1978 Meath Senior Football Championship

November 2019 November 2019 Meath S.F.C. 1978 Walterstown 1st Senior Championship Title Dunderry Kilbride Leinster SCFC Walterstown (Quarter-final) Walterstown 1-9, 2-11 Walsh Island All Ireland SCFC n/a Winning Captain Christy Bowens (Walterstown) Man of the Match ??? (Walterstown) 40 1977 1979 The 1978 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 86th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage. Summerhill were the defending champions after they defeated Seneschalstown after a replay in the previous years final. However, they lost their crown held for 4 years when losing to Walterstown in the final. This was Dunshaughlin's second ever period in the senior grade after claiming the 1977 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title. On 10 September 1978, Walterstown claimed their 1st Senior Championship title, when defeating Summerhill 0-7 to 0-6 in Pairc Tailteann, Navan. Christy Bowens raised the Keegan Cup for "The Blacks". Dunderry and Kilbride were regraded to the 1979 I.F.C. at the end of the campaign. Team changes http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/Default.aspx#panel=document Meath Chronicle Archives 16 January 2018 Irishnewsarchive.com 16 January 2018 17 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200517081432/https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/#panel=document deadhttp://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/Default.aspx#panel=document Meath Gaelic Football Champions Roll of Honor 16 January 2018 Hoganstand.com 16 January 2018 17 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200517081432/https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/#panel=document dead The following teams have changed division since the 1977 championship season. To S.F.C. Promoted from I.F.C. Dunshaughlin - (Intermediate Champions) From S.F.C. Regraded to I.F.C. Wolfe Tones Group stage Group A Team Pld Played W Won L Lost D Draw PF Points For PA Points Against PD Point Difference Pts Points Walterstown761000+012Trim761000+012Skryne752000+010St. Patrick's752000+010Martry Harps 734000+06Gaeil Colmcille 715100+03Syddan716000+02Dunderry706100+01 Round 1: Skryne 0-7, 1-3 Syddan, Seneschalstown, 9/4/1978, Walterstown 0-8, 0-5 Gaeil Colmcille, Martry, 9/4/1978, St. Patrick's 0-7, 0-1 Dunderry, Donaghmore, 9/4/1978, Trim 3-7, 1-4 Martry Harps, Kilmessan, 9/4/1978, Round 2: Trim 1-10, 0-9 Skryne, Pairc Tailteann, 23/4/1978, Dunderry 1-3, 1-3 Gaeil Colmcille, Athboy, 23/4/1978, St. Patrick's 2-8, 1-5 Walterstown, Skryne, 23/4/1978, Martry Harps 2-5, 1-5 Syddan, Seneschalstown, 30/4/1978, Round 3: Skryne 7-11, 1-5 Martry Harps, Seneschalstown, 14/5/1978, Walterstown 2-8, 0-4 Dunderry, Kilberry, 14/5/1978, St. Patrick's 2-6, 0-10 Gaeil Colmcille, Castletown, 14/5/1978, Trim 2-9, 2-7 Syddan, Kells, 14/5/1978, Round 4: Skryne 3-13, 1-4 Gaeil Colmcille, Dunshaughlin, 28/5/1978, Martry Harps 2-11, 0-5 Dunderry, Kells, 28/5/1978, St. Patrick's 3-13, 1-6 Syddan, Seneschalstown, 4/6/1978, Walterstown 1-12, 0-4 