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

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

Semi-finals

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

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

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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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Half-time:

Competition:
Sligo Senior Football Championship
(Final)

Date:
9 September 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

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  • Sligo Champion (August–September 1979)