1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
| image = 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final P.jpg
| image_size =
| event = 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
| team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
| team1association = 40px
| team1score = 3–13
(22)
| team2 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
| team2association = 40px
| team2score = 1–8
(11)
| details =
| date = 16 September 1979
| stadium = Croke Park
| city = Dublin
| man_of_the_match1a =
| referee = Hugh Duggan (Armagh){{cite news|url=https://www.gaa.ie/stories/1979-final-referee-hugh-duggan-still-going-strong/|title=1979 Final referee Hugh Duggan still going strong|first=John|last=Harrington|date=29 August 2019}}
| attendance = 72,185
| weather =
| previous = 1978
| next = 1980
}}
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.
Match
=Summary=
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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.{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/kerry-on-honour-roll-1885579.html|title=Kerry on honour roll|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=14 September 2009|access-date=14 September 2009}}
=Details=
{{GAA match
| date = 16 September 1979
| time =
| round = Final
| team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
| score = 3–13 – 1–8
| report =
| team2 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
| goals1 = M Sheehy 2–6, J Egan 1–1, P Spillane 0–4, E Liston 0–1, J O'Shea 0–1
| goals2 = J Ronayne 1–0, B Doyle 0–3, T Hanahoe 0–2, D Hickey 0–2, A O'Toole 0–1
| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
| attendance = 72,185
| referee = Hugh Duggan (Armagh)
| motm =
}}
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==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{{Clarify|date=January 2025|reason=Should this be 'unused'? They couldn't all have been '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
==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
References
{{reflist}}
{{All-Ireland Senior Football Championship}}
{{Dublin county football team matches}}
{{Kerry county football team matches}}
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1979
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals
Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals
Category:GAA finals at Croke Park