2024 Clare Senior Hurling Championship

Canon Hamilton Cup 2024
League	Clare GAA
Sport	Hurling
Duration	9 August - 28 October 2024
Number of teams	16
Sponsor	TUS Midlands Midwest
Changes From 2023
Promoted	Corofin
Relegated	Clarecastle Wolfe Tones Shannon
Changes For 2025
Promoted	Wolfe Tones Shannon [1]
Relegated	O'Callaghan's Mills
County Championship
Winners	Feakle
Runners-up	Sixmilebridge
Seasons
← 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 20 October, was postponed until THE 28 October due to Storm Ashley. ^[8] Feakle won the final, attaining their first Clare senior hurling title since 1988. ^[9]

Senior Championship Fixtures

Group stage

• Four groups of four.
• Each team plays all the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
• In cases where two or more teams are on equal points, only the matches between the relevant teams are used to calculate the score difference when determining placement in the group.
  • The top two teams in each group advance to the Quarter-Finals
  • The bottom-placed team from each group contest the Relegation Playoffs

Group 1

  Quarter-Finalist  Relegation Playoff

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Éire Óg Inis	3	3	0	0	68	62	+6	6
Clonlara	3	2	0	1	78	72	+17	4
Ballyea	3	1	0	2	59	67	-8	2
Clooney-Quin	3	0	0	3	62	77	-15	0

Éire Óg Inis v Clooney-Quin

10 August 2024Round 1	Éire Óg Inis	1-20 (23) - 3-13 (22)	Clooney-Quin	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Fergal O'Brien

Clonlara v Ballyea

10 August 2024Round 1	Clonlara	1-28 (31) - 1-20 (23)	Ballyea	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: John Bugler

Ballyea v Clooney-Quin

23 August 2024Round 2	Ballyea	0-19 (19) - 0-17 (17)	Clooney-Quin	O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
				Referee: Chris Maguire

Clonlara v Éire Óg Inis

25 August 2024Round 2	Clonlara	1-20 (23) - 1-23 (26)	Éire Óg Inis	Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla
				Referee: John Bugler

Ballyea v Éire Óg Inis

7 September 2024Round 3	Ballyea	0-17 (17) - 0-19 (19)	Éire Óg Inis	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Eoghan O'Leary

Clonlara v Clooney-Quin

7 September 2024Round 3	Clonlara	3-26 (35) - 2-17 (23)	Clooney-Quin	O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
				Referee: Jarlath Donnellan

Group 2

  Quarter-Finalist  Relegation Playoff

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Feakle	3	2	0	1	66	55	+11	4
Cratloe	3	2	0	1	77	62	+15	4
Kilmaley	3	2	0	1	82	58	+24	4
Corofin	3	0	0	3	47	97	-50	0

Feakle v Cratloe

10 August 2024Round 1	Feakle	0-23 (23) - 1-16 (19)	Cratloe	O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
				Referee: Kieran Liddane

Kilmaley v Corofin

10 August 2024Round 1	Kilmaley	6-22 (40) - 1-11 (14)	Corofin	Clarecastle GAA Grounds, Clarecastle
				Referee: Jarlath Donnellan

Cratloe v Corofin

25 August 2024Round 2	Cratloe	4-23 (35) - 0-19 (19)	Corofin	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Eoghan O'Leary

Feakle v Kilmaley

25 August 2024Round 2	Feakle	0-21 (21) - 0-22 (22)	Kilmaley	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Fergal O'Brien

Cratloe v Kilmaley

8 September 2024Round 3	Cratloe	1-20 (23) - 1-17 (20)	Kilmaley	Fr Murphy Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus
				Referee: Aaron Hogg

Feakle v Corofin

8 September 2024Round 3	Feakle	3-17 (26) - 1-21 (24)	Corofin	Clarecastle GAA Grounds, Clarecastle
				Referee: Kevin Corry

Group 3

  Quarter-Finalist  Relegation Playoff

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Scariff	3	2	1	0	67	61	+6	5
Inagh-Kilnamona	3	2	0	1	76	49	+27	4
Broadford	3	1	1	1	60	71	-11	3
O'Callaghan's Mills	3	0	0	3	48	70	-22	0

