Clare Junior A Hurling Championship | |
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Irish | Craobh Sóisear A Iomána an Chláir |
Founded | 1926 |
No. of teams | 10 |
Title holders | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() |
Sponsors | Martin Murphy Building & Civil Contractors Ltd. |
The Clare Junior A Hurling Championship (abbreviated to Clare JAHC) is an annual GAA club competition organised by the Clare County Board for hurling clubs below the Intermediate, Premier Intermediate and Senior grades. It is contested by the top-ranking junior clubs in County Clare, Ireland. It is the fourth-tier adult competition of the Clare hurling pyramid.
The Clare JAHC was introduced in 1926 as a county-wide competition for hurling clubs deemed not eligible for the Senior grade, and was also opened in later years to the second-, third-, or fourth-string teams from higher-ranked clubs.
In 2025 the Clare County Board introduced three new grades to the Clare hurling pyramid (Premier Intermediate, Premier Junior B and Premier Junior C), with every grade below the sixteen-team Senior grade becoming a new or updated competition.
The winners of the Clare JAHC are promoted to the Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship for the following year.
The current (2024) champions are Kilmaley who defeated O'Callaghan's Mills by 0-24 to 0-12, to win their first title since 2006, and fourth overall at this grade.
The winners of the Clare JAHC also qualify to represent Clare in the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship. However, if a second-, third-, or fourth-string team wins the Clare JFC, the highest finishing first-string team qualifies instead.
One Clare club has won the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship:
No Clare club has progressed to the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship.
# | Club | Wins | Years won |
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1. | ![]() | 8 | 1965 (as Kilnamona), 1971 (as Kilnamona), 1975 (as Kilnamona), 1984 (as Inagh), 1989 (as Kilnamona), 1993 (as Inagh), 1996 (as Kilnamona), 2014 |
2. | ![]() | 7 | 1929, 1942 (as Tuamgraney), 1946, 1957 (as Tuamgraney), 1961, 1986, 2017 |
![]() | 1930 (as Meelick), 1945 (as Ardnacrusha), 1954 (as Parteen), 1968 (as Parteen), 1987 (as Meelick), 2005 (as Parteen), 2007 (as Meelick) | ||
4. | ![]() | 6 | 1947 (as Cappa), 1949 (as Cappa), 1950, 1956 (as Cappa), 1981, 2016 |
![]() | 1931 (as Tradaree), 1943 (as Tradaree), 1974, 1979, 1995, 2008 | ||
6. | ![]() | 5 | 1934, 1941, 1944, 1959, 2010 |
![]() | 1926, 1972, 1998, 2003, 2011 | ||
![]() | 1952, 1960, 1983, 2000, 2022 | ||
9. | ![]() | 4 | 1973, 1999, 2015, 2019 |
![]() | 1935, 1964, 1976, 2013 | ||
![]() | 1927 (as Ennis Dals), 1990, 2002, 2018 | ||
12. | ![]() | 3 | 1939, 1955, 1958, 2023 (as Kilbane) |
![]() | 1940, 1982, 1991 | ||
![]() | 1969, 1980, 2009 | ||
![]() | 1970, 1977, 1994 | ||
![]() | 1963, 2001, 2006, 2024 | ||
![]() | 1937, 1988, 2021 | ||
![]() | 1967, 1978, 1997 | ||
19. | ![]() | 2 | 1985, 2012 |
![]() | 1933 (as Clooney), 1966 (as Clooney) | ||
![]() | 1928, 1953 (as Bauroe) | ||
![]() | 1932, 1948 | ||
![]() | 1936, 1992 | ||
24. | ![]() | 1 | 2004 |
Our Lady's Mental Hospital, Ennis | 1951 | ||
![]() | 2020 | ||
![]() | 1962 | ||
![]() | 1938 (as Mountshannon) |