1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 102nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 8 May 1988 and ended on 9 October 1988.

For the second year in a row, the final was between Meath and Cork. Again, the outcome was the same, Meath winning the replay by a scoreline of 0–13 to 0–12.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary 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

Finals

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Single game

Miscellaneous

• Carlow's 3–5 to 2–7 defeat of Laois in the Leinster preliminary round is their first defeat of their neighbours since 1961.
• Monaghan's 0–16 to 0–14 defeat of Cavan in the Ulster quarter-final is their first defeat of their neighbours since 1930.
• The All Ireland semi-final between Cork and Monaghan was the first meeting between the teams.
• The All-Ireland final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1972.
• Meath were All Ireland Champions for 2 in a row and Leinster Champions for 3 in a row and they shared their 2 in a row with Galway in the Hurling.

Roll of Honour

• Kerry – 30 (1986)
• Dublin – 21 (1983)
• Galway – 7 (1966)
• Wexford – 5 (1918)
• Meath – 5 (1988)
• Cavan – 5 (1952)
• Cork – 4 (1973)
• Kildare – 4 (1928)
• Tipperary – 4 (1920)
• Offaly – 3 (1982)
• Down – 3 (1968)
• Louth – 3 (1957)
• Mayo – 3 (1951)
• Roscommon – 2 (1944)
• Limerick – 2 (1896)

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