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.
Match Summary
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.
Details
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
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