1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates
Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other 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.
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.[1] 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.
Leinster Championship format change
The second round of the Leinster football championship is dropped this year after 1 year.
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible
Semi-finals
Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible
Final
Template:Football box collapsible
Leinster Senior Football Championship
First round
Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible
Quarter-finals
Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible
Semi-finals
Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible
Final
Template:Football box collapsible
Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible
Semi-finals
Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible
Final
Template:Football box collapsible
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
Template:Football box collapsible
Quarter-finals
Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible
Semi-finals
Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible
Final
Template:Football box collapsible
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Semi-finals
Template:Football box collapsible Template:Football box collapsible
Final
Template:Football box collapsible Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".
Championship statistics
Top scorers
- Overall
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 6-18 | 36 | 4 | 9.00 |
| 2 | Kieran Finlay | Monaghan | 1-21 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Pat Spillane | Kerry | 3-13 | 22 | 4 | 5.50 |
| 4 | Joe McGrath | Mayo | 5-6 | 21 | 2 | 10.50 |
| Ger Power | Kerry | 5-6 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |
- Single game
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 3-5 | 14 | Monaghan |
| 2 | Bernard Cullen | Meath | 4-0 | 12 | Kilkenny |
| Pat Spillane | Kerry | 3-3 | 12 | Clare | |
| Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 2-6 | 12 | Dublin | |
| Kieran Finlay | Monaghan | 1-9 | 12 | Donegal | |
| 6 | Joe McGrath | Mayo | 2-5 | 11 | Roscommon |
| M. Magee | Wexford | 2-5 | 11 | Carlow | |
| 8 | Eamon Creighton | London | 3-1 | 10 | Galway |
| Joe McGrath | Mayo | 3-1 | 10 | Leitrim | |
| Eamon Barry | Meath | 2-4 | 10 | Kilkenny | |
| Ger Power | Kerry | 2-4 | 10 | Cork | |
| Mick Ryan | Meath | 1-7 | 10 | Kildare | |
| Gay McManus | Galway | 0-10 | 10 | London | |
| Seán Lowry | Offaly | 0-10 | 10 | Meath |
Miscellaneous
- The Munster semi-final between Template:GG and Template:GG had the highest score in the history of the Munster championship 9-21 to 1-9.
- 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 third year in a row only time a team not Galway/Mayo and ever done so.
- As Dublin win their sixth Leinster title in a row they follow Wexford (1913-1918) and Kildare (1926-1931) who previously done so.
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Script error: No such module "Navbox".