ight . ▁Off aly ▁made ▁the ▁most ▁of ▁their ▁repr ieve , ▁Johnny ▁F lah ert y ▁reducing ▁the ▁margin ▁to ▁two ▁with ▁a ▁well - work ed ▁point . ▁Pat ▁Del an ey ▁reached ▁sky ward ▁to ▁intercept ▁I gg y ▁Clar ke ' s ▁long ▁clear ance , ▁lay ing ▁off ▁to ▁Br end an ▁B erm ingham ▁at ▁half ▁forward ▁who ▁hand - pass ed ▁to ▁Johnny ▁F lah ert y , ▁moment arily ▁in ▁the ▁clear . ▁Although ▁the ▁defence ▁conver ged ▁rapidly , ▁F lah ert y ▁pal med ▁over ▁his ▁left ▁shoulder ▁to ▁the ▁net . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁goal ▁that ▁st agger ed ▁the ▁Trib es men , ▁and ▁gave ▁fresh ▁light ▁to ▁the ▁ancient ▁writing ▁on ▁the ▁W alls ▁of ▁Gal way : ▁" From ▁the ▁f ury ▁of ▁the ▁O ' F lah ert ies , ▁Good ▁Lord ▁deliver ▁us ". ▁Off aly ▁scored ▁twice ▁more ▁for ▁a ▁three - point ▁margin ▁of ▁victory ▁( 2 - 1 2 ▁to ▁ 0 - 1 5 ). ▁ ▁Re ver ber ations ▁in ▁Cla reen , ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁On ▁the ▁" dom estic " ▁scene , ▁Se ir ▁K ier an ▁went ▁down ▁to ▁K inn itt y ▁( 1 - 1 9 ▁to ▁ 3 - 8 ) ▁and ▁to ▁B ally sk en agh ▁( 4 - 9 ▁to ▁ 4 - 7 ) ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁Senior ▁Hur ling