1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 89th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date26 September 1976
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereePaddy Collins (Westmeath)
Attendance73,588
1975
1977

Dublin won the second of the famous Kerry–Dublin 1970s duels with a seven-point win, goals coming from John McCarthy, Jimmy Keaveney, and Brian Mullins.[1] It was Dublin's first championship win over Kerry since 1934.[2][3]

Dublin manager Kevin Heffernan declared: "I've waited 21 years for this".[2]

Kerry blamed a cancelled training session. The players asked for this because of "fatigue" though they also wished to take up a Beamish and Crawford invitation to the Tralee Races.[2]

Match details

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26 September 1976
Final
Dublin 3-8 – 0-10 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 73,588
Referee: Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
J Keaveney 1-2, J McCarthy 1-1, B Mullins 1-1, B Brogan 0-1, A O'Toole 0-1, T Hanahoe 0-1, D Hickey 0-1. M Sheehy 0-3, P Spillane 0-2, D Moran 0-2, M O'Sullivan 0-1, B Lynch 0-1, J Egan 0-1.

References

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  1. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. ^ a b c Hogan, Vincent (31 August 2019). "Kingdom's appetite for mischief can still spook the finest Dublin has to offer". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Flashback - 1976 All-Ireland SFC Final: Dublin v Kerry". GAA.ie. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.