The 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 83rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1970 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match
Summary
Kerry won convincingly, with late goals by Din Joe Crowley and Mick Gleeson.
It was the first of four All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1970s.
Details
Kerry
Sub used
16 S. Mac Gearailt
Subs not used
17 D. Crowley
18 P. J. Burns
19 T. O'Donnell
20 P. Finnegan
Seán O'Shea was retrospectively awarded a medal in 2025; in 1970 not all nonplaying subs were entitled to a medal. O'Shea's application relied on the precedent of Mick Loftus, retrospectively awarded a medal as a nonplaying sub in the 1951 final.
Trainer
J. Lyne
Meath
Subs used
19 P. Moore for M. Mellett
22 B. Bligh for T. Kearns
Subs not used
16 E. McMahon
17 P. Black
18 F. Ward
20 C. Bowens
21 J. Fay
23 M. Costello
24 A. Burns
25 D. Gogarty
26 T. Brannigan
References