1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

June 2018 June 2018 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final programme.jpg 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Dublin 40px 0–14(14) Galway 40px 1–6(9) 22 September 1974 Croke Park Dublin Paddy Devlin (Tyrone) 71,898 Dry 1973 1975 The 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 87th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1974 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 This year's final was played on 22 September.https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/t8bphnbixyanijooj1un.pdfbook The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES 2021 DBA 152July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Summary Galway led 1–4 to 0–5 at half-time, with a Michael Rooney goal. Paddy Cullen saved a penalty kick (placed 17th in RTÉ's 2005 series Top 20 GAA Moments) and Kevin Heffernan's Dublin staged a comeback to win by five points.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. The penalty save (Liam Sammon took it) occurred at the Canal End of Croke Park.https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/five-other-allireland-final-canal-end-penalty-misses-25967535.html Five other All-Ireland final Canal End penalty 'misses' Irish Independent Independent News & Media 23 September 2005 It was Galway's second consecutive appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final; they lost to Cork in 1973.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 Offaly beat us in 1971 by 1 – 14 to 2 – 8, and in 1973, Cork beat us by 3 – 17 to 2 – 13. In 1974, the final score was Dublin 0 – 14 to Galway's 1 – 6, and in 1983 Dublin repeated the victory by 1 – 10 to our 1 – 8. Paddy Devlin, who had previously taken charge of the 1972 replay, was the last Tyrone man to referee an All-Ireland SFC final until Sean Hurson took charge of the 2022 final.https://tyronegaa.ie/2022/07/an-galbhaile-cumann-na-piarsaigh-clubman-sean-hurson-to-referee-2022all-ireland-football-final/ An Galbhaile Cumann na Piarsaigh Clubman Sean Hurson to Referee 2022 All Ireland Football Final 13 July 2022 13 July 2022 13 July 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220713232403/https://tyronegaa.ie/2022/07/an-galbhaile-cumann-na-piarsaigh-clubman-sean-hurson-to-referee-2022all-ireland-football-final/ dead Details 22 September 1974 Final Dublin football 0–14 – 1–6 Galway football M Rooney 1–1, T Naughton 0–2, J Duggan 0–1, J Tobin 0–1, J Hughes 0–1 J Keaveney 0–8, B Mullins 0–2, D Hickey 0–2, A O'Toole 0–1, J McCarthy 0–1 Croke Park, Dublin 71,898 Paddy Devlin (Tyrone) _navyborder _collarnavy _navyborder _skytop 8FB8EE 8FB8EE 8FB8EE 101a56 101a56 Dublin _whiteborder _collarwhite _whiteborder _whitetop 770000 770000 770000 ffffff 770000 Galway section January 2025 the teams not being laid out as, for instance, at 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final#Details, with substitutes in numerical order and 'subon'/'suboff' templates included Dublin 1 Paddy Cullen 2 Gay O'Driscoll 3 Seán Doherty (c) 4 Robbie Kelleher 5 Paddy Reilly 6 Alan Larkin 7 Georgie Wilson 8 Stephen Rooney 9 Brian Mullins 10 Booby Doyle 11 Tony Hanahoe 12 David Hickey 13 John McCarthy 14 Jimmy Keaveney 15 Anton O'Toole Subs not used 16 Brendan Pocock 17 Bernard Donovan 18 Dave Billings 19 Kevin Synnott 20 Paddy Gogarty 21 Les Deegan 22 Pat O'Neill 23 Jim Brogan 24 Fran Ryder Manager Kevin Heffernan Galway 1 Gay Mitchell (c) 2 Joe Waldron 3 Jack Cosgrove 4 Brendan Colleran 5 Liam O'Neill 6 T. J. Gilmore 7 Johnny Hughes 8 Willie Joyce 9 Michael Rooney 10 Tom Naughton 11 Jimmy Duggan 12 P. Sands 13 Colie McDonagh 14 Liam Sammon 15 John Tobin Subs used J. Burke for C. McDonagh Legacy The players involved in the game organised a golden jubilee reunion in 2024.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 Last year Galway and Dublin had a reunion to mark the golden jubilee of the '74 final. References External links 1RoFceDFeSU All-Ireland Football Final, 1974: Dublin V Galway All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1974 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:Galway county football team matches