1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The second round of the Leinster football championship is dropped this year after 1 year.
Results
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
Top scorers
Overall
Single game
Miscellaneous
The Munster semi-final between Kerry and Clare had the highest score in the history of the Munster championship 9–21 to 1–9.
Monaghan's 1–15 to 0–11 defeat of Donegal in the Ulster final gave them their first provincial title since 1938.
Roscommon won the Connacht final for the third year in a row, the only time a team not Galway /Mayo have ever done so.
As Dublin win their sixth Leinster title in a row they follow Wexford (1913–1918) and Kildare (1926–1931) who had previously done so.
References
Pre-1928
Beginning of Sam Maguire
80-minute experiment
Post-experiment
Qualifiers and quarter-finals era
Associated competitions Statistics and awards