title: 1997 Sligo Senior Football Championship
text: # 1997 Sligo Senior Football Championship
  
  This is a round-up of the 1997 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Tourlestrane reclaimed the title in this year, their fifth in all, following an emphatic victory over a disappointing Eastern Harps side.
  
  ## First round
  
  | Game | Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sligo SFC First Round | 6 July | Ballymote | St. Mary’s | 1-9 | Curry | 0-11 |
  | Sligo SFC First Round | 6 July | Ballymote | Shamrock Gaels | 3-13 | Ballymote | 0-8 |
  | Sligo SFC First Round | 6 July | Easkey | Easkey | 2-11 | Enniscrone | 1-9 |
  | Sligo SFC First Round | 6 July | Markievicz Park | Tourlestrane | 2-13 | Calry/St. Joseph’s | 1-8 |
  
  ## Quarter finals
  
  | Game | Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sligo SFC Quarter Final | 9 August | Markievicz Park | Tourlestrane | 0-10 | St. Mary’s | 1-3 |
  | Sligo SFC Quarter Final | 10 August | Markievicz Park | Easkey | 0-11 | Shamrock Gaels | 0-9 |
  | Sligo SFC Quarter Final | 10 August | Markievicz Park | Eastern Harps | 2-16 | Coolera/Strandhill | 1-4 |
  | Sligo SFC Quarter Final | 10 August | Ballymote | Tubbercurry | 2-6 | Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 2-6 |
  | Sligo SFC Quarter Final Replay | 24 August | Markievicz Park | Tubbercurry | 0-13 | Drumcliffe/Rosses Point | 1-9 |
  
  ## Semi-finals
  
  | Game | Date | Venue | Team A | Score | Team B | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sligo SFC Semi-Final | 7 September | Ballymote | Eastern Harps | 1-14 | Easkey | 1-7 |
  | Sligo SFC Semi-Final | 7 September | Ballymote | Tourlestrane | 1-15 | Tubbercurry | 1-14 |
  
  ## Sligo Senior Football Championship Final
  
  | Tourlestrane | 0-16 - 0-8 (final score after 60 minutes) | Eastern Harps |
  | - | - | - |
  | Manager:Neil Egan Team: P. McVann L. Gaughan F. Kennedy N. Manley J. Curley D. Durkin E. Gallagher C. O'Meara E. O'Hara (0-1) E. Walsh M. Walsh (0-4)(Capt) J. Egan (0-3) S. Dunne G. McGowan (0-5) R. Kennedy (0-3) Substitutes: J. Lundy | Half-time: 0-6 - 0-2 Competition: Sligo Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: 21 September 1997 Venue: Markievicz Park, Sligo Referee: Paddy Hennessy (Owenmore Gaels) | Manager:Denis Johnson Team: P. Walsh F. Sexton O. Shannon S. King D. Ballantyne (Capt) D. Mullaney M. Cosgrove M. McCormack (0-1) J. Chambers (0-1) K. Carty (0-1) P. Taylor (0-4) E. Molloy J. Bruen S. Dorrian B. Phillips (0-1) Substitutes: P.J. Langton N. Molloy |
  