1979 Sligo Senior Football Championship

This is a round-up of the 1979 Sligo Senior Football Championship. The Championship had been reduced to eight teams for this year, following the introduction of the Intermediate grade. St. Mary's regained the title after a comfortable defeat of Tubbercurry in the final, and their dominance of Sligo club football was firmly set in motion.

Sligo Senior Football Championship 1979
Tournament details
CountySligo
Year1979
Winners
ChampionsSt. Mary's (2nd win)
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)Shamrock Gaels
Relegated team(s)Curry

Quarter finals
Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final		 August 5 Easkey St. Mary’s 0-9 Enniscrone 0-6
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final		 August 5 Easkey Tourlestrane 1-8 St. Patrick’s 1-8
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final		 August 5 Markievicz Park Tubbercurry 1-10 Eastern Harps 1-8
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final		 August 5 Ballymote Coolera 1-6 Curry 0-5
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final Replay		 August 12 Markievicz Park Tourlestrane 1-11 St. Patrick’s 3-3

Semi-Finals
Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final		 August 26 Markievicz Park St. Mary’s 1-10 Coolera 0-8
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final		 August 26 Ballymote Tubbercurry 4-5 Tourlestrane 1-5

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final
St. Mary's
 0-13 - 1-4
(final score after 60 minutes)		 Tubbercurry

Team:
E. Eames
C. O'Donnell
J. McNamara
K. Delaney
T. Carroll
M. Barrett
J. McGowan
G. Monaghan
M. Laffey
E. McHale (0-1)
B. Murphy (0-1)
John Kent (0-6)
E. Delahunt (0-2)
Jim Kent (0-2)
M. Walsh (0-1)

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Competition:
Sligo Senior Football Championship
(Final)

Date:
September 9, 1979

Venue:
Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry

Referee:
Micheal Kearins (St. Patrick's)

Team:
J. Gillespie
T. Staunton
G. Gilamrtin
P. Leonard
S. Gallagher
M. McCarrick
N. Faul (1-1)
E. Gilmartin
S. Sherlock
P. Kilgallen
G. McCarrick (0-3)
P. McIntyre
R. McCarrick
J. Murphy
J. Glynn

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References
  • Sligo Champion (August–September 1979)
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