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All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1979–80
Championship Details
Dates	7 October 1979 – 1 June 1980
Teams	29
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Castlegar (1st win)
Captain	Michael Connolly
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	McQuillans-Ballycastle
Provincial Champions
Munster	Blackrock
Leinster	Crumlin
Ulster	McQuillan's
Connacht	Castlegar
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	29
Top Scorer	Frank Keenan (4-17)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 10th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 7 October 1979 and ended on 1 June 1980.

Blackrock were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Castlegar in the All-Ireland semi-final.^[1]

On 1 June 1980, Castlegar won the championship after a 1-11 to 1-08 defeat of McQuillan's in the All-Ireland final.^[2]

Frank Keenan from the Camross club was the championship's top scorer with 4-17.

Results

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

First round

14 October 1979 First round

Craobh Rua

0-09 - 1-04

St. Finbarr's

Markievicz Park, Sligo

11 November 1979 First round	Tooreen	1-03 - 2-14	Tremane	Knock Road, Ballyhaunis
	A Henry 1-0, J Henry 0-2, J Cunnane 0-1.		J Kilroy 2-2, S Kilroy 0-8, M Keane 0-3, M Reynolds 0-1.

Semi-final

25 November 1979 Semi-final	Tremane	9-17 - 1-03	Craobh Rua	Athleague Sportsfield, Athleague
	J Kilroy 3-7, S Kilroy 2-2, M Keane 2-1, J Coyne 1-1, J Brennan 1-1, S Farrell 0-2, M Connell 0-1, T Kelly 0-1, R Farrell 0-1.		V Lynch 1-0, B Ryan 0-3.

Final

30 March 1980 Final	Castlegar	1-16 - 1-09	Tremane	Athleague GAA Grounds
	Joe Connolly 0-6, G Connolly 0-5, P Burke 1-0, John Connolly 0-2, G Glynn 0-1, S Fahy 0-1, T Connolly 0-1.		S Kilroy 0-7, J Lynch 1-0, J Kilroy 0-1, T Kelly 0-1.

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

First round

28 October 1979 First round	Killyon	2-06 - 1-02	Carlow	St. Loman's Park, Trim
	J Mitchell 1-0, S Ryan 1-0, L Tyrrell 0-3, J Connolly 0-2, M Dempsey 0-1.		P Cassin 1-0, L McGough 0-1, W Power 0-1.

28 October 1979 First round	Naomh Moninne	0-03 - 6-13	Carnew Emmets	St. Brigid's Park, Dundalk
			S Doyle 1-4, Ml Doyle 2-0, P Brennan 1-2, Mick Doyle 1-0, M Byrne 1-0, E Hilliard 0-3, P Doyle 0-2, T Collins 0-2.

11 November 1979 First round	Kinnitty	2-14 - 3-05	Ardclough	St. Brendan's Park, Birr
	M Corrigan 0-7, J Flaherty 1-3, B Kennedy 1-0, M Cleere 0-2, D Corrigan 0-1, P Corrigan 0-1.		R Burke 1-2, E Walsh 1-0, M Dwan 1-0, W Cullen 0-1, J Walsh 0-1.

Quarter-finals

11 November 1979 Quarter-final	Killyon	2-02 - 2-07	Crumlin	St. Loman's Park, Trim
	J Mitchell 2-0, S Ryan 0-1, L Tyrrell 0-1.		D Hickey 1-1, L Broderick 1-1, P Kavanagh 0-2, D Murphy 0-2, P McCarthy 0-1.

11 November 1979 Quarter-final	Camross	6-12 - 3-09	Castletown Geoghegan	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	F Keenan 3-8, J Dooley 1-2, M Delaney 1-0, T Keenan 1-0, M Cuddy 0-1, PJ Cuddy 0-1.		E Clarke 0-6, W Lowry 1-1, G Jackson 1-0, F Clarke 1-0, M Jackson 0-1, P Dalton 0-1.

25 November 1979 Quarter-final	Kinnitty	3-16 - 0-06	Ballyhale Shamrocks	St. Brendan's Park, Birr
	M Corrigan 0-14, P Corrigan 1-0, D Corrigan 1-0, T Carroll 1-0, M Cleere 0-1, D Egan 0-1.		L Fennelly 0-2, L Moloney 0-2, G Fennelly 0-2.

25 November 1979 Quarter-final	Carnew Emmets	1-05 - 4-13	Rathnure	Aughrim Park, Aughrim
	S Doyle 1-2, T Collins 0-2, S Brennan 0-1.		J Murphy 2-0, D O'Connor 1-3, J Redmond 1-0, J Conran 0-3, M Quigley 0-3, D Quigley 0-3, J Houlihan 0-1.

Semi-finals

2 March 1980 Semi-final	Camross	3-10 - 2-12	Rathnure	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	F Keenan 1-4, PJ Cuddy 1-1, M Cuddy 1-0, T Keenan 0-2, M Collier 0-2, T Cuddy 0-1.		J Conran 1-2, D O'Connor 0-5, P Codd 1-0, M Quigley 0-2, D Quigley 0-2, J Higgins 0-1.

2 March 1980 Semi-final	Crumlin	1-13 - 0-09	Kinnitty	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	J Kealey 1-8, L Broderick 0-3, D Hickey 0-1, B Donovan 0-1.		T Carroll 0-7, J Egan 0-2.

