| Event | 1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 6 September 1981 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Frank Murphy (Cork) | ||||||
| Attendance | 71,348 | ||||||
The 1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 94th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 September 1981, between Galway and Offaly. The reigning champions lost to their Leinster opponents, who won their first senior hurling title, on a score line of 2–12 to 0–15.
Johnny Flaherty scored a handpassed goal in this game; this was before the handpassed goal was ruled out of the game as hurling's technical standards improved. [1]
