1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates19 May – 22 September 1974
Teams32
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (18 win)
CaptainSeán Doherty
ManagerKevin Heffernan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamGalway
CaptainGay Mitchell
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
UlsterDonegal
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
No. matches played32
Top Scorer Jimmy Keaveney (1–36)
Player of the Year Kevin Heffernan
1973
1975

The 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 88th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 19 May 1974 and ended on 22 September 1974.

Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final.

On 22 September 1974, Dublin won the championship following a 0–14 to 1–6 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 18th All-Ireland title, their first in eleven championship seasons.

Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the championship's top scorer with 1–36. Dublin manager Kevin Heffernan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year, the first time that the award went to a manager instead of a player.

  1. ^ Breheny, Martin (17 September 2010). "1974: Cullen's penalty save kicks off Dubs' golden era". Irish Independent. Retrieved 25 October 2015.