1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Down (3rd win)
Captain	Joe Lennon
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Longford
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
Player of the Year	Seán O'Neill (Down)
← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 82nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Down were the winners.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results

Connacht

Sligo v Leitrim

2 June 1968
Quarter-Final

Sligo	2-17 – 0-12	Leitrim

Sligo

Galway v Roscommon

16 June 1968
Semi-Final

Galway	2-10 – 3-7	Roscommon

Castlebar

Mayo v Sligo

23 June 1968
Semi-Final

Mayo	1-9 – 0-7	Sligo

Castlebar

Galway v Roscommon

14 July 1968
Semi-Final Replay

Galway	2-8 – 1-9	Roscommon

Roscommon

Galway v Mayo

21 July 1968
Final

Galway	2-10 – 2-9	Mayo

Castlebar
Attendance: 30,000

Leinster

Offaly v Louth

9 June 1968
Quarter-Final

Offaly	0-11 – 0-6	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: P Kelly

Offaly v Laois

30 June 1968
Semi-Final

Offaly	0-6 – 0-11	Laois

O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Attendance: 30000
Referee: P Hughes

Longford v Laois

21 July 1968
Final

Longford	3-9 – 1-4	Laois

Croke Park, Dublin

Munster

Tipperary v Limerick

May 1968
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	1-10 – 1-7	Limerick

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Waterford v Clare

May 1968
Quarter-Final

Waterford	3-5 – 1-15	Clare

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Cork v Clare

16 June 1968
Semi-Final

Cork	1-8 – 1-7	Clare

Ennis

Kerry v Tipperary

23 June 1968
Semi-Final

Kerry	0-17 – 2-7	Tipperary

Clonmel

Kerry v Cork

14 July 1968
Final

Kerry	1-21 – 3-8	Cork

Killarney

Ulster

Fermanagh v Tyrone

2 June 1968
Preliminary Round

Fermanagh	2-8 – 0-8	Tyrone

Irvinestown

Down v Derry

9 June 1968
Quarter-Final

Down	1-8 – 1-6	Derry

Ballinascreen

Cavan v Antrim

16 June 1968
Quarter-Final

Cavan	5-9 – 1-11	Antrim

Cavan

Donegal v Armagh

16 June 1968
Quarter-Final

Donegal	2-10 – 1-3	Armagh

Ballybofey

Monaghan v Fermanagh

23 June 1968
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	1-12 – 2-9	Fermanagh

Irvinestown

Monaghan v Fermanagh

30 June 1968
Quarter-Final Replay

Monaghan	2-12 – 2-5	Fermanagh

Irvinestown

Down v Donegal

30 June 1968
Semi-Final

Down	2-14 – 0-8	Donegal

Cavan

Cavan v Tyrone

7 July 1968
Semi-Final

Cavan	1-11 – 0-5	Tyrone

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Down v Cavan

28 July 1968
Final

Down	0-16 – 1-8	Cavan

Belfast
Attendance: 35,000

All-Ireland Championship

Kerry v Longford

4 August 1968
Semi-Final

Kerry	2-13 – 2-11	Longford

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 34,052

Down v Galway

18 August 1968
Semi-Final

Down	2-10 – 2-8	Galway

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 50,965

Main article: 1968 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Down v Kerry

22 September 1968
Final

Down	2-12 – 1-13	Kerry

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 71,294

References

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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