The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 83rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 4 May 1969 and ended on 28 September 1969.

Down entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cavan in the Ulster final.

On 28 September 1969, Kerry won the championship following a 0–10 to 0–7 defeat of Offaly in the All-Ireland final. This was their 21st All-Ireland title, their first in seven championship seasons.

Kerry's Mick O'Dwyer was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Finals

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

Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon changed its name to Dr. Hyde Park after Ireland's first President, Douglas Hyde. The throw-in for the Munster quarter-final between Clare and Limerick was delayed by 25 minutes. At the Ulster semi-final between Cavan and Derry an 80-year-old retired farmer collapses and dies. The All-Ireland semi-final between Cavan and Offaly ends level and goes to a replay. It is the first time since 1960 that a semi-final ended in a draw which was the Down vs Offaly game.

Scorers

Overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Tony McTagueOffaly1–333666.002Jack BerryWexford2–182446.003Joe CorcoranMayo1–202345.754Jack DonnellyKildare0–202036.665Seán WoodsMonaghan2–111728.50

Single game

Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition1Tony McTagueOffaly0–1010CavanTony McTagueOffaly0–1010Westmeath3John NealonMayo3–09LeitrimTony BrennanMeath1–69KildareSeán WoodsMonaghan1–69Armagh6Seán SheridanWexford2–28CarlowSeán WoodsMonaghan1–58DownJack DonnellyKildare0–88MeathMick FallonRoscommon0–88Sligo10Pat LynnAntrim2–17DonegalWillie MageeMayo2–17LeitrimJack BerryWexford2–17LongfordTony McTagueOffaly1–47WexfordJoe CorcoranMayo0–77KerryJack DonnellyKildare0–77DublinJack BerryWexford0–77OffalyJohn CumminsTipperary0–77WaterfordSeán O'NeillDown0–77Monaghan

References