1980 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1980

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Tipperary (4th win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 17th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

Tipperary were the defending champions.

On 14 September 1980, Tipperary won the championship following a 2-9 to 0-14 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title in the under-21 grade and their second in succession.

Results

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Final

Cork v Tipperary

6 August 1980 Final	Cork	2-9 - 4-11	Tipperary	Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy
	T Coyne 1-3, R O'Connor 1-2, W Ashman 0-1, K Hennessy 0-1, M O'Sullivan 0-1, T McCarthy 0-1.		J Kennedy 2-0, P Kennedy 0-5, P McGrath 1-1, P Power 1-0, A Buckley 0-2, B Ryan 0-1, J Dwyer 0-1.

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Kilkenny v Antrim

17 August 1980 Semi-final	Kilkenny	2-13 - 1-11	Antrim	Croke Park, Dublin
	B Purcell 1-5, G Ryan 1-0, R Murphy 0-2, J Mulcahy 0-2, M Nash 0-2, L Ryan 0-1, A Brophy 0-1.		T Burton 0-6, B Donnelly 1-1, D Donnelly 0-2, D Laverty 0-1, T Donnelly 0-1.	Referee: N O'Donoghue (Dublin)

Tipperary v Galway

17 August 1980 Semi-final	Tipperary	3-11 - 2-12	Galway	Cusack Park, Ennis
	A Buckley 2-3, P Kennedy 0-4, R Power 1-0, B Ryan 0-1, M Murphy 0-1, P McGrath 0-1, B Heffernan 0-1.		M Haverty 1-3, S Dolan 1-2, G Lally 0-2, J Coen 0-2, S Fahy 0-2, P Hurney 0-1.	Referee: G Kirwan (Offaly)

Final

Tipperary v Kilkenny

14 September 1980 Final	Tipperary	2-9 - 0-14	Kilkenny	Croke Park, Dublin
	M Murphy 1-1, A Buckley 1-0, J Kennedy 0-3, P Power 0-3, P McGrath 0-2.		B Purcell 0-4, M Nash 0-4, B McEvoy 0-3, L Ryan 0-1, E Wallace 0-1, J Mulcahy 0-1.	Referee: J Denton (Waterford)