Revisiting the great Kerry-Dublin rivalry in new TG4 documentary

'GAA 70’s – Réabhlóid Shóisialta' focuses on Dublin’s All-Ireland SFC victory of 1974 - and the effect the victory had on the game.
Revisiting the great Kerry-Dublin rivalry in new TG4 documentary

BLUE STEEL: Dublin skipper Tony Hanahoe faces up to the substantial heft of Kerry's Tim Kennelly in the 1975 All-Ireland Football final. Pic: Connolly Collection/Sportsfile

In the year Kerry and Dublin lost Mick O’Dwyer and Seán Doherty, a poignant tribute to the counties’ great rivalry in a TG4 documentary will be televised on Monday evening.

“GAA 70’s – Réabhlóid Shóisialta” encapsulates how Dublin’s All-Ireland SFC victory of 1974 transformed Gaelic Games in the capital and sowed the seeds for their rivalry with Kerry as between them they claimed the Sam Maguire Cup 12 out of 13 times between ’74 and ’86.

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