Clare Senior Football Championship

For the hurling equivalent, see Clare Senior Hurling Championship.

Clare Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2025 Clare Senior Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Sinsearach Peile an Chláir
Code	Gaelic Football
Founded	1887
Region	Clare (GAA)
Trophy	Jack Daly Cup
No. of teams	12
Title holders	Éire Óg, Ennis (22nd title)
Most titles	Éire Óg, Ennis (22 titles)
Sponsors	TUS
Motto	There is no hero like a local hero
Official website	clare.gaa.ie

The Clare Senior Football Championship (abbreviated to Clare SFC) is an annual GAA club competition organised by Clare GAA for top twelve gaelic football clubs in County Clare, Ireland. It is most prestigious competition in Clare football. The Clare SFC final is usually held in the month of October at Cusack Park in Ennis.

The Clare SHC and Clare SFC begin once both the Clare hurling team and Clare football team have concluded their respective inter-county campaigns. Both championships run concurrently on opposite weekends to cater for dual clubs competing in both codes.

In 2014 Cratloe completed a historic first Clare Senior Championship "Double" for their club, and the first in Clare for eighty-five years since the famous Ennis Dalcassians in 1929.

In 2016 a Football Review Agreement decided that from 2019 onwards the Clare senior and intermediate championships would both involve twelve teams in an effort to make both more competitive. This meant that five clubs would lose their senior status and be relegated down to intermediate level. The eleven remaining senior clubs would be joined by the 2018 intermediate champions to form the new senior championship, and thereby increasing the intermediate championship from eight to twelve teams. 2018 saw the relegation of Doora-Barefield, Kilfenora, O'Curry's, St. Breckan's and Wolfe Tones down to intermediate for 2019. As part of the 2016 Football Review Agreement, a pathway was left open for any amalgamations that wished to enter the senior championship. Two intermediate clubs (Naomh Eoin & O'Curry's) took up this opportunity for 2019.

In 2025 Éire Óg, Ennis completed a historic first Clare Senior Championship "Double" for the town of Ennis in ninety-six years and emulate their predecessors Ennis Dalcassians from 1890, 1911, 1914, and 1929.

The winners of the Clare SFC each year are presented with the Jack Daly Cup, and represent Clare in the Munster Senior Club Football Championship and possibly the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship as the Clare champions.

The current (2025) champions and holders of the Jack Daly Cup are Éire Óg, Ennis who defeated their neighbours and local rivals Doora-Barefield by 1-16 to 2-06 at Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg in Ennis. This was the club's fourth title in fives years and moved them one clear of Kilrush Shamrocks at the top of the Clare SFC Roll of Honour with twenty-two titles.

Munster club qualification

Two Clare clubs have won the Munster Senior Club Football Championship:

• Having lost both the 1972 and 1983 finals to Nemo Rangers (Cork), and the 1991 final to Dr. Croke's (Kerry), Doonbeg won the 1998 Munster senior club title, beating Moyle Rovers (Tipperary) in the final after a replay. They later lost to Ballina Stephenites (Mayo) in the All-Ireland senior club semi-final. Doonbeg were denied back-to-back Munster titles when they lost the 1999 final to UCC (Cork).
• Having lost the 1993 final to Nemo Rangers (Cork), Kilmurry-Ibrickane won the 2004 Munster senior club title, beating Stradbally (Waterford) in the final after a replay. They later lost to Ballina Stephenites (Mayo) in the All-Ireland senior club semi-final. Kilmurry-Ibrickane lost the 2008 final to Dromcollogher-Broadford (Limerick), however they reversed that result the following year to win the 2009 Munster senior club title. They went on to reach the 2010 All-Ireland senior club final, but lost to St. Gall's (Antrim) in Croke Park, Dublin.

