1976 Kerry Senior Football Championship

The 1976 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 76th staging of the Kerry [Senior Football Championship] since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889 [Kerry Senior Football Championship|1889]. The championship ran from 27 June to 3 October 1976.
Austin [Stacks GAA|Austin Stacks] entered the championship as the defending champions.
The final was played on 3 October 1976 at FitzGerald Stadium in Killarney, between Austin Stacks and Kenmare, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Austin Stacks won the match by 1-14 to 0-07 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a second successive title.

Teams

17 teams participated in the championship. Austin Stacks, Feale Rangers, Shannon Rangers, Kenmare and Mid Kerry were seeded at received byes to the quarter-finals. The other 12 teams played off in the early rounds.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

The semi-final between Kenmare and Feale Rangers was abandoned by referee Buddy O'Grady, with nine minutes of actual playing time left. The decision was taken after a series of fracas between the players.