1977–78 National Football League (Ireland)

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1977–78 National Football League October 1977 – 23 April 1978 Dublin Tony Hanahoe Tony Hanahoe 5th Mayo John P Keane"For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, 9781903464151 Johnny Carey 1976–77 1978–79 The 1977–78 National Football League was the 47th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Dublin beat Mayo in the final.GAA Final TeamsMayo Archive 1978http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image/059-dubs-1978 059 Dubs 1978 | a whole new world 2015-07-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20121219233743/http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/image/059-dubs-1978 2012-12-19 dead Format July 2015 Group stage Division One (North) Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes20px|border Mayo football5 4 1 0 9 Qualified for Knockout Stages20px|border Cavan football5 3 0 2 6 20px|border Roscommon football5 2 12 5 20px|border Tyrone football5 2 1 2 520px|border Antrim football5 1 1 3 3 20px|border Derry football5 1 0 4 2 Relegated to Division Two of the 1978–79 NFL "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 5 December 1977, p. 11 Division One (South) Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes20px|border Dublin football5 5 0 0 10 Qualified for Knockout Stages20px|border Kildare football5 3 1 1 7 20px|border Cork football5 2 03 4 20px|border Galway football5 2 0 3 420px|border Kerry football5 1 1 3 3 20px|border Offaly football5 1 0 4 2 Relegated to Division Two of the 1978–79 NFL Division Two (North) Group A play-offs 22 January 1978 For 1st Place Armagh 2-9 — 2-7 Down Castleblaney 29 January 1978 For 2nd Place Down 1-11 — 0-5 Louth Castleblaney Group B play-offs 22 January 1978 For 1st Place Donegal 0-13 — 0-10 Fermanagh Ballybofey Inter-group play-offs 5 February 1978 Semi-Final Armagh 2-7 — 0-7 Fermanagh Omagh 5 February 1978 Semi-Final Down 3-9 — 1-6 Donegal Dungannon 19 February 1978 Final Down 2-7 — 1-3 Armagh Castleblaney Group A Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes20px|border Armagh football4 3 0 1 6 20px|border Down football4 3 01 6 Qualified for Knockout Stages; promoted to Division One of the 1978–79 NFL20px|border Louth football4 3 0 1 6 20px|border Westmeath football4 1 03 2 20px|border Antrim football4 0 0 4 0 Group B Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes20px|border Donegal football4 3 0 1 6 20px|border Fermanagh football4 3 0 1 6 20px|border Leitrim football4 2 02 4 20px|border Sligo football4 2 02 4 20px|border Longford football4 0 0 4 0 Division Two (South) Group A play-offs 22 January 1978 For 1st Place Laois 4-8 — 1-12 Meath E Whelan 2-1, L Scully 1-2, W Brennan 1-1, B Bohane 0-3, Tom Prendergast 0-1 Mick Fay 0-6, Fergus Fagan 1-1, Cormac Roe 0-2, O O'Brien, P Cromwell, Gerry McEntee 0-1 each Tullamore Johnny Geraghty (Galway) Group B play-offs 29 January 1978 Wicklow 3-5 — 2-7 Carlow Athy Inter-group play-offs 5 February 1978 Semi-Final Wexford 3-10 — 1-7 Meath Newbridge 5 February 1978 Semi-Final Laois 4-16 — 1-7 Wicklow Tom Prendergast 3-5, W Brennan 1-4, S Allen 0-3, E Whelan 0-2, B Bohane, F Hennessy 0-1 each Athy Martin Meally (Kilkenny) 5 March 1978 Final Laois 1-12 — 1-6 Wexford Tom Prendergast 1-2, Billy Bohane 0-5, Willie Brennan, Colm Browne 0-2 each, Liam Scully 0-1 Carlow 12,000 Denis Guerin (Dublin) Group A Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes20px|border Laois football4 3 0 1 6 Qualified for Knockout Stages; promoted to Division One of the 1978–79 NFL20px|border Meath football4 3 0 1 6 20px|border Tipperary football4 2 02 4 20px|border Clare football4 2 02 4 20px|border Limerick football4 0 0 4 0 Group B Table TeamPldWDLPtsNotes20px|border Wexford football4 4 0 0 8 20px|border Carlow football4 3 0 1 6 20px|border Wicklow football4 2 02 4 20px|border Waterford football4 1 03 2 20px|border Kilkenny football4 0 0 4 0 Knockout stage Quarter-finals 17 March 1978 Laois 4-9 – 2-10 Cavan Tom Prendergast 2-1 Willie Brennan 0-5, Mick Moore 1-1, Stevie Allen 1-0, John Costello. Eamonn Whelan 0-1 each Croke Park, Dublin 20,000 P Gorman (Sligo) 17 March 1978 Down D – D Kildare Croke Park, Dublin 26 March 1978Replay Down 1-15 – 1-11a.e.t. Kildare Croke Park, Dublin Semi-finals 2 April 1978 Dublin 0-12 – 0-7 Laois Bobby Doyle 0-3, Brian Mullins, Anton O'Toole 0-2 each, Tommy Drumm, Bernard Brogan, David Hickey, Fran Ryder, Pat O'Neill 0-1 each W Brennan 0-3, L Scully, S Allen, B Bohane, T Prendergast 0-1 each Croke Park, Dublin 20,000 Seamus Murray (Monaghan) 9 April 1978 Down 0-8 – 0-10 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin Final 23 April 1978 Dublin 2-18 – 2-13 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin 39,623"For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, 9781903464151 Jimmy Dennigan (Cork)"For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, 9781903464151 References National Football League National Football League Category:National Football League (Ireland) seasons