, ▁Off aly ' s ▁celebr ations ▁were ▁un conf ined ▁– ▁especially ▁when ▁their ▁Senior ▁football ers ▁over c ame ▁Dublin ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁an ▁Off aly ▁Double ▁in ▁Le in ster . ▁The ▁h url ers ▁advanced ▁to ▁their ▁first ▁Senior ▁All ▁Ireland ▁Sem i - final ▁on ▁ 3 ▁August ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁where ▁a ▁more ▁experienced ▁Gal way ▁side ▁narrow ly ▁won ▁out ▁( 4 - 9 ▁to ▁ 3 - 1 0 ). ▁Eug ene ▁C ough lan ▁at ▁corner ▁back ▁was ▁effect ing ▁many ▁huge ▁clear ances , ▁until ▁he ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁mid field ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half . ▁As ▁the ▁constant ▁dri zz le ▁turned ▁into ▁a ▁del uge , ▁Gal way ▁went ▁six ▁points ▁up . ▁Although ▁Syl vie ▁L inn ane ▁was ▁dismiss ed , ▁the ▁Trib es men ▁de ft ly ▁re - organ ised ▁and ▁extended ▁their ▁lead ▁to ▁eight ▁points . ▁It ▁took ▁Off aly ▁a ▁while ▁to ▁figure ▁out ▁how ▁to ▁deploy ▁the ▁numerical ▁advantage . ▁Event ually ▁Joe ▁Mo oney ▁was ▁brought ▁on ▁as ▁the ▁" available " ▁attack er , ▁and ▁Br end an ▁B erm ingham ' s ▁goal ▁plus ▁a ▁late ▁ 1 - 1 ▁from ▁Mark ▁Cor rig an ▁left ▁it ▁nick - or - nothing ▁at ▁the ▁finish . ▁Only ▁for ▁a ▁short ▁time ▁did ▁defeat ▁put ▁a ▁d amp ener ▁on ▁Off aly ' s ▁epo ch al ▁break through ▁– ▁which ▁was ▁given ▁added ▁l ust re