1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates1 May – 25 September 1966
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamGalway (7th win)
CaptainEnda Colleran
ManagerJohn "Tull" Dunne
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMeath
CaptainDave Carty
ManagerP. Tully
Peter McDermott
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterMeath
UlsterDown
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
No. matches played32
Top Scorer P. T. Treacy (4–12)
Player of the Year Mattie McDonagh
1965
1967

The 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 80th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 1 May 1966 and ended on 25 September 1966.

Galway entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive championship title.

On 25 September 1966, Galway won the championship following a 1–10 to 0–7 defeat of Meath in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their third championship in succession.

Fermanagh's P. T. Treacy was the championship's top scorer with 4–12. Galway's Mattie McDonagh was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.