Editing 1981 in Ireland (section)

==Sport==

===Association football===
*[[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] narrowly missed qualifying for the [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982 World Cup]] finals in Spain on goal difference.

===Gaelic football===
*[[Kerry GAA|Kerry]] beat [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]] by 1–12 to 0–8 to win their fourth successive [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]].  It was only the third time that a four-in-a-row has been achieved.

===Golf===
*[[Irish Open (golf)|The Irish Open]] was won by [[Sam Torrance]] ([[Scotland]]).

===Hurling===
*[[Offaly GAA|Offaly]] won their first [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]], beating [[Galway GAA|Galway]] by 2–12 to 0–15 in the final.