This is a round-up of the 1988 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Patrick's, Dromard regained the Owen B. Hunt Cup after a fourteen-year wait, and it was a hard-earned title, having defeated the two leading lights of the 1980s - holders St. Mary's and Tubbercurry. St. Mary's were seen off emphatically after a quarter-final replay, bringing the curtain down on a remarkable era for the Sligo town club, and the Dromard side defeated Tubbercurry by a single point in the final.
First round
Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCFirst Round 10 July Ballymote Tubbercurry 2-8 Curry 1-7 Sligo SFCFirst Round 10 July Ballymote St. Nathy's 1-9 Geevagh 0-7 Sligo SFCFirst Round 10 July Markievicz Park Innisfree Gaels 0-5 Owenmore Gaels/Coolera 0-5 Sligo SFCFirst Round 10 July Markievicz Park St. Pat's 2-14 Grange/Cliffoney/Maugherow 1-5 Sligo SFCFirst Round 10 July Tubbercurry Enniscrone/Castleconnor 0-11 Tourlestrane/Cloonacool 1-6 Sligo SFCFirst Round 10 July Tubbercurry Eastern Harps 2-12 Easkey 2-2 Sligo SFCFirst Round Replay 17 July Markievicz Park Innisfree Gaels 0-9 Owenmore Gaels/Coolera 0-5
Quarter finals
Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCQuarter Final 31 July Markievicz Park Tubbercurry 2-10 Enniscrone/Castleconnor 1-5 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 31 July Tubbercurry St. Nathy's 0-11 Innisfree Gaels 0-7 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 31 July Ballymote Eastern Harps 3-6 Shamrock Gaels 2-6 Sligo SFCQuarter Final 31 July Ballymote St. Patrick's 0-9 St. Mary's 2-3 Sligo SFCQuarter Final Replay 7 August Ballymote St. Patrick's 1-14 St. Mary's 0-6
Semi-finals
Game Date Venue Team A Score Team B Score Sligo SFCSemi-Final 28 August Ballymote Tubbercurry 0-9 St. Nathy's 0-7 Sligo SFCSemi-Final 28 August Ballymote St. Patrick's 0-8 Eastern Harps 0-6
Sligo Senior Football Championship Final St. Patrick's2-6 - 0-11(final score after 60 minutes)TubbercurryTeam: S. Clarke J. Kilcullen D. Foley J. Kiely T. Kilgallon P. Kilgallon J. Dorran G. Boland (1-0) T. Mahon (0-2) T. Clarke (0-1) S. Reilly (Capt) O. Cavanagh J. Clarke J. Kearins (1-2) N. Kearins (0-1)
Substitutes: B. Flynn L. BolandHalf-time:1-3 - 0-5
Competition:Sligo Senior Football Championship(Final)
Date:11 September 1988
Venue:Corran Park, Ballymote
Referee:Francis Finan (Coolera/Strandhill)Team: P. Kilcoyne J. Stenson G. Gilmartin T. Killoran L. Gilmartin O. Wynne P. Gilmartin E. Gilmartin J. Murphy P. Regan B. Kilcoyne (0-3) P. Seevers (0-7) R. McCarrick D. Leen M. Curran
Substitutes: S. Gallagher N. Killoran (0-1)
References
Sligo Champion (July–September 1988)