1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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. 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.The second round of the Leinster football championship is dropped this year after 1 year.Results
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
FinalFirst round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
FinalQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
FinalPreliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
FinalSemi-finals
FinalTop 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 |
| 4 | 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 |
| 2 | Pat Spillane | Kerry | 3-3 | 12 | Clare |
| 2 | Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 2-6 | 12 | Dublin |
| 2 | Kieran Finlay | Monaghan | 1-9 | 12 | Donegal |
| 6 | Joe McGrath | Mayo | 2-5 | 11 | Roscommon |
| 6 | M. Magee | Wexford | 2-5 | 11 | Carlow |
| 8 | Eamon Creighton | London | 3-1 | 10 | Galway |
| 8 | Joe McGrath | Mayo | 3-1 | 10 | Leitrim |
| 8 | Eamon Barry | Meath | 2-4 | 10 | Kilkenny |
| 8 | Ger Power | Kerry | 2-4 | 10 | Cork |
| 8 | Mick Ryan | Meath | 1-7 | 10 | Kildare |
| 8 | Gay McManus | Galway | 0-10 | 10 | London |
| 8 | Seán Lowry | Offaly | 0-10 | 10 | Meath |
Miscellaneous
- 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 and Kildare who previously done so.
