1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates7 May – 24 September 1978
Teams33
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (24th win)
CaptainDenis "Ógie" Moran
ManagerMick O'Dwyer
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
CaptainTony Hanahoe
ManagerTony Hanahoe
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterDown
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
Top Scorer Jimmy Keaveney (2–31)
Player of the Year Pat Spillane
1977
1979

The 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 92nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 7 May 1978 and ended on 24 September 1978.

Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 24 September 1978, Kerry won the championship following a 5–11 to 0–9 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their 24th All-Ireland title and their first in three championship seasons.

Kerry's Pat Spillane was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year. Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the championship's top scorer with 2–31.