- Source: 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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- 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
- 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
- All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
- 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
- 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
- All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
- 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
- All-Ireland Ladies' Club Football Championship
- 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
The 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 93rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 13 May 1979 and ended on 16 September 1979.
Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 16 September 1979, Kerry won the championship following a 3-13 to 1-8 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their 25th All-Ireland title and their second in succession.
Kerry's Mikey Sheehy was the championship's top scorer with 6-18. He was also named as the Texaco Footballer of the Year.
Leinster Championship format change
The second round of the Leinster football championship is dropped this year after 1 year.
Results
= Connacht Senior Football Championship
=Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
= Leinster Senior Football Championship
=First 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
Final
= All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
=Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
= Top scorers
=Overall
Single game
= Miscellaneous
=The Munster semi-final between Kerry and Clare had the highest score in the history of the Munster championship 9-21 to 1-9.
Monaghan's 1-15 to 0-11 defeat of Donegal in the Ulster final gave them their first provincial title since 1938.
Roscommon in the Connacht final for the third year in a row only time a team not Galway/Mayo and ever done so.
As Dublin win their sixth Leinster title in a row they follow Wexford (1913-1918) and Kildare (1926-1931) who previously done so.