1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The usual knock-out four-province setup was used. {{GG|London|football}} played in the Connacht Senior Football Championship for the first time.

Leinster Championship format change saw, Second round dropped this year first round winners go straight to the Quarter-finals. Kilkenny return to Leinster football for the first time since 1963.

As a result of a decision taken at the Gaelic Athletic Association's (GAA) annual congress the previous year, as of 1975 all provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and the All-Ireland final itself were reduced to 70 minutes playing time. Prior to this all championship matches were eighty minutes in duration for the past 5 years.

Quarter-finals

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| date = 25 May 1975

| round = Quarter-final

| team1 = Mayo

| score = 4-12 – 1-12

| team2 = London

| goals1 = G Feeney (0-1), T O’Malley (0-5), R Bell (1-1), G Farragher (1-1); M Henry (1-0), S Kilbride (1-2) sub E Webb (0-2).

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| stadium = MacHale Park, Castlebar

| referee =

| attendance =

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| date = 1 June 1975

| round = Quarter-final

| team1 = Leitrim

| score = 0-4 - 0-12

| team2 = Roscommon

| goals1 = M Martin 0-1, M Tighe 0-1, B Wrynn 0-1, N Maxwell 0-1.

| goals2 = E McManus 0-3, J O'Gara 0-2, J Keane 0-1, P Cox 0-1, P Lindsay 0-1, M Menton 0-1, G Mannion 0-1, J Finnegan 0-1, McNamara 0-1.

| stadium = Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

| referee =

| attendance =

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Semi-finals

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| date = 8 June 1975

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = Sligo

| score = 1-13 – 0-6

| team2 = Galway

| goals1 = M Kearins 0-10, D Kerins 1-0, M Hoey 0-2, M Laffey 0-1.

| goals2 = L Salmon 0-2, T Naughton 0-1, M Rooney 0-1, TJ Gilmore 0-1, M Hughes 0-1.

| stadium = Markievicz Park, Sligo

| referee = J Martin (Roscommon)

| attendance =

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| date = 15 June 1975

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = Roscommon

| score = 1-9 - 1-12

| team2 = Mayo

| goals1 = BT Beegan 1-0, F McManus 0-2, J Keane 0-2, J Finnegan 0-1, M Menton 0-1, D Earley 0-1, P Cox 0-1, J O'Gara 0-1.

| goals2 = G Farragher 1-4, T O'Mahony 0-2, JP Kean 0-2, T Welsh 0-1, W McGee 0-1, S Kilbride 0-1, R Bell 0-1.

| stadium = Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

| referee = T Moran (Leitrim)

| attendance =

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Finals

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| date = 6 July 1975

| round = Final

| team1 = Sligo

| score = 2-10 – 1-13

| team2 = Mayo

| goals1 = F Henry 1-3, D Kerins 1-1, M Kearins 0-4, M Laffey 0-1.

| goals2 = JP Kean 1-1, T O'Malley 0-3, G Farragher 0-3, E Webb 0-2, W McGee 0-1, D McGrath 0-1, G Feeney 0-1, M Higgins 0-1.

| stadium = Markievicz Park, Sligo

| referee = T Moran (Leitrim)

| attendance =

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| date = 20 July 1975

| round = Final replay

| team1 = Mayo

| score = 0-15 - 2-10

| team2 = Sligo

| goals1 = T O'Malley 0-4, D McGrath 0-3, M Higgins 0-2, E Webb 0-2, W McGee 0-1, S Kilbride 0-1, G Farragher 0-1, J Keane 0-1.

| goals2 = M Kearins 1-4, D Kerins 1-1, M Hoey 0-4, J Stenson 0-1.

| stadium = MacHale Park, Castlebar

| referee =

| attendance =

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First round

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| date = 11 May 1975

| round = First round

| team1 = Wexford

| score = 2-8 - 1-10

| team2 = Carlow

| goals1 = W French 1-1, D Clancy 0-4, W Rowesome 1-0, P Cullen 0-2, G Howlin 0-1.

