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Gaelic football competition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
League details | |
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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 → |
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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 |
19 February 1978 Final | Down | 2-7 — 1-3 | Armagh | Castleblaney |
22 January 1978 For 1st Place | Laois | 4-8 — 1-12 | Meath | Tullamore |
E Whelan 2-1, L Scully 1-2, W Brennan 1-1, B Bohane 0-3, Tom Prendergast 0-1 | Mick Fay 0-6, Fergus Fagan 1-1, Cormac Roe 0-2, O O'Brien, P Cromwell, Gerry McEntee 0-1 each | Referee: Johnny Geraghty (Galway) |
5 February 1978 Semi-Final | Laois | 4-16 — 1-7 | Wicklow | Athy |
Tom Prendergast 3-5, W Brennan 1-4, S Allen 0-3, E Whelan 0-2, B Bohane, F Hennessy 0-1 each | Referee: Martin Meally (Kilkenny) |
5 March 1978 Final | Laois | 1-12 — 1-6 | Wexford | Carlow |
Tom Prendergast 1-2, Billy Bohane 0-5, Willie Brennan, Colm Browne 0-2 each, Liam Scully 0-1 | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Denis Guerin (Dublin) |
Laois | 4-9 – 2-10 | Cavan |
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Tom Prendergast 2-1 Willie Brennan 0-5, Mick Moore 1-1, Stevie Allen 1-0, John Costello. Eamonn Whelan 0-1 each |
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