1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Dublin (19th win)
Captain Tony Hanahoe
Manager Kevin Heffernan
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Derry
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
Player of the Year Jimmy Keaveney (Dublin)
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1977 →

The 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to September, 1976. The final was a repeat of the previous year's encounter, between Kerry and Dublin. Dublin exacted revenge for their 8 point defeat in '75, beating Kerry by 7 points, 3-8 to 0-10.

Results

Connacht

23 May 1976
Quarter-Final
Mayo 0-11 – 0-11 Leitrim

30 May 1976
Quarter-Final Replay
Mayo 0-10 – 2-8 Leitrim

30 May 1976
Quarter-Final
Roscommon 2-18 – 1-7 London

6 June 1976
Semi-Final
Galway 3-21 – 0-8 Leitrim

13 June 1976
Semi-Final
Roscommon 2-10 – 0-7 Sligo

4 July 1976
Final
Galway 1-8 – 1-8 Roscommon
Castlebar
Attendance: 18,000

18 July 1976
Final Replay
Galway 1-14 – 0-9 Roscommon
Tuam
Attendance: 16,000

Leinster

June 1976
Quarter-Final
Wexford 0-15 - 1-8 Louth

6 June 1976
Offaly 0-8 - 3-8 Meath
Croke Park
Referee: P Kelly

June 1976
Quarter-Final
Dublin 5-16 - 0-7 Longford

June 1976
Semi-Final
Dublin 3-12 - 0-11 Laois
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June 1976
Semi-Final
Wexford 1-9 - 2-14 Meath
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25 July 1976
Final
Dublin 2-8 - 1-9 Meath

Munster

9 May 1976
Quarter-Final
Waterford 1-16 - 2-9 Tipperary

9 May 1976
Quarter-Final
Limerick 0-12 - 1-14 Clare
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20 June 1976
Semi-Final
Waterford 0-06 - 3-17 Kerry
P Spillane 1-5, M Sheehy 1-4, B Lynch 1-2, M O'Sullivan, J Egan, D Moran 0-2 each

20 June 1976
Semi-Final
Clare 1-10 - 2-15 Cork

11 July 1976
Final
Kerry 0-10 - 0-10 Cork
M Sheehy 0-5, P Spillane, P McCarthy 0-2 each, S Walsh 0-1

25 July 1976
Final Replay
Kerry 3-20 - 2-19
A.E.T. 		Cork
M Sheehy 0-11, S Walsh, P Spillane 1-3 each, M O'Sullivan 1-2, J Egan 0-1

Ulster

23 May 1976
Preliminary Round
Armagh 1-13 – 1-12 Fermanagh

30 May 1976
Quarter-Final
Cavan 1-9 – 0-8 Donegal

6 June 1976
Quarter-Final
Down 0-14 – 2-6 Antrim

6 June 1976
Quarter-Final
Tyrone 2-10 – 1-10 Monaghan

13 June 1976
Quarter-Final
Derry 1-19 – 2-1 Armagh

20 June 1976
Semi-Final
Down 0-10 – 1-18 Cavan

27 June 1976
Semi-Final
Tyrone 0-8 – 0-12 Derry
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

18 July 1976
Final
Derry 1-8 - 1-8 Cavan
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

25 July 1976
Final Replay
Derry 0-22 - 1-16
A.E.T. 		Cavan
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Championship

8 August 1976
Semi-Final
Kerry 5-14 - 1-10 Derry
M Sheehy 3-3, S Walsh 1-1, G O'Driscoll 1-0, B Lynch 0-3, P Spillane, J Egan 0-2 each, M O'Sullivan, D Moran, T Kennelly 0-1 each

29 August 1976
Semi-Final
Dublin 1-8 - 0-8 Galway

26 September 1976
Final
Dublin 3-8 - 0-10 Kerry
M Sheehy 0-3, D Moran, P Spillane 0-2 each, M O'Sullivan, B Lynch, J Egan 0-1 each