1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates8 May – 25 September 1977
Teams33
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (20th win)
CaptainTony Hanahoe
ManagerTony Hanahoe
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamArmagh
CaptainJimmy Smyth
ManagerGerry O'Neill
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterArmagh
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
Top Scorer Jimmy Keaveney (2-27)
Player of the Year Jimmy Keaveney
1976
1978

The 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 91st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 8 May 1977 and ended on 25 September 1977.

Kilkenny returned to the Leinster Senior Football Championship.

Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 25 September 1977, Dublin won the championship following a 5-12 to 3-6 defeat of Armagh in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 20th All-Ireland title and their second championship in succession.

Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the championship's top scorer with 2-27. Keaveney was also the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

  1. ^ O'Riordan, Ian (28 August 2002). "Reflecting on past Armagh hurt". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2015.