Five more Clare clubs have reached the Munster senior club final:

• Cooraclare lost the 1964 final to Shannon Rangers (Kerry).
• Kilrush Shamrocks reached three finals in four years, but lost to Nemo Rangers (Cork) in both 1978 and 1981, and to St. Finbarr's (Cork) in 1979.
• St. Senan's, Kilkee have reached four finals, but lost to Castlehaven (Cork) in 1989, O'Donovan Rossa (Cork) in 1992, An Ghaeltacht (Kerry) in 2003, and Nemo Rangers (Cork) in 2005.
• Cratloe lost the 2013 final to Dr. Croke's (Kerry).
• St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay lost the 2018 final to Dr. Croke's (Kerry).

No Clare club has won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

2026 senior clubs

• The twelve clubs that will participate in the 2026 Clare Senior Football Championship are:

Club	Location	Colours	Titles	Last title
Corofin	Corofin	Red & White	0	-
Cratloe	Cratloe	Blue & White	3	2023
Doonbeg	Doonbeg	Black & White	18	2010
Éire Óg, Ennis	Ennis	Red & White	22	2025
Ennistymon	Ennistymon	White & Black	0	-
Kildysart	Kildysart	Sky Blue & Navy	1	1889
Kilmihil	Kilmihil	Green & Yellow	2	1980
Kilmurry-Ibrickane	Quilty	Green & Red	16	2020
Lissycasey	Lissycasey	Maroon & White	1	2007
St. Breckan's, Lisdoonvarna	Lisdoonvarna	Maroon & White	0	-
St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	Doora / Barefield	Maroon & White	1	1898
St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay	Miltown Malbay	Claret & Amber	15	2019

Venues

Early rounds

Cusack Park, Ennis

Fixtures in the opening rounds of the championship are usually played at a neutral venue that is deemed halfway between the participating teams. Some of the more common venues include Clarecastle GAA Grounds, Cooraclare GAA Grounds, Hennessy Memorial Park, Páirc Finne, Páirc na Muintire, Páirc Naomh Mhuire, Páirc Uí Seancháin and St. Michael’s Park. Cusack Park in Ennis also hosts several double-headers in the early rounds of the championship.

Later stages

The semi-finals and final are usually played at Cusack Park in Ennis. Named after the founder of the GAA, Michael Cusack, the ground has a capacity of just over 20,000. In 2017 a major renovation of the stadium was completed which included the demolition and re-erection of the main stand and construction of a new entrance at the north side of the stadium.

Roll of honour

#	Club	Wins	Years won
1.	Éire Óg, Ennis	22	2000, 2006, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 As Ennis Dalcassians : 1890, 1897, 1899, 1904, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1929 As Ennis Faughs : 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1994
2.	Kilrush Shamrocks	21	1902, 1903, 1912, 1924, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1987
3.	Doonbeg	18	1955, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2010
4.	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	16	1933, 1935 (as Quilty), 1936 (as Quilty), 1939 (as Quilty), 1963, 1966, 1993, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2020
5.	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay	15	1905, 1906, 1916, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1932, 1949, 1953, 1959, 1985, 1990, 2015, 2018, 2019
6.	Cooraclare	10	1915, 1917, 1918, 1944 (with Kilmihil), 1945, 1956, 1964, 1965, 1986, 1997
7.	St. Senan's, Kilkee	8	1926, 1928, 1942, 1984, 1989, 1992, 2003, 2005
8.	Cratloe	3	2013, 2014, 2023
	Shannon Gaels, Labasheeda		1900 (as Labasheeda), 1970, 1971
10.	Coolmeen	2	1919, 1922
	Kilfenora		1941, 1950
	Kilmihil		1944 (with Cooraclare), 1980
	Newmarket-on-Fergus		1887, 1888
13.	Clarecastle	1	1908
	Kildysart		1889
	Killimer		1896
	Liscannor		1940
	Lissycasey		2007
	O'Curry's, Doonaha		1946
	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield		1898 (as Doora)

