Irish National Championships
National Stadium, Dublin
February 28 - March 2, 1979
results may be incomplete
Preliminaries
| 1979-02-28 | 71kg | T.Synott | S.McGough | PTS |
| 1979-02-28 | 71kg | Brian Byrne | Michael John Heffernan | RSC 1 |
Quarterfinals
| 1979-02-28 | 54kg | Tommy Winston | Patsy O'Reilly | PTS |
| 1979-02-28 | 63,5kg | Martin McGough | Pat Murray | PTS |
| 1979-02-28 | 63,5kg | Peter Davitt | Christy Ruth | RSC 1 |
| 1979-02-28 | 63,5kg | Douglas Adams | Alan Walton | PTS |
| 1979-02-28 | 67kg | Ken Beattie | James Shortall | PTS |
| 1979-02-28 | 71kg | Matt Cowap | John Ward | KO 1 |
| 1979-02-28 | 71kg | Jim O'Sullivan | J.Dunne | PTS |
| 1979-02-28 | 71kg | Ray Bell | A.O'Neill | PTS |
| 1979-02-28 | 71kg | Brian Byrne | T.Synott | PTS |
| 1979-02-28 | 75kg | Tony de Loughrey | Aidan Heffernan | RSC 1 |
| 1979-02-28 | +81kg | Joe Christle | Mel Christle | WO. |
Semifinals
| 1979-02-28 | 48kg | Sean McDermott | Gerard Hawkins | PTS |
| 1979-02-28 | 51kg | Noel Kirwan | Jimmy Carson | PTS |
| 1979-03-01 | 54kg | Philippe Sutcliffe | Tommy Winston | KO 1 |
| 1979-03-01 | 54kg | Richie Foster | Tommy Thompson | 5:0 |
| 1979-03-01 | 57kg | Michael Holmes | Davy Kavanagh | 5:0 |
| 1979-03-01 | 57kg | Gus Farrell | Kenneth Webb | PTS |
| 1979-03-01 | 60kg | Martin Brereton | John Shaw | 4:1 |
| 1979-03-01 | 60kg | Sean Doyle | Mick McCloskey | 5:0 |
| 1979-03-01 | 63,5kg | Joseph Fenlon | Douglas Adams | PTS |
| 1979-03-01 | 63,5kg | Peter Davitt | Martin McGough | PTS |
| 1979-03-01 | 67kg | John Allen | Willie Byrd | 3:2 |
| 1979-03-01 | 67kg | Ken Beattie | John Thornton | RSCI 3 |
| 1979-03-01 | 71kg | Brian Byrne | Ray Bell | PTS |
| 1979-03-01 | 71kg | Matt Cowap | Jim O'Sullivan | RSCI 2 |
| 1979-03-01 | 75kg | Terry Christle | Steve Griffin | 5:0 |
| 1979-03-01 | 75kg | Tony de Loughrey | Tommy Thompson | PTS |
| 1979-02-28 | 81kg | Frank McCullagh | F.Reilly | PTS |
| 1979-02-28 | +81kg | Roy Coulter | ??? | ??? |
| 1979-02-28 | +81kg | Joe Christle | Paddy Finn | ??? |
Finals
| 1979-03-02 | 48kg | Sean McDermott | Dave McAuley | PTS |
| 1979-03-02 | 51kg | Hugh Russell | Noel Kirwan | PTS |
| 1979-03-02 | 54kg | Richie Foster | Philippe Sutcliffe | PTS |
| 1979-03-02 | 57kg | Michael Holmes | Gus Farrell | RSC 1 |
| 1979-03-02 | 60kg | Sean Doyle | Martin Brereton | PTS |
| 1979-03-02 | 63,5kg | Peter Davitt | Joseph Fenlon | PTS |
| 1979-03-02 | 67kg | Ken Beattie | John Allen | RSC 3 |
| 1979-03-02 | 71kg | Brian Byrne | Matt Cowap | PTS |
| 1979-03-02 | 75kg | Terry Christle | Tony de Loughrey | 5:0 |
| 1979-03-02 | 81kg | Frank McCullagh | Brendan Lawlor | PTS |
| 1979-03-02 | +81kg | Joe Christle | Bob Coulter | KO 1 |
| sources: |
| "The Irish Press" - March 1, 1979 (page 16) |
| "Cork Examiner" - March 2, 1979 (page 11) |
| "Cork Examiner" - March 3, 1979 (page 15) |
Irish National Champs History | National Champs Index | 1979 Results