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^"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, ISBN9781903464151
^"For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN9781903464151
January 01, 1970
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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 1977 78 National Football LeagueLeague detailsDatesOctober 1977 23 April 1978League championsWinnersDublin 5th win CaptainTony HanahoeManagerTony HanahoeLeague runners upRunners upMayoCaptainJohn P Keane 1 ManagerJohnny Carey 1976 77 1978 79 Dublin beat Mayo in the final 2 3 4 Contents 1 Format 2 Group stage 2 1 Division One North 2 1 1 Table 2 2 Division One South 2 2 1 Table 2 3 Division Two North 2 3 1 Group A play offs 2 3 2 Group B play offs 2 3 3 Inter group play offs 2 3 4 Group A Table 2 3 5 Group B Table 2 4 Division Two South 2 4 1 Group A play offs 2 4 2 Group B play offs 2 4 3 Inter group play offs 2 4 4 Group A Table 2 4 5 Group B Table 3 Knockout stage 3 1 Quarter finals 3 2 Semi finals 3 3 Final 4 ReferencesFormat editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it July 2015 Group stage editDivision One North edit Table edit Team Pld W D L Pts Notes nbsp Mayo 5 4 1 0 9 Qualified for Knockout Stages nbsp Cavan 5 3 0 2 6 nbsp Roscommon 5 2 1 2 5 nbsp Tyrone 5 2 1 2 5 nbsp Antrim 5 1 1 3 3 nbsp Derry 5 1 0 4 2 Relegated to Division Two of the 1978 79 NFL 5 Division One South edit Table edit Team Pld W D L Pts Notes nbsp Dublin 5 5 0 0 10 Qualified for Knockout Stages nbsp Kildare 5 3 1 1 7 nbsp Cork 5 2 0 3 4 nbsp Galway 5 2 0 3 4 nbsp Kerry 5 1 1 3 3 nbsp Offaly 5 1 0 4 2 Relegated to Division Two of the 1978 79 NFL Division Two North edit Group A play offs edit Armagh v Down 22 January 1978 For 1st PlaceArmagh2 9 2 7DownCastleblaney Down v Louth 29 January 1978 For 2nd PlaceDown1 11 0 5LouthCastleblaney Group B play offs edit Donegal v Fermanagh 22 January 1978 For 1st PlaceDonegal0 13 0 10FermanaghBallybofey Inter group play offs edit Armagh v Fermanagh 5 February 1978 Semi FinalArmagh2 7 0 7FermanaghOmagh Down v Donegal 5 February 1978 Semi FinalDown3 9 1 6DonegalDungannon Down v Armagh 19 February 1978 FinalDown2 7 1 3ArmaghCastleblaney Group A Table edit Team Pld W D L Pts Notes nbsp Armagh 4 3 0 1 6 nbsp Down 4 3 0 1 6 Qualified for Knockout Stages promoted to Division One of the 1978 79 NFL nbsp Louth 4 3 0 1 6 nbsp Westmeath 4 1 0 3 2 nbsp Antrim 4 0 0 4 0 Group B Table edit Team Pld W D L Pts Notes nbsp Donegal 4 3 0 1 6 nbsp Fermanagh 4 3 0 1 6 nbsp Leitrim 4 2 0 2 4 nbsp Sligo 4 2 0 2 4 nbsp Longford 4 0 0 4 0 Division Two South edit Group A play offs edit Laois v Meath 22 January 1978 For 1st PlaceLaois4 8 1 12MeathTullamoreE 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 Group B play offs edit Wicklow v Carlow 29 January 1978Wicklow3 5 2 7CarlowAthy Inter group play offs edit Wexford v Meath 5 February 1978 Semi FinalWexford3 10 1 7MeathNewbridge Laois v Wicklow 5 February 1978 Semi FinalLaois4 16 1 7WicklowAthyTom 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 Laois v Wexford 5 March 1978 FinalLaois1 12 1 6WexfordCarlowTom Prendergast 1 2 Billy Bohane 0 5 Willie Brennan Colm Browne 0 2 each Liam Scully 0 1 Attendance 12 000Referee Denis Guerin Dublin Group A Table edit Team Pld W D L Pts Notes nbsp Laois 4 3 0 1 6 Qualified for Knockout Stages promoted to Division One of the 1978 79 NFL nbsp Meath 4 3 0 1 6 nbsp Tipperary 4 2 0 2 4 nbsp Clare 4 2 0 2 4 nbsp Limerick 4 0 0 4 0 Group B Table edit Team Pld W D L Pts Notes nbsp Wexford 4 4 0 0 8 nbsp Carlow 4 3 0 1 6 nbsp Wicklow 4 2 0 2 4 nbsp Waterford 4 1 0 3 2 nbsp Kilkenny 4 0 0 4 0Knockout stage editQuarter finals edit 17 March 1978Laois4 9 2 10CavanTom Prendergast 2 1 Willie Brennan 0 5 Mick Moore 1 1 Stevie Allen 1 0 John Costello Eamonn Whelan 0 1 eachCroke Park DublinAttendance 20 000Referee P Gorman Sligo 17 March 1978DownD DKildareCroke Park Dublin 26 March 1978ReplayDown1 15 1 11a e t KildareCroke Park Dublin Semi finals edit 2 April 1978Dublin0 12 0 7LaoisBobby Doyle 0 3 Brian Mullins Anton O Toole 0 2 each Tommy Drumm Bernard Brogan David Hickey Fran Ryder Pat O Neill 0 1 each W Brennan 0 3 L Scully S Allen B Bohane T Prendergast 0 1 eachCroke Park DublinAttendance 20 000Referee Seamus Murray Monaghan 9 April 1978Down0 8 0 10MayoCroke Park Dublin Final edit 23 April 1978Dublin2 18 2 13MayoCroke Park DublinAttendance 39 623 6 Referee Jimmy Dennigan Cork 7 References edit 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 059 Dubs 1978 a whole new world Archived from the original on 19 December 2012 Retrieved 19 July 2015 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 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