The 1980 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 92nd staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 5 April 1980 and ended on 14 September 1980.
St. Finbarr's entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 14 September 1980, St. Finbarr's won the championship following a 3-08 to 1-09 defeat of University College Cork in the final. This was their sixth championship title overall and their second title in succession.
Jamesie O'Callaghan of the St. Finbarr's club was the championship's top scorer with 7-28.
Team changes To Championship
Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Football Championship Adrigole
Results Division 1 Table
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=40| !width=40| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#ccffcc" |1||align=left| Nemo Rangers ||4||4||0||0||8-57||3-29||43||8 |- style="background:#ccffcc" |2||align=left| St. Finbarr's ||4||3||0||1||9-41||4-36||20||6 |- style="background:#ccffcc" |3||align=left| St Michael's ||4||2||0||2||4-41||10-40||-17||4
|4||align=left| St. Nicholas' ||4||1||0||3||9-23||7-43||-14||2
|5||align=left| Bishopstown ||4||0||0||4||2-26||8-40||-32||0 |-|align=left| |colspan="10" style="border:0px"| Green background The three top-placed teams qualified for the quarter-final stage of the championship proper.
Group stage results
Division 2 Table
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=40| !width=40| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#ccffcc" |1||align=left| UCC ||4||3||1||0||9-47||5-34||25||7 |- style="background:#ccffcc" |2||align=left| Castlehaven ||4||3||0||1||5-47||5-36||11||6
|3||align=left| Millstreet ||4||2||1||1||5-36||6-35||-2||5
|4||align=left| Glanworth ||4||1||0||3||5-35||5-40||-5||2
|5||align=left| Clonakilty ||4||0||0||4||5-31||8-51||-29||0 |-|align=left| |colspan="10" style="border:0px"| Green background The three top-placed teams qualified for the quarter-final stage of the championship proper.
Group stage results
Division 3 Table
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=40| !width=40| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#ccffcc" |1||align=left| Naomh Abán ||4||4||0||0||7-42||5-16||32||8 |- style="background:#ccffcc" |2||align=left| Bantry Blues ||4||3||0||1||13-21||4-26||22||6
|3||align=left| Dohenys ||4||2||0||2||5-22|12-25||-24||4
|4||align=left| Na Piarsaigh ||4||1||0||3||2-22||2-23||-1||2
|5||align=left| Adrigole ||4||0||0||4||5-13||7-27||-20||0 |-|align=left| |colspan="10" style="border:0px"| Green background The three top-placed teams qualified for the quarter-final stage of the championship proper.
Group stage results
Division 4
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Jamesie O'CallaghanSt. Finbarr's7-284977.002John ClearyCastlehaven0-323265.333Dinny AllenNemo Rangers2-253166.16
Miscellaneous
Adrigole withdrew midway through the championship after finding it difficult to field a team. The attendance at the final of 4,500 was the smallest since 1972. St. Finbarr's became the first single entity club to achieve the double.
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