1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Template:Template other The 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 88th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 19 May 1974 and ended on 22 September 1974.

Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final.

On 22 September 1974, Dublin won the championship following a 0–14 to 1–6 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 18th All-Ireland title, their first in eleven championship seasons.

Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the championship's top scorer with 1–36. Dublin manager Kevin Heffernan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year, the first time that the award went to a manager instead of a player.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Stadium	Most recent success
			All-Ireland	Provincial	National League
Antrim	Saffron and white	Casement Park		1951
Armagh	Orange and white	Athletic Grounds		1953
Carlow	Red, green and gold	Dr. Cullen Park		1944
Cavan	Royal blue and white	Breffni Park	1952	1969	1947–48
Clare	Yellow and blue	Cusack Park		1917
Cork	Red and white	Cork Athletic Grounds	1973	1973	1955–56
Derry	White and red	Celtic Park		1970	1946–47
Donegal	Gold and green	MacCumhaill Park		1972
Down	Red and black	Páirc Esler	1968	1971	1967–68
Dublin	Sky blue and navy	Parnell Park	1963	1965	1957–58
Fermanagh	Green and white	Brewster Park
Galway	Maroon and white	Pearse Stadium	1966	1973	1964–65
Kerry	Green and gold	Fitzgerald Stadium	1970	1972	1973–74
Kildare	White	Páirc Tailteann	1928	1956
Kilkenny	Black and amber	Nowlan Park		1911
Laois	Blue and white	O'Moore Park		1946	1925–26
Leitrim	Green and gold	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada		1927
Limerick	Green and white	Gaelic Grounds	1896	1896
London	Green and white	Emerald GAA Grounds
Longford	Royal blue and gold	Pearse Park		1968	1965–66
Louth	Red and white	Drogheda Park	1957	1957
Mayo	Green and red	MacHale Park	1951	1969	1969–70
Meath	Green and gold	Páirc Tailteann	1967	1970	1950–51
Monaghan	White and blue	St. Tiernach's Park		1938
Offaly	Green, white and gold	O'Connor Park	1972	1973
Roscommon	Primrose and blue	Dr. Hyde Park	1944	1972
Sligo	Black and white	Markievicz Park		1928
Tipperary	Blue and gold	Semple Stadium	1920	1935
Tyrone	White and red	Healy Park		1973
Waterford	White and blue	Fraher Field		1898
Westmeath	Maroon and white	Cusack Park
Wexford	Purple and gold	Wexford Park	1918	1945
Wicklow	Blue and gold	Pearse Park

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

Second 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

Finals

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Dublin win the Leinster title for the first time since 1965.
• The All-Ireland semi-finals between Donegal and Galway was the very first championship meeting between the two sides, while the other was the first meeting between Dublin and Cork since the All Ireland final of 1907.
• Dublin win the All-Ireland title for the first time since 1963.

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	1–36	39	6	6.50
2	Seamus Bonner	Donegal	8–3	27	5	5.40
	John Tobin	Galway	2–21	27	4	6.75
4	Noel Gallagher	Donegal	0–21	21	5	4.20
5	Mickey Kearns	Sligo	0–19	19	3	6.33
6	Seán O'Neill	Down	2–9	15	5	3.00
	Dermot Earley	Roscommon	1–12	15	3	5.00
	Ray Cummins	Cork	1–12	15	3	5.00
9	Gerry Farrelly	Meath	2–7	13	3	4.33
	Brian Mullins	Dublin	3–4	13	5	2.60

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Seamus Bonner	Donegal	4–1	13	Antrim
2	John Tobin	Galway	2–6	12	Donegal
3	John Tobin	Dublin	1–8	11	Meath
4	Michael Laffey	Sligo	2–4	10	Leitrim
5	Séamus Mac Gearailt	Kerry	2–3	9	Waterford
	Mikey Sheehy	Kerry	2–3	9	Waterford
	Mickey Kearns	Sligo	0–9	9	Roscommon
	John Tobin	Galway	0–9	9	Roscommon
9	Damien Reid	Louth	0–8	8	Carlow
	Noel Gallagher	Donegal	0–8	8	Galway
	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	0–8	8	Galway