| goals2 = D Byrne 1-1, W Cullen 0-2, B Hennessy 0-2, S King 0-1, P Quirke 0-1, S Shields 0-1, C Hughes 0-1, C Byrne 0-1.

| stadium = Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

| referee = M Meally (Kilkenny)

| attendance =

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| date = 25 May 1975

| round = First round

| team1 = Laois

| score = 3-13 - 1-8

| team2 = Longford

| goals1 = L Scally 0-6, J Hovendon 1-2, D Booth 1-0, S Allen 1-0, W Brennan 0-3, J Lalor 0-2.

| goals2 = R Smith 1-1, J Hanniffy 0-2, S Kilroy 0-2, P Mullooly 0-1, S Lee 0-1, T McCormack 0-1.

| stadium = O'Connor Park, Tullamore

| referee = M Spain (Offaly)

| attendance =

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| date = 1 June 1975

| round = First round

| team1 = Westmeath

| score = 2-14 - 2-2

| team2 = Kilkenny

| goals1 = P Whelan 1-3, M Galvin 1-0, S Conroy 0-3, V Murray 0-3, S Havin 0-2, B Smith 0-2, W Lowry 0-1.

| goals2 = S Brennan 2-0, T Brennan 0-1, M Kelly 0-1.

| stadium = Geraldine Park, Athy

| referee = E Long (Carlow)

| attendance =

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| date = 8 June 1975

| round = First round

| team1 = Louth

| score = 2-22 - 2-6

| team2 = Wicklow

| goals1 = P McParland 0-7, P Gallagher 1-2, F Taaffe 1-1, E Shevlin 0-4, A Hoey 0-4, M McKeown 0-3, M McDonald 0-1.

| goals2 = M O'Toole 0-4, T Kennedy 1-0, M Coffey 1-0, P Burke 0-1, B Laide 0-1.

| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

| referee = P Kelly (Dublin)

| attendance =

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Quarter-finals

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| date = 8 June 1975

| round = Quarter-final

| team1 = Dublin

| score = 4-17 - 3-10

| team2 = Wexford

| goals1 = J Keaveney 0-10, A Hanahoe 1-1, D Hickey 1-1, M Noctor 1-1, J McCarthy 1-1, B Doyle 0-2, A O'Toole 0-1.

| goals2 = G Howlin 2-1, D Clancy 0-5, J Dunphy 1-0, J Cullen 0-1, W Ffrench 0-1, P Cullen 0-1, B Rowesome 0-1.

| stadium = Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

| referee = F Hayden (Carlow)

| attendance =

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| date = 15 June 1975

| round = Quarter-final

| team1 = Offaly

| score = 0-13 - 0-13

| team2 = Laois

| goals1 = T McTague 0-4, S Lowry 0-3, S Darby 0-3, E Lowry 0-1, P Fanning 0-1, K Kilmurray 0-1.

| goals2 = L Scully 0-4, J Hovenden 0-3, J Lawlor 0-2, R Miller 0-2, S Allen 0-1, M Buggy 0-1.

| stadium = O'Connor Park, Tullamore

| referee = P Collins (Westmeath)

| attendance = 20,000

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| date = 22 June 1975

| round = Quarter-final

| team1 = Louth

| score = 0-15 - 1-9

| team2 = Meath

| goals1 = A Hoey 0-7, M McKeown 0-3, M McDonald 0-1, D Reid 0-1, P Gallagher 0-1, P McParland 0-1, B Gaughran 0-1.

| goals2 = O O'Brien 0-7, M Kerrigan 1-1, P Traynor 0-1.

| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

| referee = P Kelly (Dublin)

| attendance =

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| date = 29 June 1975

| round = Quarter-final

| team1 = Kildare

| score = 1-15 - 1-8

| team2 = Westmeath

| goals1 = A French 0-6, P Dunny 1-2, T Carew 0-4, M McKeever 0-1, H Hyland 0-1, J Donnelly 0-1.