Broadford v O'Callaghan's Mills

9 August 2024Round 1	Broadford	2-27 (33) - 0-19 (19)	O'Callaghan's Mills	Clonlara GAA Grounds, Clonlara
				Referee: Joseph Mullins

Scariff v Inagh-Kilnamona

10 August 2024Round 1	Scariff	0-24 (24) - 0-20 (20)	Inagh-Kilnamona	O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
				Referee: Chris Maguire

Scariff v Broadford

24 August 2024Round 2	Scariff	1-18 (21) - 2-15 (21)	Broadford	Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla
				Referee: Aaron Hogg

Inagh-Kilnamona v O'Callaghan's Mills

25 August 2024Round 2	Inagh-Kilnamona	2-19 (25) - 0-9 (9)	O'Callaghan's Mills	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield GAA Grounds, Gurteen
				Referee: Kevin Corry

Inagh-Kilnamona v Broadford

8 September 2024Round 3	Inagh-Kilnamona	4-19 (31) - 0-16 (16)	Broadford	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Kieran Liddane

Scariff v O'Callaghan's Mills

8 September 2024Round 3	Scariff	1-19 (22) - 1-17 (20)	O'Callaghan's Mills	Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla
				Referee: Augustine Callaghan

Group 4

  Quarter-Finalist  Relegation Playoff

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Sixmilebridge	3	2	1	0	66	58	+8	5
Crusheen	3	2	0	1	73	64	+9	4
Newmarket-on-Fergus	3	1	1	1	64	63	+1	3
St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	3	0	0	3	50	68	-18	0

Sixmilebridge v St Joseph's Doora-Barefield

9 August 2024Round 1	Sixmilebridge	1-18 (21) - 1-12 (15)	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Fr Murphy Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus
				Referee: Eoghan O'Leary

Crusheen v Newmarket-on-Fergus

10 August 2024Round 1	Crusheen	1-21 (24) - 2-17 (23)	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Gaelic Park, Ruan
				Referee: Niall Malone

Crusheen v Sixmilebridge

24 August 2024Round 2	Crusheen	2-15 (21) - 1-20 (23)	Sixmilebridge	Clarecastle GAA Grounds, Clarecastle
				Referee: Augustine Callaghan

Newmarket-on-Fergus v St Joseph's Doora-Barefield

24 August 2024Round 2	Newmarket-on-Fergus	2-13 (19) - 1-14 (17)	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla
				Referee: Joseph Mullins

Newmarket-on-Fergus v Sixmilebridge

6 September 2024Round 3	Newmarket-on-Fergus	1-19 (22) - 1-19 (22)	Sixmilebridge	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: John Bugler

Crusheen v St Joseph's Doora-Barefield

6 September 2024Round 3	Crusheen	3-19 (28) - 0-18 (18)	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Gaelic Park, Ruan
				Referee: Fergal O'Brien

Quarter-finals

• Played by the top 2 teams from Groups 1-4
  • The first-place team from each group is drawn to play a second-place team each group

Scariff v Cratloe

21 September 2024Quarter-Final	Scariff	2-14 (20) - 2-15 (21)	Cratloe	Cusack Park, Ennis
	P Crotty 0-7, Rodgers 0-4 (2f, 1’65); P Ryan 1-2; E O’Brien 1-1	Report	C McGrath 0-6; R Considine (2f), C McInerney(1-0 Pen) (1-2 each); D Neville 0-2; D Ryan (f) David Collins, S Neville 0-1 each	Referee: Jarlath Donnellan

Éire Óg Inis v Inagh-Kilnamona

21 September 2024Quarter-Final	Éire Óg Inis	0-20 (20) - 2-16 (22)	Inagh-Kilnamona	Cusack Park, Ennis
	D Russell 0-12 (8f, 1’65); D Reidy 0-3 (1f); D O’Brien, O Cahill, D McNamara, R Loftus, M Cleary 0-1 each	Report	A McCarthy 0-7 (5f); Eoghan Foudy, N Mullins 1-0 each; S Rynne, D Fitzgerald, F Hegarty 0-2 each; S Foudy, D Cullinan, C Hegarty 0-1 each	Referee: John Bugler

