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 ran from 7 October 1979 to 1 June 1980.
Blackrock of Cork were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Castlegar in the All-Ireland Semi-final. Causeway of Kerry, Killyon of Meath and Kinnitty of Offaly made their championship debuts.
The All-Ireland final was played at Páirc Tailteann in Navan on 1 June 1980, between Castlegar of Galway and Ballycastle McQuillans of Antrim, in what was a first championship meeting between the teams and a first ever Connacht-Ulster final. Castlegar won the match by 1–11 to 1–08 and became the first team from Galway to win the title.
Frank Keenan was the championship's top scorer with 4–17.
Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship Connacht first round
Conancht semi-final
Connacht final
Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship Leinster first round
Leinster quarter-finals
Leinster semi-finals
Leinster final
Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship Munster quarter-finals
Munster semi-finals
Munster final
Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Ulster quarter-final
Ulster semi-final
Ulster final
All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship All-Ireland quarter-final
All-Ireland semi-finals
All-Ireland final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Frank KeenanCamross4–172939.662Jackie KilroyTremane5–102538.333Séamus KilroyTremane2–172337.664Joe ConnollyCastlegar2–162237.335Mark CorriganKinnitty0–2121210.506John GroganDunhill4–051735.66Jim KealyCrumlin1–141744.258Éamonn O'DonoghueBlackrock2–101653.20Danny BuckleyBlackrock2–101653.20Peter BoyleBallycastle McQuillans0–161635.33
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.
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