| goals2 = V Murray 0-5, B Smith 1-0, P Whelan 0-2, D Smith 0-1.

| stadium = Páirc Tailteann, Navan

| referee = R Barry (Meath)

| attendance =

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| date = 29 June 1975

| round = Quarter-final replay

| team1 = Laois

| score = 3-7 - 3-14

| team2 = Offaly

| goals1 = W Brennan 2-2, S Allen 1-1, L Scully 0-3, M Buggy 0-1.

| goals2 = M Connor 3-2, T McTague 0-6, P Fenning 0-2, S Darby 0-2, E Lowry 0-1, K Kilmurray 0-1.

| stadium = O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

| referee = P Collins (Westmeath)

| attendance = 10,000

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Semi-finals

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| date = 6 July 1975

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = Dublin

| score = 3-14 - 4-7

| team2 = Louth

| goals1 = J Keaveney 1-11, B Doyle 1-0, A O'Toole 0-2, T Hanahoe 1-0, R Kelleher 0-1.

| goals2 = T Hoey 1-5, P McPartland 1-1, E Sheelan 1-0, R Brennan 1-0, D Reid 0-1.

| stadium = Páirc Tailteann, Navan

| referee = P Collins (Westmeath)

| attendance = 31,000

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| date = 13 July 1975

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = Offaly

| score = 0-11 - 2-11

| team2 = Kildare

| goals1 = T McTague 0-9, S Darby 0-2.

| goals2 = J Donnelly 0-7, R O'Sullivan 1-1, P Dunny 1-0, B O'Doherty 0-2, H Hyland 0-1.

| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

| referee = P Kelly (Dublin)

| attendance = 17,213

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Final

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| date = 27 July 1975

| round = Final

| team1 = Dublin

| score = 3-13 - 0-8

| team2 = Kildare

| goals1 = Brian Mullins 2-0, David Hickey 1-2, {{nobreak|Paddy Gogarty}} 0-4, Bobby Doyle and Jimmy Keaveney (0-1f) 0-2 each, Bernard Brogan Sr, Tony Hanahoe, Anton O'Toole 0-1 each

| goals2 = Jack Donnelly 0-3f, Pat Dunny 0-2, Jack Balfe (1 '50), Tommy Carew, Ray O'Sullivan 0-1 each

| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

| referee = Brendan Hayden (Carlow)

| attendance = 44,182

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Quarter-finals

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| date = 1 June 1975

| round = Quarter-final

| team1 = Tipperary

| score = 7-18 - 1-5

| team2 = Limerick

| goals1 = J Kehoe 4-0, M Keating 0-6, P Hanrahan 1-2, G Stapleton 1-2, J Tracey 1-0, L Myles 0-3, C O'Flherty 0-2, G McGrath 0-1.

| goals2 = T Bradley 1-1, P Ahern 0-2, L Lawlor 0-2.

| stadium = Emly Sportsfield, Emly

| referee = J Dennison (Cork)

| attendance =

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| date = 1 June 1975

| round = Quarter-final

| team1 = Clare

| score = 1-15 - 1-10

| team2 = Waterford

| goals1 = S Moloney 1-3, J O'Halloran 0-4, M Greene 0-4, J McMahon 0-2, T Tubridy 0-2.

| goals2 = M Power 1-1, V Kirwin 0-4, T Casey 0-2, S Ahern 0-1, M Hackett 0-1, J Hennessy 0-1.

| stadium = The Cricket Field, Kilrush

| referee = PJ O'Halloran

| attendance =

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Semi-finals

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| date = 15 June 1975

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = Tipperary

| score = 0-9 - 3-13

| team2 = Kerry

| goals1 = C O'Flaherty 0-4, L Myles 0-3, M Keating 0-2.

| goals2 = J Egan 2-3, B Lynch 0-5, R Prenderville 1-0, P Spillane 0-3, M Sheehy 0-2.

