1978–79 National Football League (Ireland)

Format

Group stage

Knockout stage

References

Knockout stage qualifiers

Division One (South)

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Table

Division Two (North) Final

Division Two (South) Final

1978–79 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1978 – 13 May 1979
League champions
Winners	Roscommon (1st win)
Captain	Danny Murray
Manager	Tom Heneghan
League runners-up
Runners-up	Cork
	← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 National Football League was the 48th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Roscommon won their first and only NFL title with a win over Cork in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Division One (North): top 3 teams
Division One (South): top 3 teams
Division Two (North): winners
Division Two (South): winners

^[5]

4 March 1979 Final	Armagh	3-2 — 0-8	Sligo	Breffni Park, Cavan
				Referee: P. Collins, Westmeath

25 March 1979 Final

Offaly

2-8 — 1-7

Wexford

Athy

1 April 1979

Offaly	3-12 – 1-4	Tyrone

Croke Park, Dublin

1 April 1979

Roscommon	1-12 – 1-11	Kerry

Croke Park, Dublin^[6]

8 April 1979

Kildare	0-11 – 0-7	Down

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 12,654

8 April 1979

Cork	1-8 – 0-7	Armagh

Croke Park, Dublin^[7]

Attendance: 12,654

Referee: K. Campbell Meath

15 April 1979

Roscommon	1-14 – 0-13	Offaly

Croke Park, Dublin^[8]

22 April 1979

Cork	2-9 – 0-4	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin

13 May 1979
Final

Roscommon	0-15 – 1-3	Cork

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 29,245^[9]

Referee: Hugh Duggan (Armagh)^[10]

Qualified for Knockout Stages

^ GAA Final Teams
^ GAA Archive 1979^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "059 Dubs 1978 | a whole new world". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
^ Photo of Danny Murray with cup
^ "How They Stand", Irish Independent, 11/12/1978, p. 16
^ "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1979 League".
^ "Missed chances so costly for Armagh", Irish Independent, 8 April 1979, p. 14
^ Puirseal, Padraig, "Roscommon are spot on", Irish Press, 15 April 1979, p. 16
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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[1] GAA Final Teams

[2] GAA Archive 1979^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "059 Dubs 1978 | a whole new world". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

[4] Photo of Danny Murray with cup

[5] "How They Stand", Irish Independent, 11/12/1978, p. 16

[6] "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1979 League".

[7] "Missed chances so costly for Armagh", Irish Independent, 8 April 1979, p. 14

[8] Puirseal, Padraig, "Roscommon are spot on", Irish Press, 15 April 1979, p. 16

[9] "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

[10] "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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