1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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.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
- 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
;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
- 12 D. Hickey
- 13 M. Hickey
- 14 B. Doyle
- 15 J. McCarthy
;Subs not used
;Manager