1979-80

Division 1

Club M V D L G P
1 Limerick 30 20 7 3 67-24 47

Champion

2 Dundalk 30 20 6 4 59-13 46
3 Athlone 30 16 7 7 60-24 39
4 Shamrock Rovers 30 14 10 6 61-29 38
5 Finn Harps 30 16 6 8 49-33 38
6 Bohemians Dublin 30 12 8 10 42-30 32
7 Waterford 30 8 15 7 38-33 31
8 Sligo Rovers 30 11 9 10 40-45 31
9 Thurles Town 30 9 10 11 43-48 28
10 Drogheda United 30 6 16 8 36-41 28
11 Galway United 30 11 6 13 32-47 28
12 Saint Patrick’s Athletic 30 9 9 12 39-46 27
13 Home Farm 30 10 5 15 27-42 25
14 Cork United 30 6 4 20 22-56 16
15 U.C. Dublin 30 5 4 21 24-75 14
16 Shelbourne 30 3 6 21 30-83 12

1978-79

Division 1

Club M V D L G P
1 Dundalk 30 19 7 4 57-25 45

Champion

2 Bohemians Dublin 30 18 7 5 53-21 43
3 Drogheda United 30 17 6 7 60-40 42
4 Waterford 30 17 8 5 48-32 42
5 Shamrock Rovers 30 17 3 10 45-25 37
6 Limerick 30 13 9 8 39-25 36
7 Athlone 30 14 7 9 56-41 35
8 Finn Harps 30 15 6 9 56-41 34
9 Home Farm 30 13 7 10 47-33 33
10 Sligo Rovers 30 9 7 14 35-40 25
11 Cork Alberts 30 7 9 14 35-49 23
12 Thurles Town 30 8 5 17 35-62 23
13 Shelbourne 30 6 9 15 41-58 21
14 Saint Patrick’s Athletic 30 7 6 17 36-62 20
15 Galway United 30 4 5 21 41-79 13
16 Cork Celtic 30 3 5 24 16-67 8

1977-78

Division 1

Club M V D L G P
1 Bohemians Dublin 30 17 10 3 74-25 44

Champion

2 Finn Harps 30 19 4 7 60-38 42
3 Drogheda United 30 15 10 5 53-27 40
4 Shamrock Rovers 30 14 12 4 45-22 40
5 Waterford 30 16 7 7 46-37 39
6 Sligo Rovers 30 13 8 9 47-31 34
7 Limerick 30 10 12 8 36-29 32
8 Athlone 30 10 11 9 43-40 31
9 Cork Albert 30 11 8 11 36-35 30
10 Saint Patrick’s Athletic 30 10 7 13 34-35 27
11 Dundalk 30 9 9 12 43-46 27
12 Shelbourne 30 6 11 13 32-50 23
13 Home Farm 30 8 7 15 30-56 23
14 Cork Celtic 30 6 10 14 34-58 22
15 Galway United 30 3 10 17 16-53 16
16 Thurles Town 30 1 8 21 22-69 10

1976-77

Division 1

Club M V D L G P
1 Sligo Rovers 26 18 3 5 48-20 39

Champion

2 Bohemians Dublin 26 17 4 5 50-29 38
3 Drogheda United 26 12 10 4 56-34 34
4 Waterford 26 12 9 5 42-28 33
5 Dundalk 26 12 5 9 51-42 29
6 Saint Patrick’s Athletic 26 9 10 7 30-27 28
7 Shelbourne 26 10 8 8 39-40 28
8 Finn Harps 26 9 8 9 40-45 26
9 Cork Celtic 26 10 5 11 48-44 25
10 Athlone 26 8 7 11 43-46 23
11 Shamrock Rovers 26 7 3 16 26-46 17
12 Limerick 26 5 6 15 29-47 16
13 Albert Rovers 26 5 6 15 21-42 16
14 Home Farm 26 4 4 18 22-55 12

1975-76

Division 1

Club M V D L G P
1 Dundalk 26 15 10 1 54-26 40

Champion

2 Finn Harps 26 15 6 5 57-35 36
3 Waterford 26 13 8 5 54-37 34
4 Bohemians Dublin 26 10 12 4 44-25 32
5 Cork Hibernians 26 11 9 6 37-24 31
6 Drogheda United 26 11 6 9 42-45 28
7 Athlone 26 12 4 10 40-49 28
8 Cork Celtic 26 11 5 10 41-34 27
9 Shelbourne 26 7 7 12 42-44 21
10 Sligo Rovers 26 6 8 12 32-49 20
11 Saint Patrick’s Athletic 26 7 5 14 31-53 19
12 Home Farm 26 4 9 13 35-54 17
13 Limerick 26 6 4 16 37-49 16
14 Shamrock Rovers 26 4 7 15 27-49 15

