1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship


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 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 was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

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

;Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Mikey SheehyKerry4-263857.60
2Jimmy KeaveneyDublin6-183657.20
3Brendan KellyDerry0-292955.80
4Steve DugganCavan1-222546.25
5Gerry FarrellyMeath3-122145.25
6Pat SpillaneKerry2-142054.00
7Joe McLoughlinGalway1-161944.75

;Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Jimmy KeaveneyDublin3-413Longford
2Mikey SheehyKerry3-312Derry
3Joe McLoughlinGalway1-811Leitrim
3Mikey SheehyKerry0-1111Cork
5Steve DugganCavan0-1010Down
6Willie BrennanLaois1-69Kildare
7Gerry FarrellyMeath1-58Wicklow
7Pat SpillaneKerry1-58Waterford
7Jimmy KeaveneyDublin1-58Galway
7Brendan KellyDerry0-88Cavan