1980 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

1980 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

Champions	Coolderry (25th title) Pat Carroll [1] (captain)
Runners-up	Kinnitty Mick Bergin (captain)
← 1979 (Previous) (Next) 1981 →

The 1980 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 83rd staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896. ^[2]

Kinnitty entered the championship as the defending champions. ^{[3] [4]}

The final was played on 6 October 1980 at St Brendan's Park in Birr, between Coolderry and Kinnitty, in what was their sixth meeting in the final overall. Coolderry won the match by 3–03 to 1–05 to claim their 25th championship title overall and a first championship title in three years. ^{[5] [6]}

Results

Semi-finals

Kinnitty v Birr

14 September 1980Semi-final

Kinnitty

2-12 - 3-08

Birr

St Brendan's Park

Coolderry v St Rynagh's

14 September 1980Semi-final

Coolderry

1-11 - 0-08

St Rynagh's

St Brendan's Park

Final

Coolderry v Kinnitty

6 October 1980Final

Coolderry

3-03 - 1-05

Kinnitty

St Brendan's Park

References

1. "Winning captains honoured at Offaly decider". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
2. "Club Titles - Offaly". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
3. "Roll of honour". Offaly GAA website. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
4. "Roll of Honour". Kinnitty GAA website. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
5. "Coolderry HC". Club Info. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
6. "Coolderry strike late to land Offaly hurling title". RTÉ News. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2025.