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1979–80 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| type | Senior Club | ||
| year | 1979–80 | ||
| dates | 7 October 1979 – 1 June 1980 | ||
| teams | 29 | ||
| connacht | Castlegar | ||
| munster | Blackrock | ||
| leinster | Crumlin | ||
| ulster | McQuillan's | ||
| ulsterlink | Ballycastle McQuillan GAC | ||
| matches | 29 | ||
| team | Castlegar | ||
| titles | 1st | ||
| captain | Michael Connolly | ||
| team2 | McQuillans-Ballycastle | ||
| team2link | Ballycastle McQuillan GAC | ||
| topscorer | [[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg | 20px | border]] Frank Keenan (4–17) |
| previous | 1978–79 | ||
| next | 1980–81 |
The 1979–80 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 10th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship ran from 7 October 1979 to 1 June 1980.
Blackrock of Cork were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Castlegar in the All-Ireland Semi-final. Causeway of Kerry, Killyon of Meath and Kinnitty of Offaly made their championship debuts.
The All-Ireland final was played at Páirc Tailteann in Navan on 1 June 1980, between Castlegar of Galway and Ballycastle McQuillans of Antrim, in what was a first championship meeting between the teams and a first ever Connacht-Ulster final. Castlegar won the match by 1–11 to 1–08 and became the first team from Galway to win the title.
Frank Keenan was the championship's top scorer with 4–17.
[[Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship]]
Connacht first round
Conancht semi-final
Connacht final
[[Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship]]
Leinster first round
Leinster quarter-finals
Leinster semi-finals
Leinster final
[[Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship]]
Munster quarter-finals
Munster semi-finals
Munster final
[[Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship]]
First round
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Ulster quarter-final
Ulster semi-final
Ulster final
[[All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship]]
All-Ireland quarter-final
All-Ireland semi-finals
All-Ireland final
Championship statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Keenan | Camross | 4–17 | 29 | 3 | 9.66 |
| 2 | Jackie Kilroy | Tremane | 5–10 | 25 | 3 | 8.33 |
| 3 | Séamus Kilroy | Tremane | 2–17 | 23 | 3 | 7.66 |
| 4 | Joe Connolly | Castlegar | 2–16 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 5 | Mark Corrigan | Kinnitty | 0–21 | 21 | 2 | 10.50 |
| 6 | John Grogan | Dunhill | 4–05 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| Jim Kealy | Crumlin | 1–14 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 | |
| 8 | Éamonn O'Donoghue | Blackrock | 2–10 | 16 | 5 | 3.20 |
| Danny Buckley | Blackrock | 2–10 | 16 | 5 | 3.20 | |
| Peter Boyle | Ballycastle McQuillans | 0–16 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
Miscellaneous
- Blackrock of Cork set the all-time record by winning a fifth Munster title.
- Crumlin become the first team from Dublin to win the Leinster title.
- The All-Ireland final between Castlegar and McQuillan's was a unique affair as it was the first final to feature teams from Connacht and Ulster. Castlegar win the All-Ireland for the first time in their history, thus becoming the first Connacht team to win the title.
References
References
- Breheny, Martin. (15 March 2011). "All-Ireland Club Hurling". Irish Independent.
- (9 October 2022). "City slickers' return in Cork reminiscent of days of 'Little All-Ireland'". RTÉ Sport.
- (14 January 2020). "The Christy O'Connor column: Kilkenny kingpins Ballyhale a club like no other". Echo Live.
- (4 June 1993). "Leahy Brothers". Hogan Stand.
- Geoghegan, Jimmy. (11 February 2021). "Killyon’s hat-trick of Jubilee Cups achieved 40 years ago". The Meath Chronicle.
- "Club Titles - Offaly". Hogan Stand.
- (30 May 2020). "History makers Ballycastle cruised past Crumlin to make a little bit of history". The Saffron Gael.
- Crowe, Dermot. (5 July 2020). "'It mended broken hearts' - Galway legend Joe Connolly relives a life steeped in hurling". Irish Independent.
- (1 June 2020). "Ballycastle denied by Castlegar in historic All Ireland club final". The Saffron Gael.
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