend of experienced players, has-beens and a few newcomers."Martin Breheny Martin Breheny https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/martin-breheny-dubs-train-sights-on-heffos-heroes-35055764.html Dubs train sights on Heffo's heroes: This Dublin team needs All-Ireland two-in-a-row to move ahead of trail-blazing 1970s side and seal their status as one of the greatest teams of all time Irish Independent Independent News & Media 17 September 2016 17 September 2016 It was the third of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1980s.https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/kerry-on-honour-roll-26565988.html Kerry on honour roll Irish Independent Independent News & Media 14 September 2009 14 September 2009 Details 23 September 1984 Final Dublin football 1–6 – 0–14 Kerry football B Rock 1–5, T Conroy 0–1 J Kennedy 0–5, P Spillane 0–4, E Liston 0–3, J O'Shea 0–1, D Moran 0–1 Croke Park, Dublin 68,365 Paddy Collins (Westmeath) _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _darkblueneck _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _skytop 8FB8EE 8FB8EE 8FB8EE 101a56 101a56 Dublin _whiteborder _goldhorizontal _whiteborder _green_stripes_adidas _hoops_gold 009900 009900 009900 ffffff 009900 Kerry 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 Dublin 1 J. O'Leary 2 M. Holden 3 G. Hargan 4 M. Kennedy 5 P. Canavan 6 T. Drumm (c) 7 P.J. Buckley 8 J. Ronayne 9 B. Mullins 10 B. Rock 11 T. Conroy 12 K. Duff 13 J. Kearns 14 A. O'Toole 15 J. McNally Subs used M. O'Callaghan for J. McNally C. Sutton for J. Tonayne Manager K. Heffernan Kerry 1 C. Nelligan 2 P. Ó Sé 3 S. Walsh 4 M. Spillane 5 T. Doyle 6 T. Spillane 7 G. Lynch 8 J. O'Shea 9 A. O'Donovan (c) 10 John Kennedy 11 D. Moran 12 P. Spillane 13 G. Power 14 E. Liston 15 J. Egan Sub used 18 T. O'Dowd for J. Egan Subs not used 16 M. Sheehy 19 D. O'Donoghue 20 J. Higgins 21 D. Hartnett 22 G. O'Sullivan 23 W. O'Connor 24 V. O'Connor 25 T. Lynch 26 M. Keating Manager M. O'Dwyer References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Dublin county football team matches Category:Kerry county football team matches