1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

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1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.jpg
Event1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Offaly
Gort GAA colours.png Offaly colours.PNG
0–10 0–7
Date28 September 1969
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeJohn Moloney
Attendance67,828
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The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 82nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match[]

Summary[]

Kerry claimed a three-point win, thanks mostly to three great saves by goalkeeper Johnny Culloty.[1]

This was also the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Offaly.[2]

Half-time entertainment was provided by way of an Irish dancing routine from the "Hurling Boys from Omagh", County Tyrone.[3]

Details[]

Kerry
Gort GAA colours.png		0–10 – 0–7Offaly
Offaly colours.PNG
M. O'Connell (0–02)
M. O'Dwyer (0–02)
D. J. Crowley (0–02)
M. Gleeson (0–02)
L. Higgins (0–01)
B. Lynch (0–01)		 T. McTague (0–03)
S. Evans (0–02)
W. Bryan (0–01)
P. Keenan (0–01)
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: John Moloney (Tipperary)
Kerry:
1 Johnny Culloty (Captain)
2 Séamus Murphy
3 Paudie O'Donoghue
4
5 Tom Prendergast
6 Mick Morris
7 Mícheál Ó Sé
8 Mick O'Connell
9 Din Joe Crowley
10 Brendan Lynch
11 Pat Griffin
12 Éamonn O'Donoghue
13 Michael Gleeson
14 Liam Higgins
15 Mick O'Dwyer
Substitutes:
16 Donie O'Sullivan
17 Mick Fleming
18 John O'Keeffe
19
20 Dom O'Donnell
21 Weeshie Fogarty
Manager:
Jackie Lyne
Offaly:
1 Martin Furlong
2 Paddy McCormack
3 Greg Hughes
4 Johnny Egan (c)
5 Eugene Mulligan
6
7 Mick Ryan
8 Larry Coughlan
9 Willie Bryan
10 Substituted off #18'
11 Ambrose Hickey Substituted off #17'
12 Tony McTague
13 Substituted off #16'
14 Seán Evans
15
Substitutes:
16 Substituted in #13'
17 Substituted in #11'
18 Kevin Kilmurray Substituted in #10'
19 Mick O'Rourke
20
21
22
23
Manager:

Linesmen:

Sideline Official

Vendor at Heuston Station in 1969, selling rosettes for Kerry, Offaly, Derry and Cork (the latter meeting in the minor final)

References[]

  1. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. ^ "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  3. ^ The Hurling Boys, Omagh, at the 1969 All Ireland Final. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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