1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kerry (24th win)
Captain	Denis "Ogie" Moran
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship statistics
Player of the Year	Pat Spillane (Kerry)
← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to September, 1978. After Dublin winning back-to-back titles in 1976 & 1977, Kerry stormed back to win the 1978 Championship, thrashing Dublin in the final by 17 points. It was also the start of Kerry's unprecedented "Four In A Row" of All-Ireland titles.

Results

Connacht

Sligo v London

21 May 1978
Quarter-Final

Sligo	4-13 – 2-10	London

Sligo

Mayo v Leitrim

28 May 1978
Quarter-Final

Mayo	2-18 – 1-8	Leitrim

Ballina

Galway v Sligo

11 June 1978
Semi-Final

Galway	1-11 – 1-8	Sligo

Tuam

Roscommon v Mayo

18 June 1978
Semi-Final

Roscommon	1-12 – 1-9	Mayo

Roscommon

Roscommon v Galway

9 July 1978
Final

Roscommon	2-7 – 0-9	Galway

Galway
Attendance: 17,000

Leinster

Carlow v Westmeath

7 May 1978
Round 1

Carlow	5-8 – 3-9	Westmeath

Portlaoise
Referee: T Dealey (Louth)

Wicklow v Kilkenny

7 May 1978
Round 1

Wicklow	2-16 – 0-3	Kilkenny

Athy

Wicklow v Wexford

28 May 1978
Round 2

Wicklow	4-15 – 1-8	Wexford

Carlow

Kildare v Louth

4 June 1978
Round 2

Kildare	4-15 – 1-8	Louth

Navan

Offaly v Longford

4 June 1978
Round 2

Offaly	2-12 – 0-8	Longford

Mullingar
Attendance: 3000
Referee: C Conlon

Dublin v Carlow

18 June 1978
Quarter-Final

Dublin	6-15 – 2-9	Carlow

Croke Park
Referee: H Reilly (Louth)

Kildare v Meath

18 June 1978
Quarter-Final

Kildare	3-14 – 1-12	Meath

Croke Park

Offaly v Laois

25 June 1978
Quarter-Final

Offaly	0-16 – 2-8	Laois

Portlaoise
Attendance: 20000
Referee: M Meally

Kildare v Wicklow

2 July 1978
Semi-Final

Kildare	4-14 – 2-6	Wicklow

Croke Park
Referee: D Curran

Dublin v Offaly

9 July 1978
Semi-Final

Dublin	2-9 – 0-12	Offaly

Portlaoise
Attendance: 22000
Referee: S Murray

Dublin v Kildare

30 July 1978
Final

Dublin	1-17 – 1-6	Kildare

Croke Park

Munster

Clare v Limerick

28 May 1978
Quarter-Final

Clare	0-19 – 1-4	Limerick

Dunbeg

Tipperary v Waterford

28 May 1978
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	1-16 – 2-13	Waterford

Clonmel
Referee: B. Cross (L)

Tipperary v Waterford

4 June 1978
Quarter-Final Replay

Tipperary	2-17 – 2-19	Waterford

Dungarvan
Referee: B. Cross (L)

Kerry v Waterford

18 June 1978
Semi-Final

Kerry	4-27 – 2-8	Waterford

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Cork v Clare

18 June 1978
Semi-Final

Cork	3-16 – 1-11	Clare

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Kerry v Cork

16 July 1978
Final

Kerry	3-14 – 3-7	Cork

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Ulster

Antrim v Monaghan

21 May 1978
Quarter-Final

Antrim	4-6 – 2-4	Monaghan

Casement Park, Belfast

Derry v Donegal

28 May 1978
Preliminary Round

Derry	3-12 – 0-7	Donegal

Ballinascreen

Armagh v Cavan

11 June 1978
Quarter-Final

Armagh	0-9 – 0-16	Cavan

Cavan

Down v Fermanagh

11 June 1978
Quarter-Final

Down	0-14 – 2-7	Fermanagh

Irvinestown

Derry v Tyrone

18 June 1978
Quarter-Final

Derry	3-11 – 0-9	Tyrone

Lurgan

Down v Derry

2 July 1978
Semi-Final

Down	1-14 – 2-8	Derry

Casement Park, Belfast

Cavan v Antrim

9 July 1978
Semi-Final

Cavan	2-13 – 1-10	Antrim

Castleblayney

Down v Cavan

23 July 1978
Final

Down	2-19 – 2-12	Cavan

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 27,600

All-Ireland

Kerry v Roscommon

13 August 1978
Semi-Final

Kerry	3-11 - 0-8	Roscommon

Croke Park, Dublin

Dublin v Down

20 August 1978
Semi-Final

Dublin	1-16 - 0-8	Down

Croke Park, Dublin

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Kerry v Dublin

16 September 1978
Final

Kerry	5-11 - 0-9	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Trophy Leinster Connacht Munster Ulster Records and statistics Winning captains Winning managers Winning players Losing players Winning teams

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