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1980–81 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| type | Senior Club | ||
| year | 1980–81 | ||
| dates | 12 October 1980 – 17 May 1981 | ||
| teams | 5 | ||
| connacht | Sarsfield's | ||
| connachtlink | Sarsfields GAA (Galway) | ||
| munster | St. Finbarr's | ||
| leinster | Ballyhale Shamrocks | ||
| ulster | McQuillan's | ||
| ulsterlink | Ballycastle McQuillan GAC | ||
| team | Ballyhale Shamrocks | ||
| titles | 1st | ||
| captain | Richie Reid | ||
| team2 | St. Finbarr's | ||
| captain2 | Bertie O'Brien | ||
| topscorer | [[File:Colours of Limerick.svg | 20px | border]] Brendan Fennelly (1–30) |
| previous | 1979–80 | ||
| next | 1981–82 |
The 1980–81 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 11th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier club hurling tournament. The championship ran from 12 October 1980 to 17 May 1981.
Castlegar of Galway were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being beaten in the 1980 Galway SHC. Killeedy of Limerick and Tallow of Waterford made their championship debuts.
The All-Ireland final was played at Semple Stadium in Thurles on 17 May 1981, between St Finbarr's of Cork and Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny, in what was a first championship meeting between the teams. Ballyhale Shamrocks won the match by 1–15 to 1–11 to claim a first title.
Brendan Fennelly was the championship's top scorer with 1–30.
[[Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship]]
Connacht first round
Connacht 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]]
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 | Brendan Fennelly | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 1–30 | 33 | 6 | 5.50 |
| 2 | Jackie Kilroy | Tremane | 7–06 | 27 | 3 | 9.00 |
| 3 | Liam Fennelly | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 6–06 | 24 | 6 | 4.00 |
| 4 | John Cremin | St Finbarr's | 0–20 | 20 | 5 | 4.00 |
| 5 | Charlie McCarthy | St Finbarr's | 1–16 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 |
| John Quigley | Rathnure | 0–19 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 | |
| 7 | Eddie Donnelly | Ballycastle McQuillans | 3–12 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 8 | Johnny Walsh | Ardclough | 2–12 | 18 | 2 | 9.00 |
| 9 | Basil Johnson | Tremane | 2–10 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| Peter Boyle | Ballycastle McQuillans | 0–16 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
Miscellaneous
- McQuillan's of Antrim become the first team to win three successive Ulster titles.
- Ballyhale Shamrocks win the All-Ireland title for the first time. In doing so they deny St. Finbarr's a unique double as their Gaelic footballers would later claim the All-Ireland title in that code.
References
References
- Breheny, Martin. (15 March 2011). "All-Ireland Club Hurling". Irish Independent.
- 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.
- (20 November 2015). "Killeedy’s All-Ireland Club Junior B Hurling Championship continues to thrive". Irish Examiner.
- (17 October 2015). "How the west has challenged Waterford’s city slickers". The Sunday Times.
- (25 February 2017). "Barr's in blue - the only other All-Ireland senior club double bid before Slaughtneil". The 42.
- (16 March 2019). "Liam Fennelly and Patrick Holden’s Ballyhale memories: ‘Finbarr’s nearly had a Cork team of their own. But we didn’t mind’". Irish Examiner.
- (22 January 2023). "Relentless Shamrocks seek to prolong winning tradition". RTÉ Sport.
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