Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

1979 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Teams
  
33

Captain
  
Tim Kennelly

Losing team
  
Dublin

Winning team
  
Kerry (25th win)

Manager
  
Mick O'Dwyer

Dates
  
13 May 1979 - 16 September 1979

The 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 93rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 13 May 1979 and ended on 16 September 1979.

Contents

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 16 September 1979, Kerry won the championship following a 3-13 to 1-8 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their 25th All-Ireland title and their second in succession.

Kerry's Mikey Sheehy was the championship's top scorer with 6-18. He was also named as the Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

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

Miscellaneous

  • Monaghan's 1-15 to 0-11 defeat of Donegal in the Ulster final gave them their first provincial title since 1938.
  • Roscommon in the Connacht final for the 3rd year in a row only time a team not Galway/Mayo and ever done so.
  • References

    1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Wikipedia