1974-75

Division 1

Club M V D L G P
1 Bohemians Dublin 26 18 6 2 36-12 42

Champion

2 Athlone 26 13 7 6 45-32 33
3 Finn Harps 26 10 10 6 59-50 30
4 Cork Hibernians 26 10 9 7 42-25 29
5 Dundalk 26 10 8 8 37-36 28
6 Waterford 26 10 7 9 48-46 27
7 Cork Celtic 26 8 10 8 43-44 26
8 Shamrock Rovers 26 10 5 11 32-37 25
9 Drogheda United 26 6 12 8 32-37 24
10 Saint Patrick’s Athletic 26 8 7 11 30-37 23
11 Home Farm 26 7 6 13 31-44 20
12 Limerick 26 7 6 13 28-46 20
13 Shelbourne 26 6 7 13 33-38 19
14 Sligo Rovers 26 7 4 15 27-46 18

1973-74

Division 1

Club M V D L G P
1 Cork Celtic 26 18 6 2 50-25 42

Champion

2 Bohemians Dublin 26 18 2 6 56-18 38
3 Cork Hibernians 26 16 6 4 47-23 38
4 Finn Harps 26 15 5 6 51-27 35
5 Waterford 26 11 7 8 55-36 29
6 Dundalk 26 12 4 10 41-36 28
7 Shamrock Rovers 26 11 5 10 31-33 27
8 Saint Patrick’s Athletic 26 10 2 14 29-45 22
9 Limerick 26 7 6 13 32-45 20
10 Home Farm 26 6 8 12 19-40 20
11 Drogheda United 26 7 5 14 39-59 19
12 Athlone 26 8 3 15 25-38 19
13 Sligo Rovers 26 6 2 18 28-51 14
14 Shelbourne 26 4 5 17 31-58 13

1972-73

Division 1

Club M V D L G P
1 Waterford 26 20 2 4 67-21 42

Champion

2 Finn Harps 26 19 3 4 59-32 41
3 Bohemians Dublin 26 16 5 5 46-25 37
4 Cork Hibernians 26 13 8 5 53-27 34
5 Shamrock Rovers 26 12 6 8 45-32 30
6 Athlone 26 13 4 9 38-31 30
7 Saint Patrick’s Athletic 26 7 11 8 37-43 25
8 Shelbourne 26 9 6 11 50-40 24
9 Limerick 26 8 6 12 32-35 20
10 Sligo Rovers 26 8 2 16 25-51 20
11 Home Farm 26 6 7 13 29-60 19
12 Cork Celtic 26 7 4 15 29-50 18
13 Dundalk 26 4 6 16 19-48 14
14 Drogheda United 26 1 8 17 22-56 10

1971-72

Division 1

Division A

Club M V D L G P
1 Waterford 26 21 2 3 66-35 44

Champion

2 Cork Hibernians 26 19 2 5 70-17 40
3 Bohemians Dublin 26 16 5 5 45-24 37
4 Finn Harps 26 18 0 8 62-34 36
5 Shamrock Rovers 26 12 4 10 52-41 28
6 Saint Patrick’s Athletic 26 9 7 10 33-36 25
7 Dundalk 26 11 3 12 39-46 25
8 Cork Celtic 26 8 7 11 36-46 23
9 Shelbourne 26 6 8 12 30-37 22
10 Athlone 26 8 7 11 40-56 21
11 Drogheda United 26 6 6 14 30-42 18
12 Drumcondra 26 5 6 15 24-52 16
13 Limerick 26 5 5 16 29-53 15
14 Sligo Rovers 26 5 4 17 34-71 14

1970-71

Division 1

Division A

Club M V D L G P
1 Cork Hibernians 26 12 11 3 38-17 35

Champion

2 Shamrock Rovers 26 14 7 5 49-38 35
3 Waterford 26 13 8 5 49-34 34
4 Bohemians Dublin 26 12 9 5 38-25 33
5 Cork Celtic 26 11 9 6 44-27 31
6 Finn Harps 26 13 4 9 54-42 30
7 Limerick 26 10 8 8 36-31 28
8 Shelbourne 26 10 7 9 32-30 27
9 Dundalk 26 7 11 8 37-33 25
10 Athlone 26 8 5 13 35-43 21
11 Sligo Rovers 26 7 7 12 36-58 21
12 Saint Patrick’s Athletic 26 5 7 14 34-55 17
13 Drogheda United 26 6 4 16 27-46 16
14 Drumcondra 26 3 5 18 26-56 11