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-finalsSemi-finals
'''Final'''
[Leinster Senior Football Championship]
Preliminary roundQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
'''Final'''
[Munster Senior Football Championship]
Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
'''Final'''
[Ulster Senior Football Championship]
Preliminary roundQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
'''Final'''
[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]
Semi-finals'''Finals'''
Championship statistics
Top scorers
;Overall| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Brian Stafford | Meath | 0–38 | 38 | 5 | 7.60 |
| 2 | Larry Tompkins | Cork | 0–34 | 34 | 5 | 6.80 |
;Single game
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Joey Cunningham | Armagh | 2–5 | 11 | Fermanagh |
| 1 | John McCormack | Longford | 1–8 | 11 | Wicklow |
| 3 | Maurice Fitzgerald | Kerry | 0–10 | 10 | Cork |
| 3 | Ronan Carolan | Cavan | 0–10 | 10 | Monaghan |
| 5 | Mark Butler | Mayo | 1–6 | 9 | Sligo |
| 5 | Pat Spillane | Kerry | 1–6 | 9 | Waterford |
| 5 | Brian Stafford | Meath | 0–9 | 9 | Mayo |
| 8 | Eamonn McEneaney | Monaghan | 1–5 | 8 | Down |
| 8 | Larry Tompkins | Cork | 0–8 | 8 | Meath |
| 8 | Brian Stafford | Meath | 0–8 | 8 | Cork |
| 8 | Larry Tompkins | Cork | 0–8 | 8 | Meath |
| 8 | Brian Stafford | Meath | 0–8 | 8 | Offaly |
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
- Dublin – 21
- Galway – 7
- Wexford – 5
- Meath – 5
- Cavan – 5
- Cork – 4
- Kildare – 4
- Tipperary – 4
- Offaly – 3
- Down – 3
- Louth – 3
- Mayo – 3
- Roscommon – 2
- Limerick – 2