The 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 87th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in

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. Galway led 1–4 to 0–5 at half-time with a Michael Rooney goal.

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saved a penalty kick (placed 17th in RTÉ's 2005 series '' Top 20 GAA Moments'') and Kevin Heffernan's Dublin staged a comeback to win by five points. The penalty save (

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took it) occurred at the Canal End of Croke Park. It was Galway's second consecutive All-Ireland football final; they lost to

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in 1973. Paddy Devlin, who had previously taken charge of the 1972 replay, was the last Tyrone man to referee an All-Ireland SFC final until

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took charge of the 2022 final.

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* {{Galway county football team matches All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1974

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