List of Clare SFC finals

  Munster Club Champions  Munster Club Finalists

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Score
2025 [1]	Éire Óg, Ennis	1-16	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	2-06
2024 [2]	Éire Óg, Ennis	1-10	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	0-06
2023 [3]	Cratloe	1-10	St. Breckan's, Lisdoonvarna	1-08
2022 [4]	Éire Óg, Ennis	0-09	Ennistymon	0-06
2021 [5]	Éire Óg, Ennis	1-11	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	0-09
2020 [6]	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	1-12	Cratloe	0-12
2019 (R) [7]	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay	0-12	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	0-08
2018	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay	0-14	Ennistymon	0-08
2017 [8]	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	1-14	Clondegad	0-14
2016 (R) [9]	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	2-13	Cratloe	0-06
2015 [10]	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay	0-13	Cooraclare	0-09
2014 [11]	Cratloe	2-12	Éire Óg, Ennis	0-11
2013 [12]	Cratloe	0-10	Doonbeg	0-07
2012 [13]	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	0-10	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	0-04
2011 [14]	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	0-17	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	0-05
2010 [15]	Doonbeg	0-11	Liscannor	0-07
2009	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	0-12	St. Senan's, Kilkee	2-03
2008	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	0-11	Liscannor	0-05
2007	Lissycasey	0-11	Éire Óg, Ennis	0-06
2006 [16]	Éire Óg, Ennis	2-09	Lissycasey	0-13
2005	St. Senan's, Kilkee	3-08	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	1-09
2004 (R)	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	1-08	Éire Óg, Ennis	0-09
2003 (R)	St. Senan's, Kilkee	0-10	Kilrush Shamrocks	0-07
2002	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	1-05	Liscannor	0-06
2001	Doonbeg	2-06	Éire Óg, Ennis	0-07
2000	Éire Óg, Ennis	1-10	Doonbeg	0-10
1999	Doonbeg	1-08	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	1-06
1998(R)	Doonbeg	1-09	Lissycasey	0-02
1997	Cooraclare	1-06	Doonbeg	0-07
1996	Doonbeg	1-10	St. Breckan's, Lisdoonvarna	0-07
1995	Doonbeg		Ennis Faughs (Éire Óg / Barefield)
1994 (R)	Ennis Faughs (Éire Óg / Barefield)	1-12	Kilrush Shamrocks	2-06
1993	Kilmurry-Ibrickane	0-09	Doonbeg	0-07
1992	St. Senan's, Kilkee	1-09	Doonbeg	0-11
1991	Doonbeg	0-10	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay	0-06
1990	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay	1-06	Kilmihil	0-07
1989 (R)	St. Senan's, Kilkee	2-07	Doonbeg	1-08
1988	Doonbeg	1-05	Kilmihil	0-06
1987	Kilrush Shamrocks		Doonbeg
1986	Cooraclare	2-06	Éire Óg, Ennis	1-06
1985	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay	4-05	St. Breckan's, Lisdoonvarna	0-04
1984	St. Senan's, Kilkee	0-10	Kilmihil	1-02
1983	Doonbeg		Kilrush Shamrocks
1982 (R)	Doonbeg	0-04	Kilmihil	0-03
1981	Kilrush Shamrocks		St. Senan's, Kilkee
1980	Kilmihil	1-08	Doonbeg	0-05
1979	Kilrush Shamrocks		Doonbeg
1978	Kilrush Shamrocks		North Clare
1977	Kilrush Shamrocks		North Clare
1976	Kilrush Shamrocks		Kilmihil
1975	Kilrush Shamrocks		St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay
1974 (R)	Doonbeg	0-04	Kilmihil	0-03
1973	Doonbeg		Shannon Gaels, Labasheeda
1972	Doonbeg		Kilmihil
1971	Shannon Gaels, Labasheeda		Doonbeg
1970	Shannon Gaels, Labasheeda	1-03	Kilrush Shamrocks	1-02
1969	Doonbeg		Shannon Gaels, Labasheeda
1968	Doonbeg		Kilmihil
1967	Doonbeg		Kilrush Shamrocks
1966	Kilmurry-Ibrickane		Kilrush Shamrocks
1965	Cooraclare		St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay
