1978–79 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

The 1978–79 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the ninth staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970-71.

1978–79 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
Teams33
Champions Nemo Rangers (2nd title)
Brian Murphy (captain)
Runners-up Scotstown
Cormac Morgan (captain)
1977–78 (Previous) (Next) 1979–80

Thomond College were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being between in the Limerick County Championship.[1]

On 17 March 1979, Nemo Rangers won the championship following a 2-09 to 1-03 defeat of Scotstown in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.[2] It was their second championship title overall and their first title since 1973.[3]

Results

Munster Senior Club Football Championship

First round

29 October 1978 First round Kilrush Shamrocks 1-11 - 0-07 Fethard The Cricket Field
12 November 1978 First round Austin Stacks 1-12 - 0-05 Monaleen Austin Stack Park
M Sheehy 0-6, B Carroll 1-0, B O'Sullivan 0-2, JL McEligott 0-2, J O'Keeffe 0-1, J Power 0-1. N Moloney 0-2, N Bridgeman 0-2, W Cremin 0-1.

Semi-finals

12 November 1978 Semi-final Ballinacourty 3-03 - 1-10 Kilrush Shamrocks Fraher Field
J O'Dwyer 1-1, J Kiely 1-0, M Hanrahan 1-0, S Fitzgerald 0-2. S Roche 0-5, S Moloney 1-0, B O'Reilly 0-3, M O'Reilly 0-2.
26 November 1978 Semi-final Nemo Rangers 1-11 - 2-08 Austin Stacks Páirc Uí Chaoimh
T Dalton 1-3, D Allen 0-4, D Gaery 0-1, J Barrett 0-1, S Hayes 0-1, K Collins 0-1. M Sheehy 2-4, B O'Sullivan 0-2, B Carroll 0-1, P Moriarty 0-1.
17 December 1978 Semi-final replay Austin Stacks 2-08 - 1-12 Nemo Rangers Austin Stack Park
M Sheehy 2-4, P McCarthy 0-2, B O'Sullivan 0-1, JL McEligott 0-1. D Allen 1-7, K Brady 0-1, N Morgan 0-1, D O'Driscoll 0-1, T Dalton 0-1, J Barrett 0-1.

Final

4 February 1979 Final Kilrush Shamrocks 0-05 - 0-08 Nemo Rangers The Cricket Field
S Moloney 0-2, A Moloney 0-1, T Fitzpatrick 0-1, J Keogh 0-1. D Linehan 0-2, J Barrett 0-2, D Allen 0-1, D O'Driscoll 0-1, T Dalton 0-1, J Kerrigan 0-1.

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

Quarter-final

Quarter-final Killererin w/o - scr. Kingdom

Semi-finals

4 March 1979 Semi-final Killererin 1-06 - 3-06 Nemo Rangers Tuam Stadium
4 March 1979 Semi-final Walsh Island 0-08 - 3-04 Scotstown O'Connor Park

Final

17 March 1979 Final Nemo Rangers 2-09 - 1-03 Scotstown Croke Park

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References

  1. "Fethard confident of their strengths". Irish Times. 13 December 1977. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. O'Riordan, Ian (16 February 2001). "Nemo have that certain pedigree". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. O'Sullivan, Jim (23 February 2008). "Geary enjoying doing things the Nemo way". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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