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

21 May 1978
Quarter-Final
Sligo 4-13 – 2-10 London

28 May 1978
Quarter-Final
Mayo 2-18 – 1-8 Leitrim

11 June 1978
Semi-Final
Galway 1-11 – 1-8 Sligo

18 June 1978
Semi-Final
Roscommon 1-12 – 1-9 Mayo

9 July 1978
Final
Roscommon 2-7 – 0-9 Galway
Galway
Attendance: 17,000

Leinster

7 May 1978
Round 1
Carlow 5-8 – 3-9 Westmeath
Portlaoise
Referee: T Dealey (Louth)

7 May 1978
Round 1
Wicklow 2-16 – 0-3 Kilkenny

28 May 1978
Round 2
Wicklow 4-15 – 1-8 Wexford

4 June 1978
Round 2
Kildare 4-15 – 1-8 Louth

4 June 1978
Round 2
Offaly 2-12 – 0-8 Longford
Mullingar
Attendance: 3000
Referee: C Conlon

18 June 1978
Quarter-Final
Dublin 6-15 – 2-9 Carlow
Croke Park
Referee: H Reilly (Louth)

18 June 1978
Quarter-Final
Kildare 3-14 – 1-12 Meath

25 June 1978
Quarter-Final
Offaly 0-16 – 2-8 Laois
Portlaoise
Attendance: 20000
Referee: M Meally

2 July 1978
Semi-Final
Kildare 4-14 – 2-6 Wicklow
Croke Park
Referee: D Curran

9 July 1978
Semi-Final
Dublin 2-9 – 0-12 Offaly
Portlaoise
Attendance: 22000
Referee: S Murray

30 July 1978
Final
Dublin 1-17 – 1-6 Kildare

Munster

28 May 1978
Quarter-Final
Clare 0-19 – 1-4 Limerick

28 May 1978
Quarter-Final
Tipperary 1-16 – 2-13 Waterford
Clonmel
Referee: B. Cross (L)

4 June 1978
Quarter-Final Replay
Tipperary 2-17 – 2-19 Waterford
Dungarvan
Referee: B. Cross (L)

18 June 1978
Semi-Final
Kerry 4-27 – 2-8 Waterford

18 June 1978
Semi-Final
Cork 3-16 – 1-11 Clare

16 July 1978
Final
Kerry 3-14 – 3-7 Cork

Ulster

21 May 1978
Quarter-Final
Antrim 4-6 – 2-4 Monaghan

28 May 1978
Preliminary Round
Derry 3-12 – 0-7 Donegal

11 June 1978
Quarter-Final
Armagh 0-9 – 0-16 Cavan

11 June 1978
Quarter-Final
Down 0-14 – 2-7 Fermanagh

18 June 1978
Quarter-Final
Derry 3-11 – 0-9 Tyrone

2 July 1978
Semi-Final
Down 1-14 – 2-8 Derry

9 July 1978
Semi-Final
Cavan 2-13 – 1-10 Antrim

23 July 1978
Final
Down 2-19 – 2-12 Cavan
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 27,600

All-Ireland

13 August 1978
Semi-Final
Kerry 3-11 - 0-8 Roscommon

20 August 1978
Semi-Final
Dublin 1-16 - 0-8 Down

16 September 1978
Final
Kerry 5-11 - 0-9 Dublin
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