1976 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 1976 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 84th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 16 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.
Summerhill were the defending champions after they defeated Navan O'Mahonys in the previous years final and they completed a 3 in a row of titles when beating Walterstown 3-9 to 0-2 in the final in Pairc Tailteann on 19 September 1976. Mattie Kerrigan raised the Keegan Cup for the 'Hill.
This was Moylagh's debut in the senior grade after claiming the 1975 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title.
Duleek were regraded to the 1977 I.F.C. at the end of the campaign after 10 years as a senior club.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1975 championship season.To S.F.C.
Promoted from I.F.C.- Moylagh -
From S.F.C.
Regraded to I.F.C.- None
Group stage
Group A
| Team | ||||||||
| Martry Harps | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 12 |
| Navan O'Mahonys | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 10 |
| St. Patrick's | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 10 |
| Moylagh | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 10 |
| Ballivor | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 7 |
| Wolfe Tones | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 4 |
| Syddan | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 3 |
| Duleek | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
Round 1Ballivor 3-11, 4-7 Navan O'Mahonys, Trim, 28/3/1976,Martry Harps 1-8, 0-2 Moylagh, Kells, 28/3/1976,Wolfe Tones 1-5, 1-3 Syddan, Duleek, 28/3/1976,St. Patrick's 1-13, 1-5 Duleek, Pairc Tailteann, 28/3/1976,
Round 2Navan O'Mahonys w, l Syddan, Kilberry, 11/4/1976,Martry Harps 2-8, 1-5 St. Patrick's, Duleek, 11/4/1976,Ballivor 4-11, 0-0 Wolfe Tones, Trim, 11/4/1976,Moylagh 3-12, 0-10 Duleek, ???, 11/4/1976,
Round 3Navan O'Mahonys w, l Wolfe Tones, Seneschalstown, 25/4/1976,Martry Harps 3-17, 0-2 Duleek, Pairc Tailteann, 25/4/1976,St. Patrick's 5-6, 1-11 Moylagh, Kilberry, 25/4/1976,
- Ballivor 1-7, 1-7 Syddan, Kilmessan, 25/4/1976,
Round 5Navan O'Mahonys w, l St. Patrick's, Seneschalstown, 13/6/1976,Moylagh 1-8, 1-7 Ballivor, Kells, 13/6/1976,Martry Harps 0-11, 2-3 Syddan, Kilberry, 20/6/1976,Wolfe Tones w/o, scr Duleek,
Round 6:Moylagh 3-18, 0-0 Wolfe Tones, Seneschalstown, 11/7/1976,St. Patrick's w, l Ballivor, Dunshaughlin, 11/7/1976,Navan O'Mahonys 1-9, 0-3 Martry Harps, Seneschalstown, 11/7/1976,Syddan w/o, scr Duleek,
Round 7:Moylagh 2-14, 0-4 Syddan, Kells, 8/8/1976,St. Patrick's w/o, scr Wolfe Tones, Seneschalstown, 8/8/1976,Martry Harps w/o, scr Ballivor, Trim, 8/8/1976,Navan O'Mahonys w/o, scr Duleek,
Semi-final playoffs:Navan O'Mahonys 1-10, 0-10 Moylagh, Ballinlough, 15/8/1976,St. Patrick's w, l Moylagh, Skryne, 22/8/1976,Navan O'Mahonys w, l St. Patrick's, Skryne, 29/8/1976,
Group B
| Team | ||||||||
| Walterstown | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 13 |
| Summerhill | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 12 |
| Seneschalstown | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 9 |
| Trim | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 8 |
| Skryne | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 8 |
| Kilbride | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 4 |
| Dunderry | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 2 |
| Gaeil Colmcille | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
Round 1Walterstown 2-12, 2-5 Kilbride, Kilmessan, 28/3/1976,Summerhill 0-11, 0-10 Skryne, Trim, 28/3/1976,Dunderry 0-6, 0-5 Gaeil Colmcille, Martry, 28/3/1976,Seneschalstown 0-9, 0-6 Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 28/3/1976,
Round 2Walterstown 2-2, 1-4 Skryne, Pairc Tailteann, 11/4/1976,Summerhill 4-11, 1-5 Kilbride, Dunshaughlin, 11/4/1976,Trim 0-8, 0-7 Gaeil Colmcille, Athboy, 11/4/1976,Seneschalstown 1-6, 0-6 Dunderry, Pairc Tailteann, 11/4/1976,
Round 3Walterstown 1-11, 2-7 Summerhill, Pairc Tailteann, 25/4/1976,Seneschalstown w, l Gaeil Colmcille, Kilberry, 25/4/1967,Skryne 1-12, 0-8 Kilbride, Kilmessan, 25/4/1967,Trim 3-11, 1-10 Dunderry, Kildalkey, 25/4/1967,
Round 4Skryne 2-13, 1-6 Dunderry, Dunshaughlin, 16/5/1976,Seneschalstown 0-10, 0-5 Kilbride, Dunshaughlin, 23/5/1976,Walterstown 1-6, 0-3 Gaeil Colmcille, Pairc Tailteann, 23/5/1976,Summerhill 2-11, 2-10 Trim, Kildalkey, 27/6/1976,
Round 5Trim 1-9, 2-5 Kilbride, Dunshaughlin, 13/6/1976,Skryne 3-6, 0-5 Seneschalstown, Pairc Tailteann, 13/6/1976,Summerhill 3-6, 0-7 Gaeil Colmcille, Athboy, 13/6/1976,Walterstown 2-16, 0-2 Dunderry, Dunshaughlin, 20/6/1976,
Round 6:Kilbride 0-10, 0-6 Gaeil Colmcille, Trim, 11/7/1976,Summerhill 2-14, 0-2 Dunderry, Dunshaughlin, 11/7/1976,Trim 4-8, 1-10 Skryne, Pairc Tailteann, 11/7/1976,
- Walterstown 2-6, 1-9 Seneschalstown, Pairc Tailteann, 11/7/1976,
Knock-out Stages
The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi-finals.Semi-finals:Summerhill 1-10, 0-4 Martry Harps, Pairc Tailteann, 29/8/1976,Walterstown 0-12, 0-5 Navan O'Mahonys, Kells, 5/9/1976,
Final:Summerhill 3-9, 0-2 Walterstown, Pairc Tailteann, 19/9/1976,