<page_title> League of Ireland </page_title> <section_title> A Division </section_title> <table> <cell> 1980–81 <col_header> Season </col_header> </cell> <cell> Athlone Town <col_header> Champions </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1982–83 <col_header> Season </col_header> </cell> <cell> Athlone Town <col_header> Champions </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1983–84 <col_header> Season </col_header> </cell> <cell> Shamrock Rovers <col_header> Champions </col_header> </cell> <cell> Shamrock Rovers <col_header> Champions </col_header> </cell> </table>
Athlone Town won two league titles at the start of the 1980s but the decade was marked by successive league titles won by Shamrock Rovers in 1983–84.