2025 Clare Senior Hurling Championship

Canon Hamilton Cup 2025
League	Clare GAA
Sport	Hurling
Duration	25 July - 5 October 2025
Number of teams	16
Sponsor	TUS Midlands Midwest
Changes From 2024
Promoted	Wolfe Tones Shannon
Relegated	O'Callaghan's Mills
Changes For 2026
Promoted	TBD
Relegated	Corofin
County Championship
Winners	Éire Óg
Runners-up	Clooney-Quin
Seasons
← 2024

The 2025 TUS Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 130th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887.

The draws for the 2025 Clare club championship group stages took place on 20 May 2025. ^[1] The championship was contested by 16 teams. The group stage was in a round-robin format, with each team playing each team in their group once. ^[2]

The draws for the quarter-finals and relegation playoffs took place on 25 August 2025. ^[3] 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 7 September 2025. ^[4] The relegation final was won by St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield, relegating Corofin to the 2026 Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship. The final was won by Éire Óg, who defeated Clooney-Quin; it was Éire Óg's first senior hurling championship win in 35 years. ^{[5] [6]}

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
Clonlara	3	3	0	0	74	54	+20	6
Sixmilebridge	3	2	0	1	74	62	+12	4
Crusheen	3	1	0	2	64	63	+1	2
St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	3	0	0	3	50	83	-33	0

Clonlara v Sixmilebridge

25 July 2025Round 1	Clonlara	1-19 (22) - 1-18 (21)	Sixmilebridge	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Jarlath Donnellan

Crusheen v St Joseph's Doora-Barefield

26 July 2025Round 1	Crusheen	0-23 (23) - 1-15 (18)	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Niall Malone

Clonlara v St Joseph's Doora-Barefield

9 August 2025Round 2	Clonlara	3-21 (30) - 0-12 (12)	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
				Referee: John Bugler

Sixmilebridge v Crusheen

10 August 2025Round 2	Sixmilebridge	1-20 (23) - 1-17 (20)	Crusheen	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield GAA Grounds, Gurteen
				Referee: Jim Hickey

Clonlara v Crusheen

23 August 2025Round 3	Clonlara	0-22 (22) - 1-18 (21)	Crusheen	Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla
				Referee: Jim Hickey

Sixmilebridge v St Joseph's Doora-Barefield

23 August 2025Round 3	Sixmilebridge	1-27 (30) - 2-14 (20)	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Jarlath Donnellan

Group 2

  Quarter-Finalist  Relegation Playoff

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Clooney-Quin	3	2	1	0	72	68	+4	5
Inagh-Kilnamona	3	2	0	1	87	70	+17	4
Broadford	3	1	0	2	80	70	+10	2
Corofin	3	0	1	2	61	92	-31	1

Clooney-Quin v Broadford

26 July 2025Round 1	Clooney-Quin	1-18 (21) - 2-12 (18)	Broadford	Wolfe Tones GAA Grounds, Shannon
				Referee: Jim Hickey

Inagh-Kilnamona v Corofin

26 July 2025Round 1	Inagh-Kilnamona	0-31 (31) - 0-18 (18)	Corofin	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield
				Referee: Eoghan O'Leary

Corofin v Broadford

9 August 2025Round 2	Corofin	4-10 (22) - 5-25 (40)	Broadford	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Eoghan O'Leary

Inagh-Kilnamona v Clooney-Quin

10 August 2025Round 2	Inagh-Kilnamona	2-23 (29) - 1-27 (30)	Clooney-Quin	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Niall Malone

Corofin v Clooney-Quin

24 August 2025Round 3	Corofin	1-18 (21) - 0-21 (21)	Clooney-Quin	Clarecastle GAA Grounds, Clarecastle
				Referee: Kieran Liddane

Inagh-Kilnamona v Broadford

24 August 2025Round 3	Inagh-Kilnamona	1-24 (27) - 2-16 (22)	Broadford	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Joseph Mullins

Group 3

  Quarter-Finalist  Relegation Playoff

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Éire Óg Inis	3	3	0	0	84	57	+27	6
Feakle	3	1	1	1	62	64	-2	3
Wolfe Tones, Shannon	3	1	1	1	56	64	-8	3
Newmarket-on-Fergus	3	0	0	3	57	74	-17	0

Newmarket-on-Fergus v Éire Óg Inis

25 July 2025Round 1	Newmarket-on-Fergus	1-18 (21) - 2-24 (30)	Éire Óg Inis	Clarecastle GAA Grounds, Clarecastle
				Referee: John Bugler

Feakle v Wolfe Tones, Shannon

26 July 2025Round 1	Feakle	0-19 (19) - 1-16 (19)	Wolfe Tones, Shannon	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Joseph Mullins

Feakle v Newmarket-on-Fergus

8 August 2025Round 2	Feakle	1-19 (22) - 1-17 (20)	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Fergal O'Brien

Wolfe Tones, Shannon v Éire Óg Inis

9 August 2025Round 2	Wolfe Tones, Shannon	1-12 (15) - 1-26 (29)	Éire Óg Inis	Fr Murphy Park
				Referee: Kevin Corry

Wolfe Tones, Shannon v Newmarket-on-Fergus

25 August 2025Round 3	Wolfe Tones, Shannon	0-22 (22) - 0-16 (16)	Newmarket-on-Fergus	O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
				Referee: John Bugler

Feakle v Éire Óg Inis

24 August 2025Round 3	Feakle	1-18 (21) - 3-16 (25)	Éire Óg Inis	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Eoghan O'Leary

Group 4

  Quarter-Finalist  Relegation Playoff

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Kilmaley	3	3	0	0	92	69	+23	6
Ballyea	3	2	0	1	72	64	+8	4
Cratloe	3	1	0	2	63	79	-16	2
Scariff	3	0	0	3	70	85	-15	0

