1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship


The 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 88th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 19 May 1974 and ended on 22 September 1974.
Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 22 September 1974, Dublin won the championship following a 0–14 to 1–6 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their 18th All-Ireland title, their first in eleven championship seasons.
Dublin's Jimmy Keaveney was the championship's top scorer with 1–36. Dublin manager Kevin Heffernan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year, the first time that the award went to a manager instead of a player.

Team summaries

Results

[Connacht Senior [Football Championship]]

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

[Leinster Senior Football Championship]

First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

[Munster Senior Football Championship]

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

[Ulster Senior Football Championship]

Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals

[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]

Semi-finals
Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

;Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Jimmy KeaveneyDublin1–363966.50
2Seamus BonnerDonegal8–32755.40
2John TobinGalway2–212746.75
4Noel GallagherDonegal0–212154.20
5Mickey KearnsSligo0–191936.33
6Seán O'NeillDown2–91553.00
6Dermot EarleyRoscommon1–121535.00
6Ray CumminsCork1–121535.00
9Gerry FarrellyMeath2–71334.33
9Brian MullinsDublin3–41352.60

;Single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Seamus BonnerDonegal4–113Antrim
2John TobinGalway2–612Donegal
3John TobinDublin1–811Meath
4Michael LaffeySligo2–410Leitrim
5Séamus Mac GearailtKerry2–39Waterford
5Mikey SheehyKerry2–39Waterford
5Mickey KearnsSligo0–99Roscommon
5John TobinGalway0–99Roscommon
9Damien ReidLouth0–88Carlow
9Noel GallagherDonegal0–88Galway
9Jimmy KeaveneyDublin0–88Galway