1980 Cork Senior Football Championship

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.

To Championship
Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Football Championship
 * Adrigole

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 * - style="background:#ccffcc"
 * 1||align=left|StFinbarrs.png Nemo Rangers ||4||4||0||0||8-57||3-29||43||8
 * - style="background:#ccffcc"
 * 2||align=left|Colours of Tipperary.svg St. Finbarr's ||4||3||0||1||9-41||4-36||20||6
 * - style="background:#ccffcc"
 * 3||align=left|Colours of Kerry.svg St Michael's ||4||2||0||2||4-41||10-40||-17||4
 * 4||align=left|Colours of Sligo.svg St. Nicholas' ||4||1||0||3||9-23||7-43||-14||2
 * 5||align=left|Colours of Galway.svg 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.
 * }
 * colspan="10" style="border:0px"| Green background The three top-placed teams qualified for the quarter-final stage of the championship proper.
 * }

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 * - style="background:#ccffcc"
 * 1||align=left|Colours of Down.svg UCC ||4||3||1||0||9-47||5-34||25||7
 * - style="background:#ccffcc"
 * 2||align=left|Colours of Cavan.svg Castlehaven ||4||3||0||1||5-47||5-36||11||6
 * 3||align=left|Colours of Kerry.svg Millstreet ||4||2||1||1||5-36||6-35||-2||5
 * 4||align=left|Colours of Limerick.svg Glanworth ||4||1||0||3||5-35||5-40||-5||2
 * 5||align=left|Colours of Mayo.svg 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.
 * }
 * -|align=left|
 * colspan="10" style="border:0px"| Green background The three top-placed teams qualified for the quarter-final stage of the championship proper.
 * }

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 * - style="background:#ccffcc"
 * 1||align=left|Colours of Cavan.svg Naomh Abán ||4||4||0||0||7-42||5-16||32||8
 * - style="background:#ccffcc"
 * 2||align=left|Colours of Cavan.svg Bantry Blues ||4||3||0||1||13-21||4-26||22||6
 * 3||align=left|Colours of Limerick.svg Dohenys ||4||2||0||2||5-22|12-25||-24||4
 * 4||align=left|Colours of Kilkenny.svg Na Piarsaigh ||4||1||0||3||2-22||2-23||-1||2
 * 5||align=left|Colours of Cork.svg 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.
 * }
 * -|align=left|
 * colspan="10" style="border:0px"| Green background The three top-placed teams qualified for the quarter-final stage of the championship proper.
 * }

Top scorers

 * Overall

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.