Clare Senior Hurling Championship
| Clare Senior Hurling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Sraith Iomána Sinsir Co. an Chláir |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Trophy | Canon Hamilton Cup |
| Title holders | Cratloe (2nd title) |
| First winner | Smith O'Briens |
| Most titles | Newmarket-on-Fergus (23 titles) |
| Sponsors | Pat O’Donnell & Co. |
The Clare Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Clare GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Clare, Ireland. The winner qualifies to represent the county in the Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship. The Clare SHC final is generally held in the month of October and is played at Cusack Park in Ennis.
The current (2014) county champions and holders of the Canon Hamilton Cup are Cratloe who won their second ever title. This formed part of a historic first Clare Senior Championship 'Double' since Ennis Dalcassians in 1929, which was completed when they defeated Éire Óg in the football final the following weekend.
2014 Championship (Knockout Stage)
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||
 Clarecastle |
2-19 | |||||||||
 Ballyea |
1-14 | |||||||||
| Clarecastle |
1-19 | |||||||||
 Cratloe |
4-15 | |||||||||
| Cratloe |
2-21 | |||||||||
 Éire Óg, Ennis |
2-13 | |||||||||
| Cratloe |
0-14 | |||||||||
| Crusheen |
0-06 | |||||||||
| Clonlara |
3-20 | |||||||||
 O'Callaghan Mills |
2-11 | |||||||||
| Clonlara |
0-08 | |||||||||
| Crusheen |
0-10 | |||||||||
 Newmarket-on-Fergus |
1-13 | |||||||||
| Crusheen |
1-16 | |||||||||
Championship Format Change
In 2012 it was decided that from 2014 onwards the heretofore separate Clare Senior A and Senior B Hurling Championships would be merged into a single sixteen-team senior hurling championship. This meant that five clubs would lose their senior status and be relegated down to the Clare Intermediate Championship. The fifteen remaining clubs would be joined by the 2013 intermediate champions to form the new single tier format. However due to the success of the Clare Senior and Under-21 squads in 2013, the culling of the senior hurling championship was postponed for twelve months. A mini Senior B championship will still be held for those clubs that avoid relegation but don't qualify for the quarter-finals.
2015 Championship
- The sixteen clubs that will participate in the revamped 2015 Clare Senior Hurling Championship are:
| Club | Most Recent Success |
|---|---|
| Ballyea |
- |
| Clarecastle |
2005 |
| Clonlara |
2008 |
 Clooney-Quin |
1942 |
| Cratloe |
2014 |
| Crusheen |
2011 |
| Éire Óg, Ennis (2014 Senior B Champions) |
1990 |
| Feakle (2014 Intermediate Champions) |
1988 |
| Inagh-Kilnamona |
1908 |
 Kilmaley |
2004 |
| Newmarket-on-Fergus |
2012 |
| O'Callaghan Mills |
1937 |
 Sixmilebridge |
2013 |
| Tubber |
- |
| Tulla | 2007 |
 Whitegate |
1961 |
Top Winners
| Club | Number of wins | Winning Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Newmarket-on-Fergus |
23 | 1912, 1916, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1955, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 2012 |
| 2. | Éire Óg, Ennis |
15 | 1956, 1957, 1966, 1980, 1982, 1990
|
| 3. | Clarecastle |
11 | 1943, 1945, 1949, 1970, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2005 |
| Sixmilebridge |
11 | 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2013 | |
| 5. | Tulla | 8 | 1889, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1905, 1913, 1933, 2007 |
| 6. | Feakle |
6 | 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1988 |
| 7. | O'Callaghan Mills |
5 | 1904, 1906, 1910, 1918, 1937 |
| Ruan |
5 | 1948, 1951, 1959, 1960, 1962 | |
 Scariff |
5 | 1907, 1917, 1946, 1952, 1953 | |
 St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield |
5 | 1954, 1958, 1998, 1999, 2001 | |
| 11. | Inagh-Kilnamona |
3 |
|
| 12. | Carrahan | 2 | 1898, 1900 |
| Clonlara |
2 | 1919, 2008 | |
| Cratloe |
2 | 2009, 2014 | |
| Crusheen |
2 | 2010, 2011 | |
| Kilkishen |
2 | 1923, 1932 | |
| Kilmaley |
2 | 1985, 2004 | |
| Whitegate |
2 | 1950, 1961 | |
| Wolfe Tones, Shannon |
2 | 1996, 2006 | |
| 20. | Clooney-Quin |
1 | 1942 |
| Ogonelloe |
1 | 1888 | |
| Smith O'Briens | 1 | 1887 | |
Roll Of Honour
References
- ↑ "Clare SHC final: Cratloe complete first leg of double". Hogan Stand. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ↑ "Battling Bridge reign supreme after final epic". Irish Examiner. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Newmarket end 31 years of hurt". Irish Examiner. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ↑ "Dillon to fore as Crusheen become Goliaths". Irish Independent. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ↑ "Long wait over for Crusheen as Meaney's cameo seals historic first". Irish Independent. 2010-10-18. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
- ↑ "Crusheen celebrate". Irish Times. 2010-10-18. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
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