1981 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

1981 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

Champions	St Rynagh's (11th title) Pádraig Horan [1] (captain)
Runners-up	Kinnitty Seán Clarke (captain)
← 1980 (Previous) (Next) 1982 →

The 1981 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 84th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896. ^[2]

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

The final was played on 15 November 1981 at St Brendan's Park in Birr, between St Rynagh's and Kinnitty, in what was their sixth meeting in the final overall. St Rynagh's won the match by 1–10 to 1–07 to claim their 11th championship title overall and a first championship title in five years. ^[5]

Results

Final

St Rynagh's v Kinnitty

15 November 1981Final

St Rynagh's

1-10 - 1-07

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. "Coolderry strike late to land Offaly hurling title". RTÉ News. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
5. "St Rynagh's HC". Club Info. Retrieved 28 August 2025.