1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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.
Match
This year's final was played on 22 September.Summary
Galway led 1–4 to 0–5 at half-time, with a Michael Rooney goal. Paddy Cullen saved a penalty kick and Kevin Heffernan's Dublin staged a comeback to win by five points. The penalty save occurred at the Canal End of Croke Park.It was Galway's second consecutive appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final; they lost to Cork in 1973.
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.
Details
Dublin- 1 Paddy Cullen
- 2 Gay O'Driscoll
- 3 Seán Doherty
- 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
;Manager
Galway
- 1 Gay Mitchell
- 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