1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (25th win)
Captain Tim Kennelly
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Monaghan
Connacht Roscommon
Championship statistics
Player of the Year Mikey Sheehy (Kerry)
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The 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to September, 1979. It was another final decider between Kerry & Dublin. Kerry matched their dominance of the previous year's final by beating Dublin by 3-13 to 1-08. It was the second part of Kerry's "Four In A Row" of all All-Ireland titles

Results

Connacht

27 May 1979
Quarter-Final
Galway 2-20 – 3-5 London

3 June 1979
Quarter-Final
Leitrim 1-13 – 0-12 Sligo

17 June 1979
Semi-Final
Mayo 3-12 – 1-10 Leitrim

24 June 1979
Semi-Final
Roscommon 3-11 – 1-11 Galway

15 July 1979
Final
Roscommon 3-15 – 2-10 Mayo
Castlebar
Attendance: 23,700

Leinster

13 May 1979
Preliminary Round
Meath 6-19 – 0-3 Kilkenny

13 May 1979
Preliminary Round
Carlow 1-16 – 4-7 Wexford

20 May 1979
Preliminary Round
Louth 1-14 – 1-6 Longford

20 May 1979
Preliminary Round
Laois 4-13 – 2-8 Westmeath
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: J Gunning

27 May 1979
Preliminary Round Replay
Wexford 2-6 – 0-12
AET		 Carlow

3 June 1979
Preliminary Round Replay No. 2
Wexford 1-12 – 0-7 Carlow

3 June 1979
Quarter-Final
Dublin 4-16 – 0-4 Louth

10 June 1979
Quarter-Final
Meath 1-12 – 0-13 Kildare
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: T Jordan

10 June 1979
Quarter-Final
Wicklow 3-11 – 0-13 Wexford
Dr Cullen Park, Wexford
Referee: C Lally

17 June 1979
Quarter-Final Replay
Meath 1-20 – 3-9 Kildare
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: T Jordan

17 June 1979
Quarter-Final
Offaly 1-12 – 0-13 Laois
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: P Collins

1 July 1979
Semi-Final
Dublin 3-13 – 2-7 Wicklow
Newbridge
Attendance: 20,000

8 July 1979
Semi-Final
Meath 2-6 – 0-16 Offaly
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 21404
Referee: P Kelly

29 July 1979
Final
Dublin 1-8 – 0-9 Offaly
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 52348
Referee: Paddy Collins

Munster

20 May 1979
Quarter-Final
Clare 1-15 – 1-9 Limerick

20 May 1979
Quarter-Final
Tipperary 1-14 – 0-7 Waterford
Clonmel
Referee: A. Fogarty (K)

24 June 1979
Semi-Final
Cork 2-17 – 1-5 Tipperary
Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
Referee: J. J. Landers (W)

1 July 1979
Semi-Final
Kerry 9-21 – 1-9 Clare

22 July 1979
Final
Kerry 2-14 – 2-4 Cork

Ulster

20 May 1979
Preliminary Round
Tyrone 2-9 – 2-5 Antrim

27 May 1979
Quarter-Final
Monaghan 0-14 – 0-10 Down

3 June 1979
Quarter-Final
Armagh 5-3 – 1-7 Fermanagh

10 June 1979
Quarter-Final
Derry 2-12 – 1-13 Cavan

17 June 1979
Quarter-Final
Donegal 1-11 – 1-9 Tyrone

24 June 1979
Semi-Final
Monaghan 2-10 – 2-8 Armagh

1 July 1979
Semi-Final
Donegal 2-9 – 0-14 Derry

22 July 1979
Final
Monaghan 1-15 – 0-11 Donegal
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 21,272

All-Ireland

12 August 1979
Semi-Final
Kerry 5-14 - 0-7 Monaghan

29 August 1979
Semi-Final
Dublin 0-14 - 1-10 Roscommon

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Main article: 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

16 September 1979
Final
Kerry 3-13 - 1-8 Dublin
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