| stadium = Ned Hall Park, Clonmel

| referee = F Halbert (Cork)

| attendance =

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| date = 15 June 1975

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = Clare

| score = 0-7 - 1-16

| team2 = Cork

| goals1 = J McMahon 0-4, B O'Reilly 0-1, M Downes 0-1.

| goals2 = T Murphy 0-8, D Barron 1-3, D Long 0-2, R Cummins 0-2, J Barrett 0-1.

| stadium = Páirc Uí Seancháin, Doonbeg

| referee = B Cross (Limerick)

| attendance =

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Final

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| date = 13 July 1975

| round = Final

| team1 = Kerry

| score = 1-14 - 0-7

| team2 = Cork

| goals1 = Brendan Lynch 0-4 (0-3f), Pat Spillane 1-1, Mikey Sheehy 0-3 (0-2f), John Egan 0-2, Pat McCarthy, Mickey O'Sullivan, Denis Moran, Ger O'Driscoll 0-1 each

| goals2 = Dinny Allen 0-3, Ray Cummins 0-2, Tony Murphy and Declan Barron 0-1 each

| stadium = Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

| referee = Brendan Cross (Limerick)

| attendance = 43,295

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Preliminary round

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| date = 1 June 1975

| round = Preliminary round

| team1 = Fermanagh

| score = 0-10 – 4-6

| team2 = Armagh

| goals1 = P McGinnitty 0-4, S Reilly 0-3, F Sherry 0-2, B Keys 0-1.

| goals2 = S Daly 2-5, J Christie 1-0, E O'Neill 1-0, O Carty 0-1.

| stadium = St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown

| referee = M Devlin (Tyrone)

| attendance =

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Quarter-finals

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| date = 1 June 1975

| round = Quarter-final

| team1 = Monaghan

| score = 0-13 – 1-5

| team2 = Tyrone

| goals1 = K Finlay 0-7, G Fitzpatrick 0-2, H Clerkin 0-2, E Donnelly 0-1, D Mulligan 0-1.

| goals2 = E Bradley 1-0, R Beggs 0-2, J Taggart 0-1, B Donnelly 0-1, F McGuigan 0-1.

| stadium = St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney

| referee = G Fagan (Armagh)

| attendance =

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| date = 8 June 1975

| round = Quarter-final

| team1 = Cavan

| score = 0-15 – 0-13

| team2 = Donegal

| goals1 = S Duggan 0-7, S Leddy 0-2, H McInerney 0-2, J Carroll 0-1, D Meade 0-1, G Cusack 0-1, A King 0-1.

| goals2 = M Carney 0-7, M Griffin 0-3, H McClafferty 0-1, B McEniff 0-1, S Granaghan 0-1.

| stadium = MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

| referee = T Johnston (Fermanagh)

| attendance =

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| date = 15 June 1975

| round = Quarter-final

| team1 = Down

| score = 3-12 – 0-7

| team2 = Antrim

| goals1 = W Walsh 1-2, P McGrath 1-1, P Rooney 1-1, D Morgan 0-4, C McAlarney 0-2, M Cunningham 0-1, D Gordon 0-1.

| goals2 = A McCallin 0-3, T Doherty 0-2, D Laverty 0-1, G McCann 0-1.

| stadium = St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle

| referee =

| attendance =

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| date = 22 June 1975

| round = Quarter-final

| team1 = Derry

| score = 2-15 – 1-7

| team2 = Armagh

| goals1 = J O'Leary 1-2, S O'Connell 0-4, S Mullan 0-4, P Chivers 1-0, M Lynch 0-2, B Kelly 0-2, T McGuinness 0-1.

| goals2 = S Daly 1-2, J Smyth 0-2, L Kerins 0-1, P Loughran 0-1, J Kernan 0-1.

| stadium = Healy Park, Omagh

| referee = P Devlin (Tyrone)

| attendance =

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Semi-finals

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| date = 29 June 1975

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = Down

| score = 1-13 – 1-10

| team2 = Cavan

| goals1 = M Cunningham 0-4, S O'Neill 1-0, W Walsh 0-3, D Moran 0-2, C McAlarney 0-2, J Murphy 0-1, P Rooney 0-1.

