1977–78 National Football League (Ireland)

Group stage

Knockout stage

References

Division One (North)

Division One (South)

Division Two (North)

Division Two (South)

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final

Table

Table

Group A Play-offs

Group B Play-offs

Inter-Group Play-offs

Group A Table

Group B Table

Group A Play-offs

Group B Play-offs

Inter-Group Play-offs

Group A Table

Group B Table

1977–78 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1977 – 23 April 1978
League champions
Winners	Dublin (5th win)
Captain	Tony Hanahoe
Manager	Tony Hanahoe
League runners-up
Runners-up	Mayo
Captain	John P Keane[1]
Manager	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.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^[5]

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

22 January 1978 For 1st Place	Donegal	0-13 — 0-10	Fermanagh	Ballybofey

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

22 January 1978 For 1st Place	Laois	4-8 — 1-12	Meath	Tullamore

29 January 1978	Wicklow	3-5 — 2-7	Carlow	Athy

5 February 1978 Semi-Final	Wexford	3-10 — 1-7	Meath	Newbridge

5 February 1978 Semi-Final	Laois	4-16 — 1-7	Wicklow	Athy

5 March 1978 Final	Laois	1-12 — 1-6	Wexford	Carlow

17 March 1978

Laois	W – L	Cavan

Croke Park, Dublin

17 March 1978

Down	D – D	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin

26 March 1978
Replay

Down	1-15 – 1-11 a.e.t.	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin

2 April 1978

Dublin	0-12 – 0-7	Laois

Croke Park, Dublin

9 April 1978

Down	0-8 – 0-10	Mayo

Croke Park, Dublin

23 April 1978

Dublin	2-18 – 2-13	Mayo

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 39,623^[6]

Referee: Jimmy Dennigan (Cork)^[7]

Qualified for Knockout Stages

Qualified for Knockout Stages

Relegated to Division Two of the 1978–79 NFL

↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ Mayo Archive 1978
↑
↑ "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 5 December 1977, p. 11
↑ "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

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[1] "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

[2] GAA Final Teams

[3] Mayo Archive 1978

[4] ↑

[5] "GAA Results and Tables", Irish Independent, 5 December 1977, p. 11

[6] "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

[7] "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151