1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates10 May – 20 September 1981
Teams33
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (27th win)
CaptainJimmy Deenihan
ManagerMick O'Dwyer
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamOffaly
CaptainRichie Connor
ManagerEugene McGee
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterOffaly
UlsterDown
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
No. matches played34
Top Scorer Matt Connor (1-31)
Player of the Year Jack O'Shea
1980
1982

The 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 95th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 10 May 1981 and ended on 20 September 1981.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions and were hoping to win a record-equalling fourth successive championship title.

On 20 September 1981, Kerry won the championship following a 1-12 to 0-8 defeat of Offaly in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 27th All-Ireland title and their fourth championship in succession.

Offaly's Matt Connor was the championship's top scorer with 1-31. Kerry's Jack O'Shea was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

  1. ^ "Minister reveals how he lost Sam in 1981". The Irish Echo. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2016.