1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
# 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1999 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 113th edition of the GAA's premier Gaelic football competition. The championship began on 9 May 1999 and ended on 26 September 1999.

Galway entered the championship as defending champions; however, they were beaten by Mayo in the Connacht final.

On 26 September 1999, Meath beat Cork by 1-11 to 1-8 in the All-Ireland final, thus winning their second All-Ireland title in four years and their seventh in all. In the process, they denied Cork the Double, the hurlers having claimed the Liam MacCarthy Cup two weeks previously.

## Format

The provincial championships were run on a knock-out basis as usual, with the provincial winners going on to contest the All-Ireland semi finals. The Leinster Senior Football Championship consisted of 2 preliminary rounds to determine the 8th team in the Leinster quarter finals.

The usual knock-out four-province setup was used. New York played in the Connacht Senior Football Championship for the first time. Normal format is back for the Munster championship with two quarter-finals and semi-finals.

## Results

### Connacht Senior Football Championship

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Leitrim | Leitrim | 1-07 | | | | | | |
| Roscommon | Roscommon | 0-15 | Roscommon | Roscommon | 0-10 | | | |
| New York | New York | 0-10 | Mayo | Mayo | 0-21 | | | |
| Mayo | Mayo | 3-13 | | | | Mayo | Mayo | 1-14 |
| | | | | | | Galway | Galway | 1-10 |
| | | | Sligo | Sligo | 1-07 | | | |
| London | London | 1-08 | Galway | Galway | 1-17 | | | |
| Galway | Galway | 1-18 | | | | | | |

### Leinster Senior Football Championship

| 1st round | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Longford | Longford | 1-13, 2-15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wexford | Wexford | 0-16, 0-11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Laois | Laois | 1-16 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 1-08 | | | | | | |
| | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 3-17 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Longford | Longford | 2-09 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Laois | Laois | 1-11 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 0-16 | | | |
| | | | | | | Louth | Louth | 0-14 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 2-15 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 0-12 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Meath | Meath | 1-14 |
| | | | | | | Offaly | Offaly | 0-11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 0-07 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Offaly | Offaly | 0-09 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Meath | Meath | 1-13 | | | |
| | | | | | | Wicklow | Wicklow | 0-06 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Meath | Meath | 2-10 | | | | | | |

### Munster Senior Football Championship

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kerry | Kerry | 1-11 | | | | | | |
| Tipperary | Tipperary | 0-08 | Kerry | Kerry | 3-17 | | | |
| | | | Clare | Clare | 0-12 | | | |
| | | | | | | Kerry | Kerry | 2-04 |
| | | | | | | Cork | Cork | 2-10 |
| | | | Limerick | Limerick | 1-06 | | | |
| Waterford | Waterford | 0-04 | Cork | Cork | 4-13 | | | |
| Cork | Cork | 3-23 | | | | | | |

### Ulster Senior Football Championship

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Cavan | Cavan | 0-05 | | | | | | |
| | | | Derry | Derry | 2-14 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Derry | Derry | 0-12 | | | |
| | | | | | | Armagh | Armagh | 1-10 | | | |
| | | | Donegal | Donegal | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| | | | Armagh | Armagh | 2-11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Armagh | Armagh | 3-12 |
| | | | | | | | | | Down | Down | 0-10 |
| | | | Antrim | Antrim | 0-14 | | | | | | |
| | | | Down | Down | 1-15 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Down | Down | 2-14 | | | |
| Monaghan | Monaghan | 1-10 | | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 0-15 | | | |
| Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 2-12 | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 0-08 | | | | | | |
| | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 0-18 | | | | | | |

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cork | Cork | 2-12 | | | |
| Mayo | Mayo | 0-12 | | | |
| Mayo | Mayo | 0-12 | Cork | Cork | 1-08 |
| | | | Meath | Meath | 1-11 |
| Meath | Meath | 0-15 | Meath | Meath | 1-11 |
| Armagh | Armagh | 2-05 | | | |

## Championship statistics

### Miscellaneous

* Both Red and Yellow cards were introduced to all matches played from this year onwards.
* New York in their first season in the Connacht championship like London play each county in rotation.
* On 20 June 1999, the Munster semi-final between Cork vs Limerick was the first ever championship game played at Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork.
* Armagh won the Ulster title for the first time since 1982.
* Meath-Armagh All Ireland semi-final was the first championship meeting between the teams.

### Top scorers

**Overall**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oisín McConville | Armagh | 3-17 | 26 | 5 | 5.20 |
| 2 | Maurice Sheridan | Mayo | 0-21 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 3 | Podsie O'Mahony | Cork | 1-17 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
| 3 | Philip Clifford | Cork | 1-17 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
| 5 | Dessie Dolan | Westmeath | 2-13 | 19 | 2 | 9.50 |
| 5 | Trevor Giles | Meath | 0-19 | 19 | 5 | 3.80 |
| 7 | Ollie Murphy | Meath | 3-9 | 18 | 5 | 3.60 |
| 7 | Pádraic Joyce | Galway | 2-12 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 7 | Ger Heavin | Westmeath | 1-15 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 7 | Declan Darcy | Dublin | 0-18 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 4 | Diarmaid Marsden | Armagh | 3-7 | 16 | 5 | 5.20 |

**Single game**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oisín McConville | Armagh | 2-7 | 13 | Down |
| 2 | Podsie O'Mahony | Cork | 1-9 | 12 | Limerick |
| 3 | Dessie Dolan | Westmeath | 1-7 | 10 | Longford |
| 4 | Ciaran McCabe | Down | 2-3 | 9 | Tyrone |
| 4 | Ger Heavin | Westmeath | 0-9 | 9 | Carlow |
| 4 | Dessie Dolan | Westmeath | 1-6 | 9 | Laois |
| 4 | Maurice Sheridan | Mayo | 0-9 | 9 | Roscommon |
| 8 | Shane King | Fermanagh | 2-2 | 8 | Monaghan |
| 8 | Declan Smyth | Monaghan | 1-5 | 8 | Fermanagh |
| 8 | Pádraic Joyce | Galway | 1-5 | 8 | London |
| 8 | Ger Heavin | Westmeath | 1-5 | 8 | Longford |
| 8 | Ollie Murphy | Meath | 1-5 | 8 | Dublin |
| 8 | Damien O'Neill | Cork | 1-5 | 8 | Waterford |
