1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Football match
1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Offaly
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]

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

Details

Kerry
0–10 – 0–7Offaly
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 [4]
Offaly

1 Johnny Culloty (c)
2 Séamus Murphy
3 Paudie O'Donoghue
4 Séamus MacGearailt
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 Derry Crowley
20 Dom O'Donnell
21 Weeshie Fogarty
Manager:
Jackie Lyne
1 Martin Furlong
2 Paddy McCormack
3 Greg Hughes
4 Johnny Egan (c)
5 Eugene Mulligan
6 Nick Clavin
7 Mick Ryan
8 Larry Coughlan
9 Willie Bryan
10 Pat Keenan downward-facing red arrow #18'
11 Ambrose Hickey downward-facing red arrow #17'
12 Tony McTague
13 Sean Kilroy downward-facing red arrow #16'
14 Seán Evans
15 Seán Cooney
Substitutes:
16 Pat Monaghan upward-facing green arrow #13'
17 Frank Costello upward-facing green arrow #11'
18 Kevin Kilmurray upward-facing green arrow #10'
19 Mick O'Rourke
20 Joe Flynn
21 Brian Guinan
22 Leo Grogan
23 Har McEvoy
Manager:
Fr. Tom Scully

Linesmen:

Sideline Official

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.
  4. ^ Away shirt worn by Kerry to avoid colours clash
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