1980 Kerry Senior Football Championship
# 1980 Kerry Senior Football Championship

The 1980 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 80th staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The championship ran from 21 June to 28 September 1980.

AUstin Stacks entered the championship as the defending champions.

The final was played on 28 September 1980 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Feale Rangers and Austin Stacks, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Feale Rangers won the match by 1-10 to 1–07 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in two years.

Mikey Sheehy was the championship's top scorer with 3-16.

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Overall**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mikey Sheehy | Austin Stacks | 3-16 | 25 | 3 | 8.33 |
| 2 | Johnny Mulvihill | Feale Rangers | 2-15 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |
| 3 | Pat Foley | Mid Kerry | 4-01 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 |
| 4 | Barry Walsh | Shannon Rangers | 1-08 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 |
| 5 | Eoin Liston | Shannon Rangers | 2-04 | 10 | 2 | 5.00 |
| 5 | Seánie O'Leary | Eoin Rua | 1-07 | 10 | 3 | 3.33 |

**In a single game**

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mikey Sheehy | Austin Stacks | 2-07 | 13 | West Kerry |
| 2 | Jackie Power | Austin Stacks | 2-03 | 9 | Shannon Rangers |
| 3 | Johnny Mulvihill | Feale Rangers | 1-05 | 8 | Eoin Rua |
| 3 | Mikey Sheehy | Austin Stacks | 1-05 | 8 | Shannon Rangers |
| 5 | Pat Foley | Mid Kerry | 2-01 | 7 | St. Brendan's |
| 5 | Eoin Liston | Shannon Rangers | 2-01 | 7 | Austin Stacks |
| 5 | Seánie O'Leary | Eoin Rua | 1-04 | 7 | Spa |
| 5 | Johnny Mulvihill | Feale Rangers | 1-04 | 7 | Austin Stacks |
| 9 | James Sheehan | Laune Rangers | 2-00 | 6 | South Kerry |
| 9 | Donie Hartnett | Mid Kerry | 2-00 | 6 | Kerins O'Rahilly's |
| 9 | Paudie O'Mahony | Spa | 2-00 | 6 | Eoin Rua |
| 9 | Johnny O'Donoghue | Killarney | 1-03 | 6 | Na Fianna |
| 9 | Ambrose O'Donovan | Eoin Rua | 1-03 | 6 | Spa |
| 9 | Barry Walsh | Shannon Rangers | 1-03 | 6 | Killarney |
| 9 | Johnny Mulvihill | Feale Rangers | 0-06 | 6 | Mid Kerry |
