Clare Senior Hurling Championship
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| Clare Senior Hurling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Sraith Iomána Sinsir Co. an Chláir |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Trophy | Canon Hamilton Cup |
| Title holders | 20pxSixmilebridge (12th title) |
| First winner | 20pxSmith O'Briens |
| Most titles | 20pxNewmarket-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.
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.
The 2014 Clare Senior Hurling Championship county champions were 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.
The current (2015) county champions and holders of the Canon Hamilton Cup are Sixmilebridge who won their twelfth title with a comprehensive 1-21 to 0-15 win over Clonlara. 39 year old Niall Gilligan was man of the match with a personal tally of 0-13.
Contents
2015 Championship (Knockout Stage)
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||
 Ballyea |
2-17 | |||||||||
| 20px Kilmaley | 2-18 | |||||||||
| 20px Kilmaley | 0-20 (1-10) |
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| Clonlara |
3-11 (2-19) |
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| Clonlara |
0-19 | |||||||||
| 20px Newmarket-on-Fergus | 0-10 | |||||||||
| Clonlara |
0-15 | |||||||||
| 20px Sixmilebridge | 1-21 | |||||||||
 Clooney-Quin |
1-12 | |||||||||
 Crusheen |
1-17 | |||||||||
| Crusheen |
3-13 | |||||||||
| 20px Sixmilebridge | 3-21 | |||||||||
 Cratloe |
1-19 | |||||||||
| 20px Sixmilebridge | 1-20 | |||||||||
Senior Clubs
- The sixteen clubs that will participate in the revamped 2016 Clare Senior Hurling Championship are:
| Club | Most Recent Success |
|---|---|
| Ballyea |
- |
 Clarecastle |
2005 |
| Clonlara |
2008 |
| Clooney-Quin |
1942 |
| Cratloe |
2014 |
| Crusheen |
2011 |
| Éire Óg, Ennis |
1990 |
| 20px Feakle | 1988 |
| 20px Inagh-Kilnamona (2015 Senior B Champions) | 1908 |
| 20px Kilmaley | 2004 |
| 20px Newmarket-on-Fergus | 2012 |
| 20px O'Callaghan Mills | 1937 |
| 20px Sixmilebridge | 2015 |
 Tulla |
2007 |
| 20px Whitegate | 1961 |
| 20px Wolfe Tones, Shannon (2015 Intermediate Champions) | 2006 |
Top Winners
| Club | Number of wins | Winning Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 20px 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
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| 3. | 20px Sixmilebridge | 12 | 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2015 |
| 4. | Clarecastle |
11 | 1943, 1945, 1949, 1970, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2005 |
| 5. | Tulla |
10 | 1889, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1905, 1913, 1933, 2007
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| 6. | 20px O'Callaghan Mills | 7 | 1904, 1906, 1910, 1918, 1937
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| 7. | 20px Feakle | 6 | 1935, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1988 |
| 8. | 20px Ruan | 5 | 1948, 1951, 1959, 1960, 1962 |
| 20px Scariff | 5 | 1907, 1917, 1946, 1952, 1953 | |
 St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield |
5 | 1954, 1958, 1998, 1999, 2001 | |
| 11. | 20px Inagh-Kilnamona | 3 |
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| 12. | Clonlara |
2 | 1919, 2008 |
| Cratloe |
2 | 2009, 2014 | |
| Crusheen |
2 | 2010, 2011 | |
| 20px Kilmaley | 2 | 1985, 2004 | |
| 20px Whitegate | 2 | 1950, 1961 | |
| 20px Wolfe Tones, Shannon | 2 | 1996, 2006 | |
| 19. | Clooney-Quin |
1 | 1942 |
| Ogonelloe |
1 | 1888 | |
| 20px Smith O'Briens, Killaloe | 1 | 1887 |
Roll Of Honour
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Munster Champions | |
| Munster Finalists |
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