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Sligo Senior Football Championship

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Founded
  
1888

First winner
  
Sligo Emmets

Irish
  
Craobh Sinsear Peile Co. Shligigh

Title holders
  
Tourlestrane (12th title)

Most titles
  
Tubbercurry (20 titles)

Sponsors
  
Belfry Bar & Restaurant

The Sligo Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Sligo clubs. The winners of the Sligo Senior Championship qualify to represent the county in the Connacht Senior Club Football Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Tubbercurry remain the most successful club, having won the Championship on 20 occasions, the last in 2014. Tourlestrane won the 2016 competition, defeating | St. Mary's in the final to win their twelfth title.

The trophy presented to the winners is the Owen B. Hunt Cup, which was first presented for the 1953 final.

References

Sligo Senior Football Championship Wikipedia