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 SFCQuarter Final 5 August Easkey St. Mary’s 0-9 Enniscrone 0-6 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 5 August Easkey Tourlestrane 1-8 St. Patrick’s 1-8 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 5 August Markievicz Park Tubbercurry 1-10 Eastern Harps 1-8 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 5 August Ballymote Coolera 1-6 Curry 0-5 Sligo SFCQuarter 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 SFCSemi-Final 26 August Markievicz Park St. Mary’s 1-10 Coolera 0-8 Sligo SFCSemi-Final 26 August Ballymote Tubbercurry 4-5 Tourlestrane 1-5
Sligo Senior Football Championship Final St. Mary's0-13 - 1-4(final score after 60 minutes)TubbercurryTeam: 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
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References
Sligo Champion (August–September 1979)