The 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 90th staging of the
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the
Gaelic Athletic Association's premier
inter-county Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
tournament. The championship began on 9 May 1976 and ended on 26 September 1976.
Kerry were the
defending champions.
On 26 September 1976,
Dublin won the championship following a 3-8 to 0-10 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final.
This was their 19th All-Ireland title, their first in two championship seasons.
Dublin's
Jimmy Keaveney
James Keaveney (born 12 February 1945) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Dublin county team spanned sixteen seasons from 1964 to 1980. Keaveney is widely regarded as one of Dubli ...
was the choice for
Texaco Footballer of the Year
The Texaco Footballer of the Year was a Gaelic football award, created in 1958, that honoured the achievements of a footballer of outstanding excellence. The award was part of the Texaco Sportstars Awards, in which Irish sportspeople from all f ...
.
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Leinster Senior Football Championship
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
*
Leitrim recorded their first win over
Mayo since 1959 after a replay.
*
Cork Athletic Grounds changed its name to
Pairc Ui Chaoimh after
Pádraig Ó Caoimh.
* 3 Provincial finals end in a draw and to a replay in the same year for the first time since 1924 (CLU) and never since (as of 2019)
Connacht,
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...
and
Ulster. 1888, 1903 & 1915 were the only other years up to 1976 to have had multiple provincial final draws.
* The All-Ireland final was Dublin's first win over
Kerry since the All-Ireland semi-final of 1934.
Top scorers
;Overall
;Single game
References
External links
"From the archives: Preview of 1976 Ulster SFC final between Derry and Cavan" BBC Sport. 26 April 2020.
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