1979 Sligo Senior Football Championship

Sligo Senior Football Championship 1979

Winners
Sligo Champions	St. Mary's (2nd win)
Promotion/Relegation
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.

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) Substitutes:	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 Substitutes:

References

• Sligo Champion (August–September 1979)

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