1981 Clare Senior Hurling Championship

The 1981 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 86th staging of the Clare [Senior Hurling Championship] since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887.
Éire Óg entered the championship as the 1980 [Clare Senior Hurling Championship|defending champions].
The final was played on 30 August 1981 at Cusack Park in Ennis, between Newmarket-on-Fergus and Tubber, in what was their first ever meeting in the [|final]. Newmarket-on-Fergus won the match by 3–08 to 1–10 to claim a record 22nd championship title overall and a first championship title in three years.