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
Top Scorer	Brendan Fennelly (1-30)
	← 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[edit]

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[edit]

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship[edit]

First round

12 October 1979 First round	Craobh Rua	2-04 - 2-07	Tooreen	Markievicz Park
			J Henry 2-6.

26 October 1979 First round	Tremane	9-09 - 3-06	St. Mary's Kiltoghert	Athleague Sportsfield
	J Kilroy 6-1, M Keane 1-2, B Johnson 1-2, J Lynch 1-0, S Kilroy 0-3, J Coyne 0-1.		T McGrath 1-2, B Moran 1-0, T Cass 1-0, M Cunniffe 0-1, J McGrath 0-1, M Martin 0-1, O Moran 0-1.

Semi-final

2 November 1979 Semi-final	Tremane	2-17 - 0-05	Tooreen	Athleague Sportsfield
	B Johnson 1-8, J Kilroy 1-5, M Keane 0-3, R Fallon 0-1.		M Murphy 0-2, J Henry 0-1, P Delaney 0-1, V Henry 0-1.

Final

12 April 1981 Final	Tremane	0-05 - 4-12	Sarsfields	Athleague Sportsfield
	S Kilroy 0-4, R Fallon 0-1.		M Connolly 3-0, M Mulcairn 0-7, J Cooney 1-2, J Dolan 0-1, T Shea 0-1, N Morrissey 0-1.

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship[edit]

First round

19 October 1980 First round	Killyon	1-06 - 2-07	Carnew Emmets	St. Loman's Park, Trim
	O Carney 1-1, PJ McKeown 0-2, B Dixon 0-1, J Connolly 0-1, J Mitchell 0-1.		B Molloy 1-1, L Collins 1-0, T Sullivan 0-2, S Brennan 0-2, P Doyle 0-1, M Doyle 0-1.

19 October 1980 First round	Ringtown	2-14 - 3-07	Carlow Town	Delvin
	M Kilcoyne 1-7, D Kilcoyne 0-4, JJ Mulvey 1-0, C Brssil 0-1, N Murphy 0-1, P Kilcoyne 0-1.		P Cassin 1-5, R Moore 1-1, L McGough 1-0, R Nolan 0-1.

Quarter-finals

1 November 1980 Quarter-final	Ardclough	3-13 - 3-09	Camross	Sallins Road, Naas
	J Walsh 2-7, N Walsh 0-4, B Maguire 1-0, J Tompkins 0-1, D Maguire 0-1.		PJ Cuddy 1-2, Martin Cuddy 1-1, M Collier 1-1, G Cuddy 0-2, Mick Cuddy 0-1, M Delaney 0-1.

2 November 1980 Quarter-final	Ringtown	1-12 - 1-15	Rathnure	Delvin
	J Coffey 1-0, M Kiloyne 0-3, D Kilcoyne 0-2, P Kilcoyne 0-2, C Brassil 0-2, N Murphy 0-1, T Corrigan 0-1, MJ Corrigan 0-1.		J Quigley 0-6, P Codd 1-1, J Mulvey 0-3, J Houlihan 0-2, D Quigley 0-1, J Murphy 0-1, S Redmond 0-1.

8 November 1980 Quarter-final	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-15 - 0-09	St Brendan's	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	L Fennelly 1-2, B Fennelly 0-4, P Holden 1-0, S Grace 0-3, G Fennelly 0-2, S Reid 0-2, M Mason 0-1, M Kelly 0-1.		M Gorman 0-5, G Hayes 0-2, M Barrett 0-1, J Bermingham 0-1.

16 November 1980 Quarter-final	Carnew Emmets	2-07 - 3-11	Coolderry	Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
	S Brennan 1-3, T Collins 1-1, M Doyle 0-2, T Sullivan 0-1.		M Kennedy 2-4, O Kennedy 1-3, D Loughnane 0-2, P McLoughney 0-1, M King 0-1.

Semi-finals

16 November 1980 Semi-final	Coolderry	2-05 - 1-07	Ardclough	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	D Loughnane 1-3, S Kennedy 1-0, P McLoughney 0-1, M Kennedy 0-1.		J Walsh 0-5, E Walsh 1-1, N O'Sullivan 0-1.

16 November 1980 Semi-final	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-09 - 2-12	Rathnure	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	G Fennelly 0-5, S Grace 1-1, P Holden 1-1, B Fennelly 1-0, M Kelly 0-2.		J Quigley 0-10, P Codd 2-1, J Houlihan 0-1.

30 November 1980 Semi-final replay	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-10 - 1-10	Rathnure	Geraldine Park, Athy
	L Fennelly 2-1, B Fennelly 0-6, G Fennelly 0-2, M Fennelly 0-1.		J Houlihan 1-1, D Quigley 0-4, J Quigley 0-3, S Murphy 0-1, M Quigley 0-1.

Final

14 December 1980 Final	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-10 - 1-08	Coolderry	Geraldine Park, Athy
	P Holden 2-1, B Fennelly 0-4, M Kelly 1-0, L Fennelly 0-2, G Fennelly 0-1, S Reid 0-1, S Grace 0-1.		D Loughnane 1-0, P Moloughney 0-3, P Carroll 0-2, O Kennedy 0-2, M King 0-1.

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship[edit]

Quarter-final

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.

Semi-finals

16 November 1980 Semi-final	Killeedy	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.

Final

30 November 1980 Final	St. Finbarr's	2-12 - 1-14	Roscrea	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.

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship[edit]

Semi-finals

19 October 1980 Semi-final

Cúchulainns

2-04 - 3-13

Ballycastle McQuillans

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Final

26 October 1980 Final	Ballycran	0-13 - 1-20	Ballycastle McQuillans	McKenna Park
	B Gilmore 0-8, M O'Flynn 0-2, P Hughes 0-1, B Mullan 0-1, T Acheson 0-1.		P Boyle 0-12, B Donnelly 0-4, O Laverty 1-0, S Boyle 0-1, P Watson 0-1, C McVeigh 0-1, T Barton 0-1.

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship[edit]

Quarter-final

12 April 1981 Quarter-final

McQuillan's

1-14 - 2-04

Brian Boru's

Páirc Mac Uílín

Semi-finals

26 April 1981 Semi-final	McQuillan's	0-12 - 2-11	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Páirc Mac Uílín
			L Fennelly 2-0, B Fennelly 0-5, M Kelly 0-3, G Fennelly 0-1, P Holden 0-1.

26 April 1981 Semi-final	St. Finbarr's	2-11 - 1-03	Sarsfield's	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	J Allen 1-5, E Fitzpatrick 1-1, J Cremin 0-1, J Meyler 0-1, J Barry-Murphy 0-1, J O'Shea 0-1, C McCarthy 0-1.

Final

17 May 1981 Final	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-15 - 1-11	St. Finbarr's	Semple Stadium
	B Fennelly 0-11, L Fennelly 1-1, G Fennelly 0-3.		C McCarthy 0-5, J Barry-Murphy 1-0, J Cremin 0-2, T Maher 0-2, C Ryan 0-1, J Allen 0-1.	Referee: N O'Donoghue (Dublin)

Championship statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Top scorers overall

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
5	John Quigley	Rathnure	0-19	19	3	6.33

Miscellaneous[edit]

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[edit]

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

[1] Ní Fhlatharta, Bernie (20 August 2013). "1980 change of luck was all down to Pope John Paul II". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[2] Foley, Cliona (1 December 2009). "'Cha' signals Ballyhale's ambition for famous five". Irish Independent. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

[3] "Teams stand on brink of history". Kilkenny People. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

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

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