1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
| Event | 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 21 September 1980 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Attendance | 63,854 | ||||||
The 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 93rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1980 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Roscommon went five points up early on, John 'Jigger' O'Connor getting a goal after 35 seconds. Mikey Sheehy pegged a goal back and in a very scrappy game (64 frees) the more experienced Kerry team ran out three-point victors.[1]
It was the first of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1980s.[2]
Roscommon had beaten Armagh in their semi-final.[3]
References
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (24 June 2010). "Death of Dermot Earley". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
Dermot Earley pictured with his son David after Roscommon beat Armagh in the 1980 All-Ireland football semi-final at Croke Park.