1964	Cooraclare		St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay
1963	Kilmurry-Ibrickane		Shannon Gaels, Labasheeda
1962	Kilrush Shamrocks		St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay
1961	Doonbeg		Cooraclare
1960	Kilrush Shamrocks		Kilmihil
1959	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay		Cooraclare
1958	Kilrush Shamrocks		Kilmihil
1957	Kilrush Shamrocks		St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay
1956	Cooraclare		Ennis Faughs (Éire Óg / Barefield)
1955	Doonbeg		Ennis Faughs (Éire Óg / Barefield)
1954	Ennis Faughs (Éire Óg / Barefield)		Kilrush Shamrocks
1953	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay		Ennis Faughs (Éire Óg / Barefield)
1952	Ennis Faughs (Éire Óg / Barefield)		Kilrush Shamrocks
1951	Kilrush Shamrocks		St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay
1950	Kilfenora		Clohanes
1949	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay		Ennis Faughs (Ennis Dals / Barefield)
1948	Ennis Faughs (Ennis Dals / Barefield)		O'Curry's, Doonaha
1947	Ennis Faughs (Ennis Dals / Barefield)		Clohanes
1946	O'Curry's, Doonaha		Ennis Faughs (Ennis Dals / Barefield)
1945	Cooraclare		Ennis Faughs (Ennis Dals / Barefield)
1944	Cooraclare / Kilmihil		Ennis Faughs (Ennis Dals / Barefield)
1943	Finalists Disqualified
1942	St. Senan's, Kilkee		Ennistymon
1941	Kilfenora		St. Senan's, Kilkee
1940	Liscannor		Kilrush Shamrocks
1939	Quilty		Kilrush Shamrocks
1938	Kilrush Shamrocks		Ballyvaughan-Fanore
1937	Kilrush Shamrocks		Quilty
1936	Quilty		Kilrush Shamrocks
1935	Quilty		Kilmurry-Ibrickane
1934	Kilrush Shamrocks		North Clare
1933	Kilmurry-Ibrickane		St. Senan's, Kilkee
1932	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay		Cooraclare
1931	Kilrush Shamrocks		St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay
1930	Kilrush Shamrocks		Ennis Dalcassians
1929	Ennis Dalcassians		Coolmeen
1928	St. Senan's, Kilkee		Kilrush Shamrocks
1927	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay		Coolmeen
1926	St. Senan's, Kilkee		Coolmeen
1925	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay		Kilrush Shamrocks
1924	Kilrush Shamrocks		Kilmurry-Ibrickane
1923	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay		St. Senan's, Kilkee
1922	Coolmeen		St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay
1921	No Championship
1920	No Championship
1919	Coolmeen		Kilrush Shamrocks
1918	Cooraclare		Coolmeen
1917	Cooraclare		St. Senan's, Kilkee
1916	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay		Cooraclare
1915	Cooraclare		Ennis Dalcassians
1914	Ennis Dalcassians		St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay
1913	Ennis Dalcassians		Cooraclare
1912	Kilrush Shamrocks		Ennis Dalcassians
1911	Ennis Dalcassians		Cooraclare
1910	Ennis Dalcassians		Kilrush Shamrocks
1909	Ennis Dalcassians		Cooraclare
1908	Clarecastle		St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay
1907	Ennis Dalcassians		Labasheeda
1906	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay		Kilrush Shamrocks
1905	St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay		Ennis Dalcassians
1904	Ennis Dalcassians		St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay
1903	Kilrush Shamrocks		Labasheeda
1902	Kilrush Shamrocks		Parteen
1901	No Championship
1900	Labasheeda		Kilmihil
1899	Ennis Dalcassians		Clarecastle
1898	Doora		Ennis Dalcassians
1897	Ennis Dalcassians		Kilrush Shamrocks
1896	Killimer		Newmarket-on-Fergus
1895	No Championship
1894	No Championship
1893	No Championship
1892	No Championship
1891	No Championship
1890	Ennis Dalcassians		Coore
1889	Kildysart		Clouna
1888	Newmarket-on-Fergus		Kilmacduane
1887	Newmarket-on-Fergus		Cratloe

