1978–79 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship April 2022 1978–79 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship 33 20px|border Nemo Rangers 2 Brian Murphy 20px|border Scotstown Cormac Morgan 1977–78 1977–78 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship 1979–80 1979–80 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship The 1978–79 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the ninth staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970-71. Thomond College were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being between in the Limerick County Championship.https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/fethard-confident-of-their-strengths-1.137182 Fethard confident of their strengths 13 December 1977 Irish Times 30 June 2020 On 17 March 1979, Nemo Rangers won the championship following a 2-09 to 1-03 defeat of Scotstown in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/nemo-have-that-certain-pedigree-1.281632 Nemo have that certain pedigree 16 February 2001 Irish Times 30 June 2020 Ian O'Riordan It was their second championship title overall and their first title since 1973.https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/geary-enjoying-doing-things-the-nemo-way-56015.html Geary enjoying doing things the Nemo way 23 February 2008 Irish Examiner 21 June 2020 Jim O'Sullivan 23 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200623053713/https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/geary-enjoying-doing-things-the-nemo-way-56015.html dead Connacht Connacht Senior Club Football Championship Leinster Leinster Senior Club Football Championship Munster Munster Senior Club Football Championship First round 29 October 1978 First round Kilrush Shamrocks 1-11 - 0-07 Fethard The Cricket Field 12 November 1978 First round Austin Stacks 1-12 - 0-05 Monaleen M Sheehy 0-6, B Carroll 1-0, B O'Sullivan 0-2, JL McEligott 0-2, J O'Keeffe 0-1, J Power 0-1. N Moloney 0-2, N Bridgeman 0-2, W Cremin 0-1. Austin Stack Park Semi-finals 12 November 1978 Semi-final Ballinacourty 3-03 - 1-10 Kilrush Shamrocks J O'Dwyer 1-1, J Kiely 1-0, M Hanrahan 1-0, S Fitzgerald 0-2. S Roche 0-5, S Moloney 1-0, B O'Reilly 0-3, M O'Reilly 0-2. Fraher Field 26 November 1978 Semi-final Nemo Rangers 1-11 - 2-08 Austin Stacks T Dalton 1-3, D Allen 0-4, D Gaery 0-1, J Barrett 0-1, S Hayes 0-1, K Collins 0-1. M Sheehy 2-4, B O'Sullivan 0-2, B Carroll 0-1, P Moriarty 0-1. Páirc Uí Chaoimh 17 December 1978 Semi-final replay Austin Stacks 2-08 - 1-12 Nemo Rangers M Sheehy 2-4, P McCarthy 0-2, B O'Sullivan 0-1, JL McEligott 0-1. D Allen 1-7, K Brady 0-1, N Morgan 0-1, D O'Driscoll 0-1, T Dalton 0-1, J Barrett 0-1. Austin Stack Park Final 4 February 1979 Final Kilrush Shamrocks 0-05 - 0-08 Nemo Rangers S Moloney 0-2, A Moloney 0-1, T Fitzpatrick 0-1, J Keogh 0-1. D Linehan 0-2, J Barrett 0-2, D Allen 0-1, D O'Driscoll 0-1, T Dalton 0-1, J Kerrigan 0-1. The Cricket Field Ulster Ulster Senior Club Football Championship Final Quarter-final Quarter-final Killererin w/o - scr. Kingdom Semi-finals 4 March 1979 Semi-final Killererin 1-06 - 3-06 Nemo Rangers Tuam Stadium 4 March 1979 Semi-final Walsh Island 0-08 - 3-04 Scotstown O'Connor Park Final 17 March 1979 Final Nemo Rangers 2-09 - 1-03 Scotstown Croke Park Statistics Miscellaneous Walsh Island won the Leinster Club SFC for the first time. Nemo Rangers became the first team to win four Munster Club SFC titles. Scotstown won the Ulster Club SFC for the first time. They were also the first team from Monaghan to win the provincial title. Jim McCabe became the first Ulster player to top the scoring charts for a club football season. References Category:1978 in Gaelic football Category:1979 in Gaelic football