# 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

| Team | Colours | Stadium | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | Colours | Stadium | All-Ireland | Provincial | National League |
| Antrim | Saffron and white | Casement Park | | 1951 | |
| Armagh | Orange and white | Athletic Grounds | | 1953 | |
| Carlow | Red, green and gold | Dr. Cullen Park | | 1944 | |
| Cavan | Royal blue and white | Breffni Park | 1952 | 1969 | 1947–48 |
| Clare | Yellow and blue | Cusack Park | | 1917 | |
| Cork | Red and white | Cork Athletic Grounds | 1973 | 1973 | 1955–56 |
| Derry | White and red | Celtic Park | | 1970 | 1946–47 |
| Donegal | Gold and green | MacCumhaill Park | | 1972 | |
| Down | Red and black | Páirc Esler | 1968 | 1971 | 1967–68 |
| Dublin | Sky blue and navy | Parnell Park | 1963 | 1965 | 1957–58 |
| Fermanagh | Green and white | Brewster Park | | | |
| Galway | Maroon and white | Pearse Stadium | 1966 | 1973 | 1964–65 |
| Kerry | Green and gold | Fitzgerald Stadium | 1970 | 1972 | 1973–74 |
| Kildare | White | Páirc Tailteann | 1928 | 1956 | |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | Nowlan Park | | 1911 | |
| Laois | Blue and white | O'Moore Park | | 1946 | 1925–26 |
| Leitrim | Green and gold | Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada | | 1927 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | Gaelic Grounds | 1896 | 1896 | |
| London | Green and white | Emerald GAA Grounds | | | |
| Longford | Royal blue and gold | Pearse Park | | 1968 | 1965–66 |
| Louth | Red and white | Drogheda Park | 1957 | 1957 | |
| Mayo | Green and red | MacHale Park | 1951 | 1969 | 1969–70 |
| Meath | Green and gold | Páirc Tailteann | 1967 | 1970 | 1950–51 |
| Monaghan | White and blue | St. Tiernach's Park | | 1938 | |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | O'Connor Park | 1972 | 1973 | |
| Roscommon | Primrose and blue | Dr. Hyde Park | 1944 | 1972 | |
| Sligo | Black and white | Markievicz Park | | 1928 | |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | Semple Stadium | 1920 | 1935 | |
| Tyrone | White and red | Healy Park | | 1973 | |
| Waterford | White and blue | Fraher Field | | 1898 | |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | Cusack Park | | | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | Wexford Park | 1918 | 1945 | |
| Wicklow | Blue and gold | Pearse Park | | | |

## 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

* Dublin win the Leinster title for the first time since 1965.
* The All-Ireland semi-finals between Donegal and Galway was the very first championship meeting between the two sides, while the other was the first meeting between Dublin and Cork since the All Ireland final of 1907.
* Dublin win the All-Ireland title for the first time since 1963.

### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Jimmy Keaveney | Dublin | 1–36 | 39 | 6 | 6.50 |
| 2 | Seamus Bonner | Donegal | 8–3 | 27 | 5 | 5.40 |
| 2 | John Tobin | Galway | 2–21 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |
| 4 | Noel Gallagher | Donegal | 0–21 | 21 | 5 | 4.20 |
| 5 | Mickey Kearns | Sligo | 0–19 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
| 6 | Seán O'Neill | Down | 2–9 | 15 | 5 | 3.00 |
| 6 | Dermot Earley | Roscommon | 1–12 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
| 6 | Ray Cummins | Cork | 1–12 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 |
| 9 | Gerry Farrelly | Meath | 2–7 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 |
| 9 | Brian Mullins | Dublin | 3–4 | 13 | 5 | 2.60 |

#### Single game

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Seamus Bonner | Donegal | 4–1 | 13 | Antrim |
| 2 | John Tobin | Galway | 2–6 | 12 | Donegal |
| 3 | John Tobin | Dublin | 1–8 | 11 | Meath |
| 4 | Michael Laffey | Sligo | 2–4 | 10 | Leitrim |
| 5 | Séamus Mac Gearailt | Kerry | 2–3 | 9 | Waterford |
| 5 | Mikey Sheehy | Kerry | 2–3 | 9 | Waterford |
| 5 | Mickey Kearns | Sligo | 0–9 | 9 | Roscommon |
| 5 | John Tobin | Galway | 0–9 | 9 | Roscommon |
| 9 | Damien Reid | Louth | 0–8 | 8 | Carlow |
| 9 | Noel Gallagher | Donegal | 0–8 | 8 | Galway |
| 9 | Jimmy Keaveney | Dublin | 0–8 | 8 | Galway |