South of Ireland 1973
72nd South of Ireland Championship
29 July - 1 August 1973
Final
Mark Gannon (Co Louth) bt David Long (Shandon Park) 1 hole
Semi-finals
Long bt Howlett 2/1
Gannon bt Guerin 5/4
Quarter-finals
Howlett bt Burns 2/1
Long bt Higgins 3/2
Guerin bt McKeown 2/1
Gannon bt Nevin 19th
Third round
Burns bt Purcell 3/1
Howlett bt A Pierse 1 hole
Higgins bt Woods 1 hole
Long bt Kiely 1 hole
McKeown bt Young 3/2
Guerin bt DJ Smyth 2/1
Gannon bt Harney 1 hole
Nevin bt Dunne 1 hole
Second round
Burns bt Queally 1 hole
Purcell bt Canavan 1 hole
Howlett bt Skerritt 19th
A Pierse bt O’Donoghue 3/2
Woods bt Mulcare 20th
Higgins bt McBride 2/1
Long bt O'Brien 3/2
Kiely bt JD Smyth 2/1
Young bt Dunne 20th
McKeown bt BP Malone 19th
Guerin bt Hoey 5/4
DJ Smyth bt Barrett 4/3
Gannon bt Rice 3/1
Harney bt Fullam 1 hole
Dunne bt O’Reilly 5/4
Nevin bt Ruby 3/2
First round
PJ Queally (Spanish Point) bt P Walsh (Shannon) 5/4
M Burns (Tramore) bt B Reddan (Co Louth) 1 hole
J Purcell (Mullingar) bt A Sprint (Portmarnock) 5/3
V Canavan (UCD) bt S Dijon (Portstewart) 2/1
M Skerritt (Lahinch) bt M McLoughlin (Laytown) 4/3
RJ Howlett (New Ross) bt B Begley (Castletroy) 3/1
W O'Donoghue (Castletroy) bt M D O'Brien (New Ross) 3/2
A Pierse (Tipperary) bt T Cleary (Fermoy) 4/3
P Mulcare (Woodbrook) bt S McParland (Greenore) 4/3
N Woods (Bangor) bt P V O'Neill (Royal Dublin) 3/2
E Higgins (Cork) bt P Hennelly (Galway) 5/4
B McBride (Nairn & Portnoo) bt G O'Keeffe (Waterford) 2/1
D Long (Shandon Park) bt WD Bruen (Cork) 1 hole
W O'Brien (Sundridge Park) bt J A Hayes (Hermitage) 3/1
JD Smyth (Lahinch) bt P Bray (Hermitage) 4/3
D Kiely (Cork) bt P McAuley (Laytown) 2/1
G A Young (Kilrush) bt M Galvin (Ennis) 2/1
AJ Dunne (Baltinglass) bt M Mandeville (Dundalk) 1 hole
BP Malone (Portmarnock) bt J McKenna (Muskerry) 4/3
HN McKeown (Cork) bt P Egan (Athlone) 19th
M Guerin (Killarney) bt D McCann (Headfort) 2/1
B Hoey (Ennis) bt M Holohan (Kilkenny) 2/1
DJ Smyth (Laytown & Bettystown) bt W L Mason (Cork) 4/3
M Barrett (Lahinch) bt S Dunlop (Killarney) 3/2
M Gannon (Co Louth) bt M Fitzgerald (Shannon) 4/3
W Rice (Limerick) bt T Higgins (Cork) 4/3
R G Fullam (UCD) bt R de L Staunton (Castlerea) 4/3
M Harney (Portumna) bt G_ Donald (Grange) 20th
E Dunne (Athlone) bt D Sheppard (Athy) 3/2
J O'Reilly (Monkstown) bt A J Heverin (Woodbrook) 3/2
V Nevin (Limerick) bt V Freyne (Ballyhaunis) 1 hole
T Ruby (Muskerry) bt S Meaney (Castletroy) 5/3
Leading qualifiers
68 E Dunne (Athlone)
70 P Walshe (Shannon), B Reddan (Co Louth), JD Smyth (Lahinch), M Holohan (Kilkenny)
71 M McLoughlin (Laytown & Bettystown), W Rice (Limerick), RJ Howlett (New Ross), B P Malone (Portmarnock)
72 V Canavan (UCD), E Higgins (Cork), N Wood (Bangor), M Skerritt (Lahinch), M Gannon (Co Louth), P McAuley (Laytown & Bettystown), B McBride (Nairn & Portnoo)
73 PJ Queally (Lahinch), B Begley (Castletroy), W O'Brien (Sundridge Park), M Mandeville (Dundalk), A Spring (Portmarnock), S Dijon (Portstewart), J Purcell (Mullingar), D Long (Shandon Park), A J Dunne (Baltinglass), A Heverin (Woodbrook)
74 D Kiely (Cork), P Hennelly (Galway), G O'Keeffe (Waterford), WD Bruen (Cork), M Galvin (Ennis), B Bray (Hermitage), J McKenna (Muskerry), T Cleary (Fermoy), B Hoey (Ennis), A Pierse (Tipperary), T Ruby (Muskerry), S McParland (Greenore), W O'Donoghue (Castletroy), GA Young (Kilrush), P V O'Neill (Royal Dublin), Tom Higgins (Cork), J O'Reilly (Monkstown), JB Hayes (Hermitage), G Donald (Grange)
75 M Barrett (Lahinch), ML Mason (Cork), M Fitzgerald (Shannon), M Guerin (Killarney), D McCann (Westport), RG Fullam (UCD), P Egan (Athlone), S Dunlop (Killarney), M Burns (Tramore), D Sheppard (Athy), S Meany (Castletroy), V Freyne (Ballyhaunis), M Harney (Portumna)
Non-qualifiers
75 S Flanagan (Co Sligo) E Teehan (Castlecomer) M Canavan (Royal Tara), N Pyne (Ennis), D Fitzgerald (Milltown), M O'Sullivan (Tramore), JS Coyne (UCD), DF Nagle (Kilrush)