1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

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.

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

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
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)
Kerry:
1Johnny Culloty(Captain)
2Séamus Murphy
3Paudie O'Donoghue
4Séamus MacGearailt
5Tom Prendergast
6Mick Morris
7Mícheál Ó Sé
8Mick O'Connell
9Din Joe Crowley
10Brendan Lynch
11Pat Griffin
12Éamonn O'Donoghue
13Michael Gleeson
14Liam Higgins
15Mick O'Dwyer
Substitutes:
16Donie O'Sullivan
17Mick Fleming
18John O'Keeffe
19Derry Crowley
20Dom O'Donnell
21Weeshie Fogarty
Manager:
Jackie Lyne
Offaly:
1Martin Furlong
2Paddy McCormack
3Greg Hughes
4Johnny Egan(c)
5Eugene Mulligan
6Nick Clavin
7Mick Ryan
8Larry Coughlan
9Willie Bryan
10Pat Keenan #18'
11Ambrose Hickey #17'
12Tony McTague
13Sean Kilroy #16'
14Sean Evans
15Sean Cooney
Substitutes:
16Pat Monaghan #13'
17Frank Costello #11'
18Kevin Kilmurray #10'
19Mick O'Rourke
20Joe Flynn
21Brian Guinan
22Leo Grogan
23Har McEvoy
Manager:
Fr. Tom Scully

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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