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1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

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1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
Event1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Date6 September 1981
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeFrank Murphy (Cork)
Attendance71,348
1980
1982

The 1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 94th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 September 1981, between Galway and Offaly. The reigning champions lost to their Leinster opponents, who won their first senior hurling title, on a score line of 2-12 to 0-15.

Johnny Flaherty scored a handpassed goal in this game; this was before the handpassed goal was ruled out of the game as hurling's technical standards improved.[1]

Match details

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Offaly2-12 – 0-15Galway
Attendance: 71,348
Referee: F. Murphy (Cork)
Offaly
Galway

References

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  1. ^ Crowe, Dermot (8 September 2019). "Breaking new ground on final day as Kilkenny look to bury pain of defeat". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 8 September 2019. ...the handpassed goal, which was once allowed in the men's game, hard as it is to believe now. In 1981 Johnny Flaherty won Offaly's first All-Ireland with one such score.