1981 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition season January 2022 January 2022 1981 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship 13 September – 1 November 1981 8 20px|Border South Liberties Joe Grimes 7 20px|Border Kilmallock Paddy Kelly 8 27 146 20px|Border Paddy Kelly (3–25) 1980 1980 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship 1982 1982 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship The 1981 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 87th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887.http://hoganstand.com/Limerick/ClubTitles Club titles – Limerick Hogan Stand 15 October 2018 The championship ran from 13 September to 1 November 1981. Killeedy entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tournafulla in the West Limerick SHC semi-final.https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30876996.html ‘It’s probably one of the greatest parish rivalries in the GAA’ Irish Examiner 20 October 2018 21 October 2018https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30706659.html Killeedy’s All-Ireland Club Junior B Hurling Championship continues to thrive Irish Examiner 20 November 2015 21 October 2018 The final, a replay, was played on 1 November 1981 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between South Liberties and Kilmallock, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in 14 years. South Liberties won the match by 4–07 to 2–11 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title in three years.https://www.clubinfo.ie/club/south-liberties-hc/ South Liberties HC Club Info 21 October 2018https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/then---now---tom-aherne/658628/then-and-now-more-on-the-great-grimes.html Then and Now: More on the great Grimes Limerick Live 26 August 2021 21 October 2024 Kilmallock's Paddy Kelly was the championship's Top scorer with 3–25. Teams ChampionshipChampionsRunners-upLimerick City Senior Hurling ChampionshipClaughaunPatrickswellEast Limerick Senior Hurling ChampionshipSouth LibertiesFedamoreSouth Limerick Senior Hurling ChampionshipKilmallockBrureeWest Limerick Senior Hurling ChampionshipTournafullaGranagh Results Quarter-finals 13 September 1981 Quarter-final Bruree 2–11 – 2–10 Patrickswell P O'Brien 1–2, J Potter 1–2, P Potter 0–2, D Deedy 0–2, M Mullane 0–1, E O'Dea 0–1, D Mullane 0–1. R Bennis 1–5, J Enright 1–1, F Nolan 0–1, L Considine 0–1, D Punch 0–1, P Foley 0–1. Bruff Grounds 13 September 1981 Quarter-final Kilmallock 1–14 – 2–08 Claughaun P Kelly 0–7, B Savage 0–4, M Maguire 1–0, D Barry 0–1, D O'Riordan 0–1, M Nelligan 0–1. D Graham 2–1, E Cregan 0–4, D Fitzgerald 0–2, W Conway 0–1. Bruff Grounds 13 September 1981 Quarter-final Fedamore 0–11 – 0–07 Tournafulla Páirc na nGael 13 September 1981 Quarter-final South Liberties 4–11 – 2–12 Granagh E Grimes 3–4. Páirc na nGael Semi-finals 27 September 1981 Semi-final South Liberties 2–06 – 2–03 Bruree P Portley 2–0, E Grimes 0–3, T Ryan 0–1, L Grimes 0–1, M Shanahan 0–1. J Potter 2–2, M Mullane 0–1. Bruff Grounds Semi-final Kilmallock 5–08 – 1–09 Fedamore P Kelly 1–5, D O'Riordan 2–1, M Maguire 2–0, J Keane 0–2. W O'Mahony 1–1, J Flavin 0–3, T McNamara 0–3, J Condon 0–2. Bruff Grounds Final 25 October 1981 Final South Liberties 0–12 – 2–06 Kilmallock J McKenna 0–6, E Grimes 0–2, T Ryan 0–2, M Shanahan 0–1, M Grimes 0–1. P Kelly 1–5, T Moloney 1–0, M Nelligan 0–1. Gaelic Grounds Final replay 1 November 1981 Final replay South Liberties 4–07 – 2–11 Kilmallock M Butler 2–0, E Grimes 0–5, J McKenna 1–0, T Ryan 1–0, M Shanahan 0–1. P Kelly 1–8, O Cussen 1–1, D O'Riordan 0–1, T Moloney 0–1. Gaelic Grounds References Limerick Senior Hurling Championship Category:Limerick Senior Hurling Championship