1980 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship


The 1980 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 94th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The draw for the 1980 fixtures took place in September 1979. The championship began on 25 May 1980 and ended on 7 September 1980.
Kilkenny were the defending champions but were defeated by Offaly in the Leinster final. Laois re-entered the Leinster Championship, having won the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship the previous year.
On 7 September 1980, Galway won the championship following a 2-15 to 3-9 defeat of Limerick in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title, their first in fifty-seven championship seasons.
Limerick's Éamonn Cregan was the championship's top scorer with 5-18. Galway's Joe Connolly was the choice for Texaco Hurler of the Year.

Format

After a series of disappointing Munster finals in previous years, the Munster Council took the risk of a repetition and decided to stick with an open draw for the 1980 championship. Similarly, the Leinster Council decided to abandon their policy of seeding Kilkenny and Wexford on opposite sides of the draw in favour of an open draw.

Teams

Results

[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]

Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

;Top scorers overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Éamonn CreganLimerick5–1833311.00
2Billy FitzpatrickKilkenny2–1622211.00
3Johnny FlahertyOffaly3–112045.00
4Joe ConnollyGalway3–101936.33
5Mark CorriganOffaly2–101644.00
5Pádraig HoranOffaly0-161635.33
7Matt RuthKilkenny4-021427.00
7Bernie FordeGalway2-081434.66
9John ConnollyGalway3-041334.33
9John FentonCork0-131326.50

;Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Joe ConnollyGalway3–0514Kildare
1Billy FitzpatrickKilkenny1–1114Wexford
3Éamonn CreganLimerick2–0713Galway
4Éamonn CreganLimerick2–0511Clare
5Matt RuthKilkenny3–0110Offaly
6Éamonn CreganLimerick1–069Cork
7Noel RyanClare2–028Waterford
7Bernie FordeGalway1–058Limerick
7Billy FitzpatrickKilkenny1–058Offaly
7Johnny FlahertyOffaly1–058Laois

Broadcasting

The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ.
RoundRTÉ
All-Ireland semi-finalGalway vs Offaly
All-Ireland finalLimerick vs Galway