Sligo Senior Football Championship 1979

Sligo Senior Football Championship 1979
Sligo Champions St. Mary's (2nd win)
Relegated team(s) Curry
Promoted team(s) Shamrock Gaels

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.

Contents

Quarter finals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
August 5 Easkey St. Mary’s 18-9 Enniscrone 23-6
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
August 5 Easkey Tourlestrane 116-8 St. Patrick’s 48-8
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
August 5 Markievicz Park Tubbercurry 124-10 Eastern Harps 122-8
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
August 5 Ballymote Coolera 14-6 Curry 7-5
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final Replay
August 12 Markievicz Park Tourlestrane 21-11 St. Patrick’s 35-3

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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Half-time:

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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