1980–81 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
| Championship Details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12 April 1981 – 17 May 1981 |
| Teams | 5 |
| All Ireland Champions | |
| Winners | Ballyhale Shamrocks (1st win) |
| Captain | Richie Reid |
| All Ireland Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | St. Finbarr's |
| Captain | Bertie O'Brien |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | St. Finbarr's |
| Leinster | Ballyhale Shamrocks |
| Ulster | McQuillan's |
| Connacht | Sarsfield's |
| Championship Statistics | |
| Matches Played | 4 |
| Total Goals | 10 (2.50 per game) |
| Total Points | 81 (20.25 per game) |
← 1979–80 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 All-Ireland series began on 12 April 1981 and ended on 17 May 1981.
Castlegar were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify.[1] Ballyhale Shamrocks won the title after defeating St. Finbarr's by 1-15 to 1-11 in the final.[2][3][4]
Qualification
| Provincial finals | All-Ireland semi-finals | All-Ireland final | ||||||||||||
 Ballyhale Shamrocks
| 3-10 | |||||||||||||
| Coolderry
| 1-8 | |||||||||||||
| Ballyhale Shamrocks
| 2-11 | |||||||||||||
 McQuillan's
| 0-12 | |||||||||||||
| McQuillan's
| 1-20 | |||||||||||||
| Ballycran
| 0-13 | |||||||||||||
| Ballyhale Shamrocks
| 1-15 | |||||||||||||
 St. Finbarr's
| 1-11 | |||||||||||||
| St. Finbarr's
| 2-12 | |||||||||||||
 Roscrea
| 1-14 | |||||||||||||
| St. Finbarr's
| 2-11 | |||||||||||||
| Sarsfield's
| 1-3 | |||||||||||||
| Sarsfield's
| 4-12 | |||||||||||||
| Tremane
| 0-5 | |||||||||||||
Results
| 12 April 1981 Final | Tremane | 0-5 - 4-12 | Sarsfields | Athleague Sportsfield |
| 14 December 1980 Final | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 3-10 - 1-8 | Coolderry | Geraldine Park |
| 19 October 1980 Quarter-final | St. Finbarr's | 1-19 - 0-07 | Causeway | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork |
| J Cremin 0-10, T Masher 1-0, J Meyler 0-3, J O'Shea 0-2, M Kennedy 0-2, E Fitzpatrick 0-1, J Barry-Murphy 0-1. | J Regan 0-2, P Moriarty 0-2, R Hussey 0-1, M Burke 0-1, S Carroll 0-1. |
| 19 October 1980 Quarter-final | Roscrea | 1-10 - 1-07 | Tallow | St. Cronan's Park |
| J Butler 1-2, F Loughnane 0-5, P Queally 0-1, J Stone 0-1, G O'Connor 0-1. | M Curley 1-0, R O'Brien 0-3, C Curley 0-2, K Ryan 0-1, P Daly 0-1. |
| 16 November 1980 Semi-final | Kileedy | 3-07 - 3-14 | St. Finbarr's | Dromcollogher Sportsfield |
| T Mulcahy 2-0, W Fitzmaurice 0-4, P Fitzmaurice 1-0, M Fitzmaurice 0-1, M Scanlon 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1. | C McCarthy 1-4, J Cremin 0-5, T Maher 1-0, J Barry-Murphy 1-0, E Fitzpatrick 0-3, J Meyler 0-1, N Kennefick 0-1. |
| 16 November 1980 Semi-final | Newmarket-on-Fergus | 2-08 - 2-10 | Roscrea | Newmarket-on-Fergus GAA Ground |
| J McNamara 2-0, S Liddy 0-5, C Woods 0-2, D Hayes 0-1. | L Spooner 0-4, F Loughnane 0-4, J Butler 1-0, M Shanahan 1-0, J Stone 0-1, K O'Connor 0-1. |
| 30 November 1980 Final | St. Finbarr's | 2-12 - 1-14 | Roiscrea | Páirc Mac Gearailt |
| C McCarthy 0-6, J Barry-Murphy 1-2, E Fitzpatrick 1-0, J Cremin 0-2, C Ryan 0-1, N Kennefick 0-1. | G O'Connor 1-1, F Loughnane 0-4, K O'Connor 0-3, L Spooner 0-2, P Queally 0-2, J Stone 0-1, J Tynan 0-1. |
| 26 October 1980 Final | Ballycran | 0-13 - 1-20 | Ballycastle McQuillans | McKenna Park |
| 12 April 1981 Quarter-final | McQuillan's | 1-14 - 2-4 | Brian Boru's | Páirc Mac Uílín |
| 26 April 1981 Semi-final | McQuillan's | 0-12 - 2-11 | Ballyhale Shamrocks | Páirc Mac Uílín |
| 26 April 1981 Semi-final | St. Finbarr's | 2-11 - 1-3 | Sarsfield's | Páirc Uí Chaoimh |
| 17 May 1981 Final | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 1-15 - 1-11 | St. Finbarr's | Semple Stadium |
| Referee: N O'Donoghue (Dublin) |
Statistics
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
- ^ Ní Fhlatharta, Bernie (20 August 2013). "1980 change of luck was all down to Pope John Paul II". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ Foley, Cliona (1 December 2009). "'Cha' signals Ballyhale's ambition for famous five". Irish Independent. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Teams stand on brink of history". Kilkenny People. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
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