2008 Sligo Senior Football Championship Last updated November 06, 2025 Gaelic football competition
2008 Sligo Senior Football Championship County Sligo Year 2008 Champions Eastern Harps (6th win) Manager Denis Johnson Captain Ross Donovan Promoted team(s) St.Molaise Gaels Relegated team(s) Bunninadden, Drumcliffe/Rosses Point, Geevagh
This is a round-up of the 2008 Sligo Senior Football Championship . Eastern Harps were crowned champions for the sixth time in their history, after a convincing defeat of Tubbercurry in the decider. The reigning champions, Tourlestrane, surrendered the title after failing to emerge from their group, and the once-dominant town outfit, St. Mary's, were forced to survive a playoff to retain their senior status. The 2000 champions Bunninadden were not so fortunate however, and were relegated to Intermediate level, just two years after last contesting the final.
Group stages The Championship was contested by 16 teams, divided into four groups. The top two sides in each group advanced to the quarter-finals, with the bottom sides in each group facing the Relegation playoffs to retain Senior status for 2009, as the restructuring of the Championships got under way.
Group A Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 31 May Enniscrone Coolera/Strandhill 1-13 Bunninadden 1-831 May Enniscrone Eastern Harps 1-15 Easkey 0-97 June Markievicz Park Eastern Harps 2-21 Bunninadden 1-47 June Ballymote Coolera/Strandhill 0-14 Easkey 1-69 August Markeivicz Park Eastern Harps 1-10 Coolera/Strandhill 1-710 August Tubbercurry Easkey 0-8 Bunninadden 0-7
Team Pld W D L For Against Pts Eastern Harps 3 3 0 0 4-46 2-20 6 Coolera/Strandhill 3 2 0 1 2-34 3-24 4 Easkey 3 1 0 2 1-23 1-37 2 Bunninadden 3 0 0 3 2-19 3-42 0
Group B Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 31 May Ballymote Calry/St. Joseph's 3-8 Tubbercurry 2-1131 May Ballymote Curry 0-11 St. Mary's 0-107 June Markievicz Park Curry 1-9 Tubbercurry 0-77 June Tubbercurry St. Mary's 1-13 Calry/St. Joseph's 1-810 August Ennisrone Tubbercurry 1-6 St. Mary's 0-610 August Ballymote Calry/St. Joseph's 1-8 Curry 0-9
Team Pld W D L For Against Pts Curry 3 2 0 1 1-29 1-25 4 Tubbercurry 3 1 1 1 3-24 3-21 3 Calry/St. Joseph's 3 1 1 1 5-24 3-33 3 St. Mary's 3 1 0 2 1-29 2-25 2
Group C Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 31 May Markievicz Park Castleconnor 1-12 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 1-51 June Markievicz Park St. Farnan's 2-8 St. John's 0-137 June Enniscrone Castleconnor 0-12 St. John's 0-97 June Enniscrone St. Farnan's 0-12 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 2-39 August Kent Park St. John's 0-13 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 1-39 August Ennicrone Castleconnor 1-7 St. Farnan's 1-7
Team Pld W D L For Against Pts Castleconnor 3 2 1 0 2-31 2-21 5 St. Farnan's 3 2 1 0 3-27 3-23 5 St. John's 3 1 0 2 0-35 3-23 2 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 3 0 0 3 4-11 1-37 0
Group D Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score 31 May Tubbercurry Ballymote 0-10 Tourlestrane 1-731 May Tubbercurry Shamrock Gaels 2-8 Geevagh 1-77 June Ballymote Shamrock Gaels 1-13 Tourlestrane 1-117 June Tourlestrane Ballymote 2-10 Geevagh 0-149 August Tubbercurry Ballymote 2-9 Shamrock Gaels 0-99 August Markievicz Park Tourlestrane 1-13 Geevagh 1-12
Team Pld W D L For Against Pts Ballymote 3 2 1 0 4-29 1-30 5 Shamrock Gaels 3 2 0 1 3-30 4-27 4 Tourlestrane 3 1 1 1 3-31 2-35 3 Geevagh 3 0 0 3 2-33 5-31 0
Quarterfinals Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCQuarter Final 30 August Markievicz Park Eastern Harps 2-19 St. Farnan's 0-2 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 30 August Enniscrone Coolera/Strandhill 1-8 Castleconnor 0-6 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 30 August Markievicz Park Curry 0-13 Shamrock Gaels 0-10 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 30 August Enniscrone Tubbercurry 1-14 Ballymote 1-13
Semifinals Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCSemi-Final 13 September Markievicz Park Eastern Harps 0-10 Curry 0-10 Sligo SFCSemi-Final 20 September Markievicz Park Tubbercurry 0-11 Coolera/Strandhill 0-11 Sligo SFCSemi-Final Replay 20 September Tourlestrane Eastern Harps 1-13 Curry 2-9 Sligo SFCSemi-Final Replay 28 September Tourlestrane Tubbercurry 1-14 Coolera/Strandhill 1-11
Last eight Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Eastern Harps 2-19 St. Farnan's 0-2 Eastern Harps 0-10, 1-13 (R) Curry 0-10, 2-9 (R) Curry 0-13 Shamrock Gaels 0-10 Eastern Harps 1-16 Tubbercurry 1-8 Coolera/Strandhill 1-8 Castleconnor 0-6 Coolera/Strandhill 0-11, 1-11 (R) Tubbercurry 0-11, 1-14 (R) Tubbercurry 1-14 Ballymote 1-13
Eastern Harps 1-16 - 1-8 (final score after 60 minutes) Tubbercurry Manager: Denis Johnson Team:
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Competition: Sligo Senior Football Championship
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Venue: Markievicz Park , Sligo
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Relegation Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 23 August Kent Park Geevagh 1-13 Drumcliffe/Rosses Point 1-6 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff 23 August Tourlestrane St. Mary's 0-11 Bunninadden 1-8 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff Replay 31 August Tubbercurry St. Mary's 0-16 Bunninadden 1-3 Sligo SFCRelegation Playoff Final 20 September Enniscrone St. Mary's 2-13 Geevagh 0-10
References Sligo Champion (Summer/Autumn 2008) Sligo Weekender (Summer/Autumn 2008)
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