Dates | 8 June – 7 October 2001 | ||
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Teams | 14 | ||
Sponsor | Lynch Hotels | ||
Champions | ![]() Seánie McMahon (captain) Michael Clohessy (manager) | ||
Runners-up | ![]() Davy Fitzgerald (captain) Paddy Meehan (manager) | ||
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The 2001 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 108th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887. The championship draw was made on 13 May 2001. The championship ran from 8 June to 7 October 2001.
Sixmilebridge entered the championship as the defending champions. [1]
The final was played on 7 October 2001 at Cusack Park in Ennis, between St Joseph's Doora-Barefield and Sixmilebridge, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in two years. [2] St Joseph's Doora-Barefield won the match by 1–15 to 1–12 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first title in two years. [3] [4] [5]
Niall Gilligan was the championship's top scorer with 5–34.
The championship underwent a format change with the introduction of a group stage. The 12 participating teams were divided into three groups of four teams, from which two teams emerged from each for the quarter-finals. The remaining two quarter-finalists were the winners of each of the two groups in the Clare Senior B Hurling Championship.
26 August 2001Quarter-final | Sixmilebridge | 2-18 - 2-05 | Clonlara | Cusack Park |
N Gilligan 1-8, J O'Meara 1-2, B Culbert 0-3, J Chaplin 0-2, C Chaplin 0-1, A Chaplin 0-1, M Culbert 0-1. | A O'Connell 1-2, W Slattery 1-0, T O'Donovan 0-2, D Conway 0-1. |
26 August 2001Quarter-final | St Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 1-12 - 0-12 | Clarecastle | Cusack Park |
J O'Connor 0-6, C O'Neill 1-2, S McMahon 0-3, L Hassett 0-1. | K Ralph 0-6, A O'Loughlin 0-2, E Flynn 0-1, D Quinn 0-1, S Moloney 0-1, J Pyne 0-1. |
26 August 2001Quarter-final | Kilmaley | 1-10 - 2-07 | Wolfe Tones na Sionna | Cusack Park |
A Markham 0-5, D McMahon 1-0, J McMahon 0-2, E Slattery 0-1, D Neylon 0-1, A Cahill 0-1. | G McPhillips 0-5, Paul O'Rourke 1-1, D O'Rourke 1-0, F Lohan 0-1. |
27 August 2001Quarter-final | Éire Óg | 2-12 - 0-12 | Kilnamona | Cusack Park |
C Egan 0-5, S McNamara 1-1, B Nugent 0-4, T Corbett 1-0, F Flynn 0-1, T McNamara 0-1. | D Gannon 0-9, F Hegarty 0-3. |
1 September 2001Quarter-final replay | Kilmaley | 1-09 - 0-09 | Wolfe Tones na Sionna | Cusack Park |
D Neylon 1-1, C Lynch 0-4, A Markham 0-2, D McMahon 0-1, C McMahon 0-1. | G McPhillips 0-4, D O'Rourke 0-2, F Lohan 0-2, K McCarthy 0-1. |
15 September 2001Semi-final | Sixmilebridge | 4-13 - 1-09 | Kilmaley | Cusack Park |
N Gilligan 3-10, J Chaplin 1-0, D Fitzgerald 0-1, C Chaplin 0-1, B Culbert 0-1. | A Markham 1-4, C Lynch 0-2, B Healy 0-2, B McMahon 0-1. |
Semi-final | St Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 5-16 - 1-05 | Éire Óg | Cusack Park |
L Hassett 2-3, J O'Connor 1-6, O Baker 1-1, C O'Neill 1-0, C Mullen 0-2, S McMahon 0-1, N Brodie 0-1, G Baker 0-1, D Kennedy 0-1. | F Flynn 1-1, C Egan 0-1, R Lynch 0-1, T Corbett 0-1, B Nugent 0-1. |
7 October 2001Final | St Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 1-15 - 1-12 | Sixmilebridge | Cusack Park |
C Mullen 1-2, J O'Connor 0-5, S McMahon 0-3, L Hassett, D Kennedy 0-2; O Baker 0-1. | Report | N Gilligan 1-9, J Reddan, D Fitzgerald, C Crowe 0-1. | Referee: A Heagney |