1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 104th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Event	1991 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down Meath 1-16 (19) 1-14 (17)
Date	15 September 1991
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match	James McCartan
Referee	Séamus Prior (Leitrim)[1]
Attendance	64,500
Weather	Sunny
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Meath had beaten Dublin in the famous four-game saga, but Down stormed into an 11-point lead and Meath's rally was too little, too late.^[2]

This was Down's fourth appearance in an All-Ireland final, and their fourth win from four.^[3][4][5]

Match

Details

Down	1–16 – 1–14	Meath
Ross Carr 0-5 (0-4f), Gary Mason 0-4 (0-3f), Barry Breen 1-0, James McCartan 0-3, Éamonn Burns 0-2, Mickey Linden 0-1, Greg Blaney 0-1		Bernard Flynn 0-6, Brian Stafford 0-5 (0-4f), Liam Hayes 1-1, Colm O'Rourke 0-1, David Beggy 0-1

15 September 1991

15:30 IST (UTC+1)

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 64,500

Referee: Séamus Prior (Leitrim)

Down

Meath

1 Neil Collins 2 Brendan McKernan 3 Conor Deegan 4 Paul Higgins 5 John Kelly 6 Paddy O'Rourke (c) 7 D. J. Kane 8 Barry Breen  54' 9 Éamonn Burns 10 Ross Carr 11 Greg Blaney 12 Gary Mason 13 Mickey Linden 14 Peter Withnell  66' 15 James McCartan Substitutes: 16 Pat Donnan 17 Mick Quinn 18 Martin Laverty 19 Paul McCartan 20 Mark McCartan 21 Liam Austin  54' 22 Jarlath Austin 23 Cathal Murray 24 Ambrose Rogers  66' Manager: Pete McGrath

1 Michael McQuillan 2 Brendan Reilly 3 Mick Lyons  52' 4 Terry Ferguson 5 Kevin Foley 6 Liam Harnan 7 Martin O'Connell 8 Liam Hayes (c) 17 Gerry McEntee 10 David Beggy 11 Tommy Dowd 12 Colm Coyle  43' 9 P. J. Gillic  59' 14 Brian Stafford 15 Bernard Flynn Substitutes: 16 Donal Smyth 13 Colm O'Rourke  43' 18 Mattie McCabe  59' 19 Alan Browne  52' 20 John McDermott 21 Hugh Carolan 22 Seán Kelly 23 Finian Murtagh 24 Ian Kearney Manager: Seán Boylan

References

1. "1991 All Ireland SFC Final Down v Meath — Referee Seamus Prior". 29 May 2020.
2. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
3. "Down fans travel to All-Ireland final". The News Letter. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Flashback: 1991 All-Ireland SFC Final - Down v Meath". GAA.ie. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
5. "'To say we didn't deserve an All-Ireland was crass, Down never got credit for '91'". The 42. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

External links

• All-Ireland final 1991: Down's knickerbocker glory