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
County	Sligo
Year	1979
Winners
Champions	St. 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	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

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

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: 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 Substitutes:

References

• Sligo Champion (August–September 1979)