1970-71

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Cork Hibernians	26	12	11	3	38	17	35
2	Shamrock Rovers	26	14	7	5	49	38	35
3	Waterford	26	13	8	5	49	34	34
4	Bohemians	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	042	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 Town	26	8	5	13	35	43	21
11	Sligo Rovers	26	7	7	12	36	58	21
12	St.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

* Championship Play Off - Cork Hibernians 3 Shamrock Rovers 1

1971-72

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Waterford	26	21	2	3	66	35	44
2	Cork Hibernians	26	19	2	5	70	17	40
3	Bohemians	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	St.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	7	8	11	30	37	22
10	Athlone Town	26	7	7	12	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

1972-73

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Waterford	26	20	2	4	67	21	42
2	Finn Harps	26	19	3	4	59	32	41
3	Bohemians	26	16	5	5	46	25	37
4	Cork Hibernians	26	13	8	5	53	27	34
5	Shamrock Rovers	26	12	6	6	45	32	30
6	Athlone Town	26	13	4	9	38	31	30
7	St.Patrick's Athletic	26	7	11	8	37	43	25
8	Shelbourne	26	9	6	11	50	40	24
9	Limerick	26	7	6	13	32	35	20
10	Sligo Rovers	26	9	2	15	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

1973-74

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Cork Celtic	26	18	6	2	50	25	42
2	Bohemians	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	5	36	29
6	Dundalk	26	12	4	10	41	36	28
7	Shamrock Rovers	26	11	5	10	31	33	27
8	St.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	119	40	20
11	Athlone Town	26	8	3	15	25	38	19
12	Drogheda United	26	7	5	14	39	59	19
13	Sligo Rovers	26	6	2	18	28	51	14
14	Shelbourne	26	4	5	17	31	58	13

1974-75

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Bohemians	26	18	6	2	35	12	42
2	Athlone Town	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	26	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	40	38	25
9	Drogheda United	26	6	12	8	32	37	24
10	St.Patrick's Athletic	26	8	7	11	30	37	23
11	Home Farm	26	7	6	13	31	43	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

1975-76

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Dundalk	26	15	10	1	54	26	40
2	Finn Harps	26	15	6	5	57	35	36
3	Waterford	26	13	8	5	54	37	34
4	Bohemians	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 Town	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	St.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

1976-77

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Sligo Rovers	26	18	3	5	48	20	39
2	Bohemians	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	St.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 Town	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

1977-78

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Bohemians	30	17	10	3	74	25	44
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 Town	30	10	11	9	43	40	31
9	Cork Alberts*	30	11	8	11	36	35	30
10	St.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	3	50	23
13	Home Farm	30	8	7	15	30	56	23
14	Cork Celtic	30	6	10	14	34	58	22
15	Galway Rovers	30	3	10	17	16	53	16
16	Thurles Town	30	1	8	21	22	69	10

*Albert Rovers renamed Cork Alberts

1978-79*

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Dundalk	30	19	7	4	57	25	45
2	Bohemians	30	18	7	5	53	21	43
3	Drogheda United	30	17	6	7	60	40	42	[+2]
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	[+1]
7	Athlone Town	30	14	7	9	56	41	35
8	Finn Harps	30	15	6	9	56	41	34	[-2]
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	19	35	62	23	[+2]
13	Shelbourne	30	6	9	15	41	58	21
14	St.Patrick's Athletic	30	7	6	19	36	62	20
15	Galway Rovers	30	4	5	21	41	79	13
16	Cork Celtic	30	3	5	24	16	67	8	[-3]

* Three matches (Drogheda 0-1 Finn Harps, Thurles 0-1 Cork Celtic and Cork Celtic 0-0 Limerick) had points awarded (to Drogheda, Thurles and Limerick) without G-D-L or goal records being changed.

1979-80

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Limerick United	30	20	7	3	67	24	47
2	Dundalk	30	20	6	4	59	13	46
3	Athlone Town	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	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	Drogheda United	30	6	16	8	36	41	28
10	Thurles Town	30	9	10	11	43	48	28
11	Galway Rovers	30	11	6	13	32	47	28
12	St.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	University College Dublin	30	5	4	21	24	75	14
16	Shelbourne	30	3	6	21	30	83	12

* Cork Alberts renamed Cork United