1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Final

Event	1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Offaly 0–10 0–7
Date	28 September 1969
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	John Moloney
Attendance	67,828
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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

28 September 1969

Kerry	0–10 – 0–7	Offaly
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  #18' 11 Ambrose Hickey  #17' 12 Tony McTague 13 Sean Kilroy  #16' 14 Seán Evans 15 Seán Cooney Substitutes: 16 Pat Monaghan  #13' 17 Frank Costello  #11' 18 Kevin Kilmurray  #10' 19 Mick O'Rourke 20 Joe Flynn 21 Brian Guinan 22 Leo Grogan 23 Har McEvoy Manager: Fr. Tom Scully

Linesmen:

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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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