1980–81 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1980–81
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

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

12 April 1981 Final	Tremane	0-5 - 4-12	Sarsfields	Athleague Sportsfield

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

14 December 1980 Final	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-10 - 1-8	Coolderry	Geraldine Park

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

19 October 1980 Quarter-final	St. Finbarr's	1-19 - 0-7	Causeway

19 October 1980 Quarter-final	Roscrea	1-10 - 1-7	Tallow	St. Cronan's Park

16 November 1980 Semi-final	Kileedy	3-7 - 3-14	St. Finbarr's	Dromcollogher Sportsfield

16 November 1980 Semi-final	Newmarket-on-Fergus	2-8 - 2-10	Roscrea	Newmarket-on-Fergus GAA Ground

30 November 1980 Final	St. Finbarr's	2-12 - 1-14	Roiscrea	Páirc Mac Gearailt

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

26 October 1980 Final	Ballycran	0-13 - 1-20	Ballycastle McQuillans	McKenna Park

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

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. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
↑ "Young club still has long tradition of success". Irish Times. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships

Seasons	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Finals	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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