| goals2 = S Duggan 0-4, D Dalton 1-0, C O'Keeffe 0-3, P McNamee 0-1, G O'Reilly 0-1, JJ Martin 0-1.

| stadium = St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney

| referee = T Johnston (Fermanagh)

| attendance =

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| date = 6 July 1975

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = Monaghan

| score = 1-11 - 1-11

| team2 = Derry

| goals1 = K Finlay 0-5, G McTague 1-1, R Brady 0-2, P McEnaney 0-2, R McDonald 0-1.

| goals2 = S Mullan 0-4, P Stevenson 1-0, M Lynch 0-3, N Niblock 0-2, T McGuinness 0-1, B Kelly 0-1.

| stadium = O'Neill Park, Dungannon

| referee =

| attendance =

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| date = 13 July 1975

| round = Semi-final replay

| team1 = Monaghan

| score = 1-6 – 0-14

| team2 = Derry

| goals1 = K Finlay 1-4, B Brady 0-1, JJ Gorman 0-1.

| goals2 = S O'Connell 0-5, M Lynch 0-3, M Moran 0-2, J O'Leary 0-1, G McElihinney 0-1, G O'Loughlin 0-1, B Kelly 0-1.

| stadium = O'Neill Park, Dungannon

| referee = G Fagan (Armagh)

| attendance =

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Final

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| date = 27 July 1975

| round = Final

| team1 = Derry

| score = 1-16 - 2-6

| team2 = Down

| goals1 = M Lynch 0-5, S O'Connell 0-5, G McElhinney 1-1, J O'Leary 0-2, TK McGuinness 0-2, E Laverty 0-1.

| goals2 = W Walsh 2-3, P Rooney 0-2, J Murphy 0-1.

| stadium = St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

| referee = G Fagan (Armagh)

| attendance = 25,000

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Semi-finals

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| date = 10 August 1975

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = Kerry

| score = 3-13 - 0-5

| team2 = Sligo

| goals1 = J Egan 2-2, P Spillane 1-1, P Lynch 0-4, G O'Driscoll 0-2, B Lynch 0-2, M O'Sullivan 0-1, G Power 0-1.

| goals2 = M Hoey 0-3, M Kearins 0-2.

| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

| referee = G Fagan (Armagh)

| attendance = 32,215

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| date = 24 August 1975

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = Dublin

| score = 3-13 - 3-8

| team2 = Derry

| goals1 = J Keaveney 0-9, A O'Toole 2-0, T Hanahoe 1-0, D Hickey 0-2, P Gogarty 0-1, B Doyle 0-1.

| goals2 = B Kelly 1-3, S O'Connell 1-3, J O'Leary 1-0, A McGuckin 0-1, G McElihinney 0-1.

| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

| referee = J Moloney (Tipperary)

| attendance = 44,455

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Final

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| date = 28 September 1975

| round = Final

| team1 = Kerry

| score = 2-12 - 0-11

| team2 = Dublin

| goals1 = M Sheehy 0-4, G O'Driscoll 1-0, J Egan 1-0, P Spillane 0-3, B Lynch 0-3, D Moran 0-2.

| goals2 = J Keaveney 0-6, P Gogarty 0-2, B Doyle 0-1, B Pocock 0-1, B Mullins 0-1.

| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

| referee = J Moloney (Tipperary)

| attendance = 66,346

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{{main|1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final}}

• All championship games were reduced from eighty to seventy minutes.
• London join the Connacht championship.
• On 1 June 1975, The Cricket Field, Kilrush played host to its first championship game for 35 years as Clare play Waterford in a Munster Quarter-Final.
• Louth beat Meath for the first time since 1953.
• Kildare play Westmeath in the Leinster championship for the first time since 1960.
• Sligo won their first Connacht title since 1928 and last until 2007.
• Dublin play Kildare in the Leinster final for the first time since 1928.
• Kerry–Sligo All Ireland semi-final was the first meeting between the teams.

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