Final

23 March 1980 Final	Crumlin	3-05 - 0-11	Camross	Geraldine Park, Athy
	B Donovan 2-1, M Reynolds 1-1, D Murphy 0-2, P McCarthy 0-1.		F Keenan 0-5, S Bergin 0-3, Mick Cuddy 0-1, Martin Cuddy 0-1, M Collier 0-1.

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

11 November 1979 Quarter-final	Causeway	1-04 - 3-08	Dunhill	Ardfert
	P Moriarty 1-1, M Leahy 0-1, P Bunyan 0-1, J O'Connell 0-1.		J Grogan 3-2, T Casey 0-2, B Power 0-1, S Cooke 0-1, T Moore 0-1, J Raher 0-1.

11 November 1979 Quarter-final	Kilruane MacDonagh's	2-08 - 4-06	Blackrock	Cloughjordan
	S Hennessy 1-5, D Whelan 1-0, S Keogh 0-2, J Williams 0-1.		T Lyons 2-0, P Moylan 1-1, E O'Sullivan 1-1, E O'Donoghue 0-2, D Buckley 0-2.

Semi-finals

21 October 1979 Semi-final	Dunhill	3-09 - 2-08	Sixmilebridge	Páirc Uí Bhriain, Dunhill
	T Casey 1-3, T Moore 1-2, J Raher 1-0, F Murphy 0-1, J Power 0-1, P Walsh 0-1, R Power 0-1.		F Quilligan 1-2, P Morey 1-1, L Quinlivan 0-3, S Stack 0-1, G McInerney 0-1.

25 November 1979 Semi-final	Blackrock	6-08 - 1-06	Patrickswell	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	R Cummins 2-0, D Buckley 1-2, P Moylan 1-1, E O'Sullivan 1-1, E O'Donoghue 1-1, T Lyons 0-1, T Cashman 0-1, P Kavanagh 0-1.		R Bennis 1-3, G Hayes 0-2, S Foley 0-1.

Final

9 December 1979 Final	Blackrock	0-13 - 1-08	Dunhill	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	F O'Sullivan 0-3, R Cummins 0-2, P Kavanagh 0-2, P Moylan 0-2, E O'Donoghue 0-1, D Buckley 0-1, T Cashman 0-1, D Collins 0-1.		J Crogan 1-3, T Casey 0-3, S Cooke 0-1, R Power 0-1.

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Semi-final

27 October 1979 Semi-final

Cúchullains

2-07 - 3-10

Ballycran

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Final

11 November 1979 Final

Ballycastle McQuillans

0-11 - 0-08

Ballycran

St. Patrick's Park, Ballycastle

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

6 April 1980 Quarter-final	Blackrock	4-15 - 1-10	Brian Borus	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	E O'Donoghue 1-6, D Collins 2-2, D Buckley 1-4, J Horgan 0-1, P Moylan 0-1, P Butler 0-1.		P McCormack 1-1, J Lynch 0-3, B Connolly 0-2, P O'Neill 0-1, R Duggan 0-1, M Connolly 0-1, M Brennan 0-1.

Semi-finals

27 April 1980 Semi-final	Ballycastle McQuillans	3-09 - 0-08	Crumlin	Croke Park, Dublin
	E Donnelly 2-3, P Boyle 0-4, B Donnelly 1-0, T Donnelly 0-1, O Laverty 0-1.		J Kealy 0-6, T Grealish 0-1, B Donovan 0-1.

25 May 1980 Semi-final	Castlegar	2-09 - 0-09	Blackrock	Páirc Naomh Mhuire, Athenry
	Joe Connolly 2-2, M Connolly 0-3, G Connolly 0-2, J Francis 0-1, G Glynn 0-1.		D Collins 0-2, R Cummins 0-1, J O'Grady 0-1, E O'Sullivan 0-1, P Moylan 0-1, D McCurtain 0-1, F Cummins 0-1, D Buckley 0-1.

Final

1 June 1980 Final	Castlegar	1-11 - 1-08	Ballycastle McQuillans	Páirc Tailteann, Navan
	Joe Connolly 0-8, L Mulryan 1-0, G Connolly 0-1, John Connolly 0-1, J Francis 0-1.		P Boyle 0-7, O Laverty 1-0, T Barton 0-1.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Frank Keenan	Camross	4-17	29	3	9.66
2	Jackie Kilroy	Tremane	5-10	25	3	8.33
3	Séamus Kilroy	Tremane	2-17	23	3	7.66
4	Joe Connolly	Castlegar	2-16	22	3	7.33
5	Mark Corrigan	Kinnitty	0-21	21	2	10.50

Miscellaneous

Blackrock of Cork set the all-time record by winning a fifth Munster title.
Crumlin become the first team from Dublin to win the Leinster title.
The All-Ireland final between Castlegar and McQuillan's was a unique affair as it was the first final to feature teams from Connacht and Ulster. Castlegar win the All-Ireland for the first time in their history, thus becoming the first Connacht team to win the title.

References

^ "The spirit of the Shamrock". Irish Examiner. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ Ní Fhlatharta, Bernie (20 August 2013). "1980 change of luck was all down to Pope John Paul II". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[1] "The spirit of the Shamrock". Irish Examiner. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[2] Ní Fhlatharta, Bernie (20 August 2013). "1980 change of luck was all down to Pope John Paul II". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

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