2024 Clare Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Canon Hamilton Cup 2024
Color:
  1. F4C430
League:Clare GAA
Sport:Hurling
Duration:9 August - 28 October 2024
No Of Teams:16
Child:yes
Headerstyle:background:#F4C430;color:blue;border:1px solid blue
Label1:Sponsor
Data1:TUS Midlands Midwest
Header2:Changes From 2023
Label3:Promoted
Data3:Corofin
Label4:Relegated
Data4:Clarecastle
Wolfe Tones Shannon
Header5:Changes For 2025
Label6:Promoted
Data6:Wolfe Tones Shannon[1]
Label7:Relegated
Data7:O'Callaghan's Mills
Season:County Championship
Season Champs:Feakle
Season Champ Name:Winners
Second Place:Sixmilebridge
Prevseason Link:2023 Clare Senior Hurling Championship
Prevseason Year:2023

The 2024 TUS Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 129th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887.

The draws for the 2024 Clare club championship group stages took place on 21 May 2024.[2] The championship was contested by 16 teams, reduced by 1 from the 2023 championship.[3] The group stage was in a round-robin format, with each team playing each team in their group once.

The draws for the quarter-finals and relegation playoffs took place on 9 September 2024.[4] The quarter-finals were played between the winners of each group versus the runners up of each group. The relegation playoffs were played between the last-place teams of each group, with the losers of these entering a relegation final to determine the relegated team.

The draws for the semi-finals and relegation final took place on 24 September 2024.[5] The semi-final between Sixmilebridge and Inagh-Kilnamona featured a penalty shoot-out for the first time in the history of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship, with Sixmilebridge winning 4-3 after seven penalties each.[6] Feakle won the other semi-final, bringing them to their first Senior Clare final in 36 years.[7] O'Callaghan's Mills lost the relegation final, demoting them to the Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship for 2025.

The final, originally scheduled for October 20th, was postponed until October 28th due to Storm Ashley.[8] Feakle won the final, attaining their first Clare senior hurling title since 1988.[9]

Senior Championship Fixtures

Group stage

Group 1

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Éire Óg Inis33006862+66
Clonlara32017872+174
Ballyea31025967-82
Clooney-Quin30036277-150

Group 2

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Feakle32016655+114
Cratloe32017762+154
Kilmaley32018258+244
Corofin30034797-500

Group 3

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Scariff32106761+65
Inagh-Kilnamona32017649+274
Broadford31116071-113
O'Callaghan's Mills30034870-220

Group 4

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Sixmilebridge32106658+85
Crusheen32017364+94
Newmarket-on-Fergus31116463+13
St Joseph's Doora-Barefield30035068-180

Quarter-finals

Relegation Playoffs

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wolfe Tones triumph over Tubber to seal senior return. Clare Echo. 19 October 2024.
  2. Web site: 2024 Club Championship Draws. Clare GAA. 23 May 2024 .
  3. Web site: Fixtures & Results. Clare GAA.
  4. Web site: Quarter-final draws pave the way for knockout action in Clare senior & intermediate hurling championships. Clare Echo. 9 September 2024 .
  5. Web site: Details Announced For TUS Clare Senior Hurling Semi Finals. Clare FM. 24 September 2024 .
  6. Web site: Shanahan the penalty hero as Sixmilebridge back in the final. Irish Examiner.
  7. Web site: McGrath masterclass earns Feakle a first Clare final in 36 years. Irish Examiner.
  8. Web site: Clare SHC final refixed for Bank Holiday Monday. Clare Echo. 21 October 2024.
  9. Web site: Feakle win first Clare SHC title since 1988. GAA. 28 October 2024.