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Round 9
16 July 1978
| Ludgate (6½) |
½-½ |
Griffin (5) |
| Curtin (6) |
½-½ |
McDaid (5) |
| Devenney (4½) |
1-0 |
Barrington (5½) |
| Littleton (4½) |
½-½ |
Barry (5) |
| Short (4½) |
1-0 |
Clarke (4½) |
| Collins (4) |
½-½ |
McDonnell (4) |
| Wallace (4) |
1-0 |
O'Hare (4) |
| Palmer (4) |
½-½ |
Carton (3½) |
| Bergin (3) |
1-0 |
Gibson (3½) |
| Porter (3) |
½-½ |
Galligan (3½) |
| McCarthy (2) |
½-½ |
Blair (3½) |
| Killane (3) |
1 |
Bye |
Scores after round 9 (final round)
| Ludgate | 7 |
| Curtin | 6½ |
| Barrington | 5½ |
| Barry | 5½ |
| Devenney | 5½ |
| Griffin | 5½ |
| McDaid | 5½ |
| Short | 5½ |
| Littleton | 5 |
| Wallace | 5 |
| Clarke | 4½ |
| Collins | 4½ |
| McDonnell | 4½ |
| Palmer | 4½ |
| Bergin | 4 |
| Blair | 4 |
| Carton | 4 |
| Galligan | 4 |
| Killane | 4 |
| O'Hare | 4 |
| Gibson | 3½ |
| Porter | 3½ |
| McCarthy | 2½ |