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.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 May – 7 September 1980 |
| Teams | 12 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Galway (2nd win) |
| Captain | Joe Connolly |
| Manager | Cyril Farrell |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Limerick |
| Captain | Seán Foley |
| Manager | Noel Drumgoole |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Limerick |
| Leinster | Offaly |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 11 |
| Goals total | 52 (4.72 per game) |
| Points total | 279 (25.36 per game) |
| Top Scorer | Éamonn Cregan (5–18) |
| Player of the Year | Joe Connolly |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 1979 1981 → | |
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.