Kilmaley v Ballyea

26 July 2025Round 1	Kilmaley	2-20 (26) - 3-16 (25)	Ballyea	O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
				Referee: Kevin Corry

Cratloe v Scariff

26 July 2025Round 1	Cratloe	1-24 (27) - 1-21 (24)	Scariff	Broadford GAA Grounds Broadford
				Referee: Fergal O'Brien

Cratloe v Kilmaley

9 August 2025Round 2	Cratloe	0-20 (20) - 5-17 (32)	Kilmaley	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Joseph Mullins

Scariff v Ballyea

10 August 2025Round 2	Scariff	2-16 (22) - 1-21 (24)	Ballyea	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Jarlath Donnellan

Scariff v Kilmaley

23 August 2025Round 3	Scariff	2-18 (24) - 1-31 (34)	Kilmaley	Cusack Park, Ennis
				Referee: Chris Maguire

Cratloe v Ballyea

23 August 2025Round 3	Cratloe	0-16 (16) - 0-23 (23)	Ballyea	O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
				Referee: Niall Malone

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

Ballyea v Clonlara

6 September 2025Quarter-Final	Ballyea	2-13 (19) - 0-16 (16)	Clonlara	Cusack Park, Ennis
		Report		Referee: Kevin Corry

Kilmaley v Sixmilebridge

6 September 2025Quarter-Final	Kilmaley	1-21 (24) - 1-8 (11)	Sixmilebridge	Cusack Park, Ennis
		Report		Referee: Niall Malone

Clooney-Quin v Feakle

7 September 2025Quarter-Final	Clooney-Quin	1-20 (23) - 1-11 (14)	Feakle	Cusack Park, Ennis
	Peter Duggan 0-8 (5f, 1sl) Darragh McNamara 1-0 Dannan Fox 0-3 Jerry O’Connor 0-2 Jimmy Corry 0-2 Ryan Taylor 0-2 Callum Hassett 0-1 Jack O’Neill 0-1 John Conneally 0-1	Report	Oisin Donnellan 0-6 (5f) Martin Daly 1-1 Oisin Clune 0-1 Eoin Tuohy 0-1 Oisin O’Connor 0-1 Owen McGann 0-1	Referee: Fergal O'Brien

Éire Óg Inis v Inagh-Kilnamona

7 September 2025Quarter-Final	Éire Óg Inis	3-21 (30) - 1-17 (20)	Inagh-Kilnamona	Cusack Park, Ennis
		Report		Referee: John Bugler

Semi-finals

Kilmaley v Éire Óg Inis

20 September 2025Semi-Final	Kilmaley	1-12 (15) - 1-14 (17)	Éire Óg Inis	Cusack Park, Ennis
16:30	M OMalley 0-7 (5f, 1’65) C Cleary 1-1 S Kennedy 0-1 E McMahon 0-1 S O’Loughlin 0-1 M O’Neill 0-1		D Russell 0-6 (5f, 1’65) O Cahill 0-3 D Moroney 1-0 D O’Brien 0-2 D Reidy 0-1 D McNamara 0-1 A Fitzgerald 0-1	Referee: Fergal O'Brien

Ballyea v Clooney-Quin

21 September 2025Semi-Final	Ballyea	2-19 (25) - 4-15 (27)	Clooney-Quin	Cusack Park, Ennis
15:30	T Kelly 1-14 (1-0 Pen, 6f) F Kirby 1-1 C Kirby 0-2 D Costelloe 0-1 D Moylan 0-1		P Duggan 1-10 (8f) S Scanlan 1-1 D McNamara 1-0 J O'Connor 1-0 C Hassett 0-2 R Taylor 0-1 M Duggan 0-1	Referee: John Bugler

County Final

Éire Óg Inis v Clooney-Quin

5 October 2025Final	Éire Óg Inis	0-17 (17) - 0-12 (12)	Clooney-Quin	Cusack Park, Ennis
15:30	D Russell 0-5 (2f, 1 65) D Reidy 0-4 M Cleary 0-4 O Cahill 0-2 S O'Donnell 0-2		P Duggan 0-9 (5f, 1 65) J Connearlly 0-1 D McNamara 0-1 C Hassett 0-1	Referee: John Bugler

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 2026 season

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

6 September 2025Playoff 1	Newmarket-on-Fergus	1-19 (22) - 2-15 (21)	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla
				Referee: Eoghan O'Leary

Corofin v Scariff

7 September 2025Playoff 2	Corofin	0-13 (13) - 3-20 (29)	Scariff	Páirc an Dálaigh, Tulla
				Referee: Joseph Mullins

Corofin v St Joseph's Doora-Barefield

21 September 2025Relegation Final	Corofin	2-14 (20) - 0-21 (24)	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Fr Murphy Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus
13:00				Referee: Kevin Corry

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Éire Óg win the title for the first time since 1990.
• Éire Óg won both the Clare Senior Hurling Championship and the Clare Senior Football Championship to win first 'Double' for the club since 1929.

References

1. "Battle of the champions opens 2025 senior championship race". Clare Champion. 20 May 2025.
2. "Fixtures & Results". Clare GAA.
3. "Clare SHC quarter-final draw throws up mouthwatering ties". Irish Examiner. 25 August 2025.
4. "Semi-final draws held for Clare SHC". Clare Echo. 7 September 2025.
5. "Éire Óg bridge 35-year gap to take Clare hurling title and set up shot at potential double". The Irish Times. 5 October 2025.
6. "Éire Óg end 35 years of hurt in Clare". RTE Sport. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.