Feakle v Crusheen

22 September 2024Quarter-Final	Feakle	5-19 (34) - 1-14 (17)	Crusheen	Cusack Park, Ennis
	S. McGrath (1-14, 8 frees, 1 65); M. Daly, R. Bane, S. Conway, O. O’Connor (1-0 each); O. Donnellan (0-2); E. Tuohy, R. O’Connor, E. Daly (0-1 each).	Report	B. Horner (1-6, 0-4 frees); R. Hayes (0-7, 5 frees, 1 65); O. O’Donnell (0-1).	Referee: Fergal O'Brien

Sixmilebridge v Clonlara

22 September 2024Quarter-Final	Sixmilebridge	2-18 (24) - 0-21 (21)	Clonlara	Cusack Park, Ennis
	A. Morey (0-9, frees); J. Shanahan (1-2); D. Kennedy (1-1); B. Corry (0-3); L. Fitzpatrick, J. Loughnane, A. Mulready (0-1 each).	Report	M. O’Loughlin (0-15, 13 frees); C. O’Connell, C. O’Meara, M. Collins, I. Galvin, A. Moriarty, M. Stritch (0-1 each).	Referee: Eoghan O'Leary

Semi-finals

Cratloe v Feakle

5 October 2024Semi-Final	Cratloe	1-15 (18) - 1-17 (20)	Feakle	Cusack Park, Ennis
16:00	R Considine 0-8 (7f) C McInerney 1-2 C McGrath 0-3 E Boyce 0-2	Report	S McGrath 0-11 (5f) M Daly 1-0 R O’Connor 0-1 O O'Connor 0-1 O Donnellan 0-1 E Tuohy 0-1 E Daly 0-1 F Donnellan 0-1	Referee: John Bugler

Sixmilebridge v Inagh-Kilnamona

6 October 2024Semi-Final	Sixmilebridge	0-28 (28) - 1-25 (28) (a.e.t.) (4-3 p)	Inagh-Kilnamona	Cusack Park, Ennis
15:30	A Morey 0-11 (9f) J Shanahan 0-7 (3f) B Corry 0-5 D Kennedy 0-2 L Fitzpatrick 0-1 J Loughnane 0-1 A Mulready 0-1	Report	A McCarthy 0-13 (8f) C Hegarty 0-4 D Fitzgerald 0-3 F Hegarty 1-0 S Rynne 0-2 E McNamara 0-2 S Foudy 0-1	Referee: Aaron Hogg

County Final

Feakle v Sixmilebridge

28 October 2024Final	Feakle	1-17 (20) - 0-13 (13)	Sixmilebridge	Cusack Park, Ennis
14:30	Shane McGrath 0-8 (6f, 2 '65) Owen McGann 1-0 Steven Conway 0-2 Oisin Donnellan 0-2 Eoin Tuohy 0-2 Martin Daly 0-1 Killian Bane 0-1 Packie Daly 0-1	Report	Alex Morey 0-5 (5f) Shane Golden 0-2 Brian Corry 0-2 Lorcan Fitzpatrick 0-1 David Kennedy 0-1 Jamie Shanahan 0-1 Brian Carey 0-1	Referee: Joseph Mullins

Relegation Playoffs

• Played by the four bottom-placed teams from Groups 1-4
  • The loser of each playoff enters the relegation final.
  • The loser of the relegation final is relegated to the Intermediate Championship for the 2025 season

Corofin v St Joseph's Doora-Barefield

21 September 2024Playoff 1	Corofin	0-14 (14) - 0-19 (19)	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Clarecastle GAA Grounds, Clarecastle
				Referee: Augustine Callaghan

Clooney-Quin v O'Callaghan's Mills

22 September 2024Playoff 2	Clooney-Quin	3-18 (27) - 1-18 (21)	O'Callaghan's Mills	Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla
				Referee: Chris Maguire

Corofin v O'Callaghan's Mills

6 October 2024Relegation Final	Corofin	2-18 (24) - 1-18 (21)	O'Callaghan's Mills	Fr Murphy Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus
16:00				Referee: Fergal O'Brien

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Feakle qualify for the senior final for the first time since 1988.
• Feakle win the title for the first time since 1988.

References

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7. "McGrath masterclass earns Feakle a first Clare final in 36 years". Irish Examiner.
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