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1966 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Teams
  
31

Captain
  
Enda Colleran

Losing team
  
Meath

Winning team
  
Galway (7th win)

Manager
  
John "Tull" Dunne

Dates
  
1 May 1966 - 25 September 1966

The 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 80th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 1 May 1966 and ended on 25 September 1966.

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Galway entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive championship title.

On 25 September 1966, Galway won the championship following a 1-10 to 0-7 defeat of Meath in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their third championship in succession.

Fermanagh's P. T. Treacy was the championship's top scorer with 4-12. Galway's Mattie McDonagh was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Top scorers

Overall
Single game

References

1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Wikipedia