1980–81 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
# 1980–81 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

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. Ballyhale Shamrocks won the title after defeating St. Finbarr's by 1-15 to 1-11 in the final.

## Qualification

| Provincial finals | Provincial finals | Provincial finals | All-Ireland semi-finals | All-Ireland semi-finals | All-Ireland semi-finals | All-Ireland final | All-Ireland final | All-Ireland final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ballyhale Shamrocks | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 3-10 | | | | | | |
| Coolderry | Coolderry | 1-8 | | | | | | |
| Coolderry | Coolderry | 1-8 | Ballyhale Shamrocks | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 2-11 | | | |
| | | | McQuillan's | McQuillan's | 0-12 | | | |
| McQuillan's | McQuillan's | 1-20 | McQuillan's | McQuillan's | 0-12 | | | |
| Ballycran | Ballycran | 0-13 | | | | | | |
| Ballycran | Ballycran | 0-13 | | | | Ballyhale Shamrocks | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 1-15 |
| | | | | | | St. Finbarr's | St. Finbarr's | 1-11 |
| St. Finbarr's | St. Finbarr's | 2-12 | | | | | | | St. Finbarr's | St. Finbarr's | 1-11 |
| Roscrea | Roscrea | 1-14 | | | | | | |
| Roscrea | Roscrea | 1-14 | St. Finbarr's | St. Finbarr's | 2-11 | | | |
| | | | Sarsfield's | Sarsfield's | 1-3 | | | |
| Sarsfield's | Sarsfield's | 4-12 | Sarsfield's | Sarsfield's | 1-3 | | | |
| Tremane | Tremane | 0-5 | | | | | | |

## Results

### Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

First round

Semi-final

Final

### Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

### Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Final

### All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**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

* 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.
