Sligo Senior Football Championship 1964
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This is a round-up of the 1964 Sligo Senior Football Championship. The holders and four-in-a-row champions Ballisodare/St. Patrick's, dubbed as the "Pride of the West", were dethroned after a semi-final replay, with Keash the victors. They in turn fell to Curry in the final, thus ending a 42-year wait for the South Sligo club's third title.

First round

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
First Round
July 12 Tubbercurry Curry 1-6 Bunninadden 1-5
Sligo SFC
First Round
July 12 Markievicz Park
Markievicz Park
Markievicz Park is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in County Sligo, Ireland, home to the Sligo football and hurling teams. Built in 1955 due mostly to Sean Forde who single-handedly gathered the funds necessary to build the stadium, it is named after Sligo-born Constance...

Ballisodare/St. Patrick’s 2-11 Sooey 0-5
Sligo SFC
First Round
July 12 Ballymote Collooney Harps 6-5 Tourlestrane 0-7
Sligo SFC
First Round
July 12 Ballymote Easkey 2-9 Tubbercurry 0-6

Quarter finals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
August 2 Tubbercurry Collooney Harps 0-12 Easkey 1-6
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
August 9 Ballymote Ballisodare/St. Patrick’s 2-9 Ballymote 0-6
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
August 9 Ballymote Keash 0-16 St. Joseph’s (Cliffoney) 0-5
Sligo SFC
Quarter Final
August 16 Tubbercurry Curry 2-6 Craobh Rua 3-0

Semi-Finals

Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final
August 16 Ballymote Keash 3-5 Ballisodare/St. Patrick’s 0-14
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final
August 23 Tubbercurry Curry 2-6 Collooney Harps 1-6
Sligo SFC
Semi-Final Replay
August 23 Tubbercurry Keash 3-7 Ballisodare/St. Patrick’s 2-4

Sligo Senior Football Championship Final

Curry
1-14 - 2-5
(final score after 60 minutes)
Keash

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Team:

N. Collins

M. Kildea

P.J. Doohan

O. Doyle

M. Parsons

T. Gilmartin

J. Durkin

P. Keane

S. Gilmartin

O. Henry

S. Durkin

P. Brennan

P. Duffy

C. Keane

T. Duffy
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Substitutes:


Half-time:

Competition:
Sligo Senior Football Championship
(Final)

Date:
September 6, 1964

Venue:
Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry
Tubbercurry
Tubbercurry or Tobercurry is a town in County Sligo, Ireland. It lies at the foot of the Ox Mountains, on the N17 national primary road.Tubbercurry has a very active Tidy Towns Project which is setting out to transform the town's visual appearance...



Referee:

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Team:

J. Benson

T. Convey

P. Keaney

K. Cryan

S. Carty

P. Hannon

R. McCormack

T. Joyce

B. Tansey

O. Tansey

S. Fox

J. Greer

M. Farrell

A. McDonagh

P. Tansey
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Substitutes:

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