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.
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.
Match Summary
Kerry had Páidí Ó Sé sent off, but still won by 11 points.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
It was the fourth of four All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1970s.
Details
Kerry 1 C. Nelligan 2 J. Deenihan 3 J. O'Keeffe 4 M. Spillane 5 P. Ó Sé 6 T. Kennelly (c) 7 P. Lynch 8 J. O'Shea 9 S. Walsh 10 T. Doyle 11 D. Moran 12 P. Spillane 13 M. Sheehy 14 E. Liston 15 J. Egan
Sub used 16 V. O'Connor
Sub used 17 G. Power 18 G. O'Keeffe 19 B. Walsh 20 J. L. McElligott 21 P. O'Mahony 22 G. O'Driscoll 23 T. O'Regan
Manager M. O'Dwyer
Dublin 1 P. Cullen 2 M. Kennedy 3 M. Holden 4 D. Foran 5 T. Drumm 6 F. Ryder 7 P. O'Neill 8 B. Mullins 9 B. Brogan 10 A. O'Toole 11 T. Hanahoe (c) 12 D. Hickey 13 M. Hickey 14 B. Doyle 15 J. McCarthy
Subs used 17 J. Ronayne for M. Hickey 19 G. O'Driscoll for J. McCarthy 21 B. Pocock for A. O'Toole
Subs not used 16 S. Doherty 18 R. Kelleher 20 P. Reilly 22 P. Ellis 23 J. Brogan 24 A. Larkin 25 J. Caffrey 26 P. Canavan 27 P. Norton 28 S. Bannon 29 S. Kearns
Manager K. Heffernan
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