2022 Clare Senior Football Championship Explained

Jack Daly Cup 2022
Color:	BFD7FF
League:	Clare GAA
Sport:	Gaelic Football
Duration:	6 August - 30 October 2022
No Of Teams:	12 Child: yes Headerstyle: background:#BFD7FF Label1: Sponsor Data1: Pat O’Donnell & Co. Header2: Changes From 2021 Label3: Promoted Data3: Corofin^[1] Label4: Relegated Data4: Cooraclare & Kilrush Shamrocks Header5: Changes For 2023 Label6: Promoted Data6: Kildysart^[2] Label7: Relegated Data7: Kilmihil
Season:	County Championship
Season Champs:	Éire Óg, Ennis^[3] (20th Title)
Season Champ Name:	Winners
Second Place:	Ennistymon

The 2022 Clare Senior Football Championship was the 127th staging of the Clare Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887.

The 2021 champions, and holders of the Jack Daly Cup were Éire Óg, Ennis who bridged a fifteen year gap from 2006 to win their nineteenth overall title. They defeated the reigning champions Kilmurry-Ibrickane by 1-11 to 0-09 in Cusack Park, Ennis.^[4]

The draws for the 2022 Clare club championships took place in April 2022.^[5]

Senior Championship Fixtures

Group stage

• Three groups of four.
• 2021 semi-finalists are seeded and kept separate.
  • As there will be two 2021 semi-finalists in Group A, there will be an extra quarter-final place available.
  • A draw between the three second-placed teams in Groups A-C will determine the fourth seeded quarter-finalist.
• Each team plays all the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
  • The top three teams from Group A and the top two teams from Groups B and C advance to Quarter-Finals
  • The third-placed teams from Groups B and C advance to Preliminary Quarter-Final
  • The three bottom-placed teams in each group contest Relegation Playoffs

Group A

width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Diff	width=20	Pts
Éire Óg, Ennis	3	3	0	0	50	35	+15	6
St. Breckan's, Lisdoonvarna	3	2	0	1	42	32	+10	4
Corofin	2	1	0	2	38	48	-10	2
St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay	3	0	0	3	39	54	-15	0

Group B

width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Diff	width=20	Pts
Cratloe	3	3	0	0	50	41	+9	6
Lissycasey	3	2	0	1	48	40	+8	4
St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	3	1	0	2	43	44	-1	2
Kilmihil	3	0	0	3	36	52	-16	0

Group C

width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Diff	width=20	Pts
Ennistymon	3	2	0	1	35	32	+3	4
Kilmurry-Ibrickane	3	2	0	1	36	34	+4	4
Clondegad	3	2	0	1	36	35	+1	4
Doonbeg	3	0	0	3	28	34	-6	0

Preliminary Quarter-Final

• Played by two third-placed teams from Groups B and C

Quarter-finals

• Played by top two placed teams from Groups A-C, third-placed team from Group A, and winners of Preliminary Quarter-Final

Semi-finals

County Final

Other Fixtures

Relegation Playoffs

• Played by the three bottom-placed teams from Groups A-C
  • Loser of Playoff 2 relegated to Intermediate for 2023

Notes and References

1. Web site: Additional Time Goals See Corofin Claim Intermediate Title. The Clare Echo.
2. Web site: Kildysart Are Intermediate Football Champions For 2022 After Dramatic Contest In Cusack Park. Clare FM.
3. Web site: Patience A Virtue As Éire Óg Defend Clare SFC Crown. RTÉ Sport.
4. Web site: Éire Óg End 15-Year Wait For Clare SFC Crown. Irish Examiner.
5. Web site: Clare Club Championship Draws 2022. Clare GAA.