1978–79 National Football League (Ireland)

Format

Group stage

Knockout stage

References

Knockout stage qualifiers

Division One (South)

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Finals

Table

Division Two (North) Final

Division Two (South) Final

1978–79 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1978 – 13 May 1979
League champions
Winners	Roscommon (1st win)
Captain	Danny Murray
Manager	Tom Heneghan
League runners-up
Runners-up	Cork
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 National Football League was the 48th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Roscommon won their first and only NFL title with a win over Cork in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Division One (North): top 3 teams
Division One (South): top 3 teams
Division Two (North): winners
Division Two (South): winners

^[5]

4 March 1979 Final	Armagh	3-2 — 0-8	Sligo	Breffni Park, Cavan
				Referee: P. Collins, Westmeath

25 March 1979 Final	Offaly	2-8 — 1-7	Wexford	Athy

Offaly v Tyrone

1 April 1979

Offaly	3-12 – 1-4	Tyrone

Croke Park, Dublin

Roscommon v Kerry

1 April 1979

Roscommon	1-12 – 1-11	Kerry

Croke Park, Dublin^[6]

Kildare v Down

8 April 1979

Kildare	0-11 – 0-7	Down

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 12,654

Cork v Armagh

8 April 1979

Cork	1-8 – 0-7	Armagh

Croke Park, Dublin^[7]
Attendance: 12,654
Referee: K. Campbell Meath

Roscommon v Offaly

15 April 1979

Roscommon	1-14 – 0-13	Offaly

Croke Park, Dublin^[8]

Cork v Kildare

22 April 1979

Cork	2-9 – 0-4	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin

Roscommon v Cork

13 May 1979
Final

Roscommon	0-15 – 1-3	Cork

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 29,245^[9]
Referee: Hugh Duggan (Armagh)^[10]

Qualified for Knockout Stages

↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ GAA Archive 1979
↑
↑ Photo of Danny Murray with cup
↑ "How They Stand", Irish Independent, 11/12/1978, p. 16
↑ http://www.terracetalk.com/kerry-football/year/1979/League
↑ "Missed chances so costly for Armagh", Irish Independent, 8 April 1979, p. 14
↑ Puirseal, Padraig, "Roscommon are spot on", Irish Press, 15 April 1979, p. 16
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

Roscommon – 1978–79 National Football League Champions (1st title)

1 J. McDermott 2 S. Tighe 3 P. Lindsay 4 T. Heneghan 5 G. Fitzmaurice 6 T. Donlon 7 D. Murray (c) 8 D. Earley 9 S. Hayden 10 T. McManus 11 J. O'Gara 12 S. Kilbride 13 M. Finneran 14 M. Freyne 15 É. McManus Subs used R. Beirne Manager T. Heneghan

National Football Leagues

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Finals Records and statistics Winning players

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