1976 Clare Senior Hurling Championship

1976 Clare Senior Hurling Championship

Champions	Newmarket-on-Fergus (20th title) Jimmy McNamara (captain)
Runners-up	Sixmilebridge J Keogh (captain)
← 1975 (Previous) (Next) 1977 →

The 1976 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 81st staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887. ^[1]

Brian Boru's entered the championship as the defending champions. ^[2]

The final was played on 24 October 1976 at Cusack Park in Ennis, between Newmarket-on-Fergus and Sixmilebridge, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Newmarket-on-Fergus won the match by 1–11 to 1–05 to claim their 20th championship title overall and a first championship title in two years. ^{[3] [4]}

Results

Final

Newmarket-on-Fergus v Sixmilebridge

24 October 1976Final

Newmarket-on-Fergus

1-11 - 1-05

Sixmilebridge

Cusack Park

References

1. "Club Titles - Clare". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
2. "Looking back on great times for Killanena GAA". The Clare Champion. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
3. "Club history". Newmarket-on-Fergus GAA website. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
4. "Mulcair: We need to push on in Munster". Irish Examiner. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2025.