1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates 7 May 1978 - 24 September 1978
Teams 33
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (24th win)
Captain Denis "Ógie" Moran
Manager Mick O'Dwyer
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Dublin
Captain Tony Hanahoe
Manager Tony Hanahoe
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Down
Connacht Roscommon
Championship statistics
Top Scorer Jimmy Keaveney (2-31)
Player of the Year Pat Spillane
1977
1979

The 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 92nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 7 May 1978 and ended on 24 September 1978.

Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 24 September 1978, Kerry won the championship following a 5-11 to 0-9 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 24th All-Ireland title and their first in three championship seasons.

Kerry's Pat Spillane was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year. Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the championship's top scorer with 2-31.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-final

Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Jimmy Keaveney Dublin 2-31 37 5 7.40
2 Mikey Sheehy Kerry 5-21 36 4 9.00

Miscellaneous

References

  1. "Dublin v Kerry: A football rivalry". RTÉ Sport. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
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