Sligo Senior Football Championship 1981

Sligo Senior Football Championship 1981
Sligo Champions St. Mary's (4th win)
Relegated team(s) Eastern Harps
Promoted team(s) Grange

This is a round-up of the 1981 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Mary's completed the three-in-a-row in the repeat of the 1980 final, albeit with a smaller winning margin. Eastern Harps would be relegated from Senior football this year, after a poor league campaign, despite successive Championship final appearances. St. Mary's later won their second Connacht title, following on this Championship win.

Contents

Quarter finals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
July 19 Ballymote St. Mary’s 4-6 Tubbercurry 1-9
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
July 19 Markievicz Park Tourlestrane 1-7 St. Patrick’s 1-3
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
July 19 Tubbercurry Eastern Harps beat Shamrock Gaels (10 pts.)
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
August 9 Ballymote Curry 1-6 Coolera 1-4

Semi-Finals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final
August 2 Ballymote Eastern Harps 0-6 Tourlestrane 0-2
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final
August 16 Ballymote St. Mary’s 3-9 Curry 1-7

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

St. Mary's
2-9 - 0-4
(final score after 60 minutes)
Eastern Harps

Team:
J. Kelly
T. Carroll
J. McNamara
K. Delaney
C. O'Donnell
M. Barrett
J. McGowan
M. Laffey
G. Monaghan
E. McHale
B. Murphy
John Kent
Jim Kent
K. O'Keeffe
R. Henneberry


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Half-time:

Competition:
Sligo Senior Football Championship
(Final)

Date:
August 30, 1981

Venue:
Corran Park, Ballymote

Referee:


Team:
J. Casey
R. Clarke
D. O'Hara
D. Garvin
S. Gallagher
F. Casey
M. Reid
E. Clarke
R. Taylor
R. Tansey
D. Johnson
C. Bruen
D. Doherty
P. Molloy
J. Higgins


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