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Round 8
15 July 1978
| Littleton (4½) |
0-1 |
Ludgate (5½) |
| Barry (5) |
0-1 |
Barrington (4½) |
| Curtin (5) |
1-0 |
Wallace (4) |
| McDaid (4) |
1-0 |
Palmer (4) |
| Griffin (4) |
1-0 |
Collins (4) |
| Carton (3½) |
0-1 |
Short (3½) |
| Clarke (3½) |
1-0 |
Blair (3½) |
| Galligan (3½) |
0-1 |
Devenney (3½) |
| Bergin (3) |
0-1 |
McDonnell (3) |
| O'Hare (3) |
1-0 |
Porter (3) |
| Killane (3) |
0-1 |
McCarthy (1) |
| Gibson (2½) |
1 |
Bye |
Scores after round 8
| Ludgate | 6½ |
| Curtin | 6 |
| Barrington | 5½ |
| Barry | 5 |
| Griffin | 5 |
| McDaid | 5 |
| Clarke | 4½ |
| Devenney | 4½ |
| Littleton | 4½ |
| Short | 4½ |
| Collins | 4 |
| McDonnell | 4 |
| O'Hare | 4 |
| Palmer | 4 |
| Wallace | 4 |
| Blair | 3½ |
| Carton | 3½ |
| Galligan | 3½ |
| Gibson | 3½ |
| Bergin | 3 |
| Killane | 3 |
| Porter | 3 |
| McCarthy | 2 |