Trim, Skryne, 4/6/1978, Round 5: St. Patrick's 2-8, 2-7 Martry Harps, Skryne, 11/6/1978, Trim 2-9, 0-5 Gaeil Colmcille, Athboy, 11/6/1978, Skryne 3-12, 0-3 Dunderry, Kilmessan, 11/6/1978, Walterstown 3-11, 0-1 Syddan, Kilberry, 25/6/1978, Round 6: Skryne 1-14, 3-6 St. Patrick's, Seneschalstown, 25/6/1978, Walterstown 4-8, 1-4 Martry Harps, Athboy, 9/7/1978, Trim 1-17, 0-2 Dunderry, Dunshaughlin, 9/7/1978, Gaeil Colmcille w, l Syddan, Round 7: Trim 2-7, 2-3 St. Patrick's, Pairc Tailteann, 16/7/1978, Martry Harps 0-8, 0-3 Gaeil Colmcille, Kilberry, 16/7/1978, Syddan 3-10, 1-4 Dunderry, Kilberry, 16/7/1978, Walterstown 1-7, 0-5 Skryne, Duleek, 16/7/1978, Group B Team Pld Played W Won L Lost D Draw PF Points For PA Points Against PD Point Difference Pts Points Summerhill770000+014Navan O'Mahonys761000+012Seneschalstown 742100+09Castletown734000+06Moylagh734000+06Dunshaughlin725000+04Ballivor715100+03Kilbride716000+02 Round 1 Navan O'Mahonys 1-10, 1-6 Seneschalstown, Kilberry, 9/4/1978, Summerhill 3-8, 2-5 Moylagh, Kilberry, 9/4/1978, Castletown 2-8, 0-4 Kilbride, Duleek, 9/4/1978, Dunshaughlin 1-8, 1-7 Ballivor, Pairc Tailteann, 9/4/1978, Round 2 Moylagh 1-16, 0-8 Kilbride, Pairc Tailteann, 23/4/1978, Navan O'Mahonys 3-11, 0-6 Ballivor, Trim, 23/4/1978, Seneschalstown 0-7, 0-5 Dunshaughlin, Kilmessan, 23/4/1978, Summerhill 2-8, 1-4 Castletown, Kilberry, 23/4/1978, Round 3 Seneschalstown 1-12, 4-3 Ballivor, Trim, 14/5/1978, Summerhill 2-10, 0-6 Kilbride, Kilmessan, 14/5/1978, Castletown 0-7, 0-5 Moylagh, Ballinlough, 14/5/1978, Navan O'Mahonys 2-8, 1-5 Dunshaughlin, Skryne, 14/5/1978, Round 4 Seneschalstown 3-13, 3-8 Moylagh, Kilberry, 28/5/1978, Navan O'Mahonys 2-9, 0-2 Castletown, Kilberry, 4/6/1978, Summerhill 0-17, 0-4 Dunshaughlin, Kilmessan, 30/7/1978, Kilbride w/o, scr Ballivor, Dunshaughlin, 30/7/1978, Round 5 Summerhill 2-6, 1-8 Navan O'Mahonys, Trim, 25/6/1978, Seneschalstown 1-12, 0-2 Kilbride, Duleek, 25/6/1978, Moylagh 1-9, 0-6 Dunshaughlin, Pairc Tailteann, 25/6/1978, Ballivor w/o, scr Castletown, Round 6: Navan O'Mahonys 2-13, 0-6 Moylagh, Athboy, 9/7/1978, Summerhill 3-18, 1-4 Ballivor, Kildalkey, 9/7/1978, Seneschalstown 1-10, 2-3 Castletown, Pairc Tailteann, 9/7/1978, Dunshaughlin w, l Kilbride, Duleek, Round 7: Summerhill 1-7, 0-6 Seneschalstown, Dunshaughlin, 16/7/1978, Navan O'Mahonys 5-16, 1-4 Kilbride, Skryne, 16/7/1978, Castletown 2-8, 1-9 Dunshaughlin, Moylagh w/o, scr Ballivor, Knock-out Stages The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi-finals. Semi-finals Final 50 Walterstown 3-9 Navan O'Mahonys 1-7 Summerhill 0-8 Trim 0-2 Walterstown 0-7 Summerhill 0-6 Semi-finals: Walterstown 3-9, 1-7 Navan O'Mahonys, Pairc Tailteann, 20/8/1978, Summerhill 0-8, 0-2 Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 27/8/1978, Final: Walterstown 0-7, 0-6 Summerhill, Pairc Tailteann, 10/9/1978, Leinster Senior Club Football Championship Quarter-final: Walsh Island 2-11, 1-9 Walterstown, O'Connor Park, 29/10/1978, References External links Meath Senior Football Championship Category:Meath Senior Football Championship