• North Clare was a two-time temporary amalgamation similar to the modern-day divisional teams seen in Cork and Kerry. North Clare drew it's players from the Ballyvaughan-Fanore, Corofin, Ennistymon, Kilfenora, Liscannor, Michael Cusack's and St. Breckan's football clubs. They competed together at senior level when they were all competing at either intermediate or junior level individually. North Clare played in three county finals in 1934, 1977 and 1978, losing on each occasion to Kilrush Shamrocks.

• When Ennis Dalcassians won the 1943 Clare Junior Football Championship, they offered an opportunity to players from fellow junior club, Doora-Barefield, to join with them and enter the 1944 senior championship as the Ennis Faughs. In 1952 when Ennis Dalcassians became Éire Óg, the Ennis Faughs continued to play at senior level until disbanding after losing the 1956 county final. In a thirteen-year period, the Ennis Faughs reached eleven county finals, winning four senior titles in 1947, 1948, 1952 and 1954. When Ennis Dals were relegated back down to junior level in 1945, a second Ennis Faughs team also entered and immediately won the 1946 Clare Intermediate Football Championship.

• In 1993, Éire Óg and Doora-Barefield were both competing at intermediate level. Éire Óg once again offered an opportunity to players from Doora-Barefield to join with them and try to replicate their previous successes. The new Ennis Faughs entered and immediately won the 1994 Clare Senior Football Championship, defeating Kilrush Shamrocks in the county final after a replay. They reached back-to-back county finals in 1995, but relinquished their title to Doonbeg. As Éire Óg won the 1995 Clare Intermediate Football Championship, the Ennis Faughs were once again disbanded. Doora-Barefield subsequently went on to win the 1997 Clare Intermediate Football Championship.

Records and statistics

Consecutive championships

• 5-in-a-row:
  • Once by Kilrush Shamrocks (1975–1979)
• 3-in-a-row:
  • Twice by Doonbeg (1967–1969) & (1972–1974)
  • Once by Ennis Dalcassians (1909–1911)

"The Double"

The following clubs have won both the Clare Senior Football Championship and Clare Senior Hurling Championship in the same year:

• Four times by Ennis Dalcassians (1980, 1911, 1914, 1929)
• Once by Cratloe (2014)
• Once by Éire Óg, Ennis (2025)

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Clare Senior Football Championship titles they won, is as follows:

• 1880s: Two titles for Newmarket-on-Fergus (1887, 1888)
• 1890s: Three titles for Ennis Dalcassians (1890, 1897, 1899)
• 1900s: Three titles for Ennis Dalcassians (1904, 1907, 1909)
• 1910s: Four titles for Ennis Dalcassians (1910, 1911, 1913, 1914)
• 1920s: Three titles for St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay (1923, 1925, 1927)
• 1930s: Five titles for Kilrush Shamrocks (1930, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1938)
• 1940s: Two titles for Ennis Faughs (1947, 1948)
• 1950s: Three titles for Kilrush Shamrocks (1951, 1957, 1958)
• 1960s: Four titles for Doonbeg (1961, 1967, 1968, 1969)
• 1970s: Five titles for Kilrush Shamrocks (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979)
• 1980s: Three titles for Doonbeg (1982, 1983, 1988)
• 1990s: Five titles for Doonbeg (1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999)
• 2000s: Four titles for Kilmurry-Ibrickane (2002, 2004, 2008, 2009)
• 2010s: Four titles for Kilmurry-Ibrickane (2011, 2012, 2016, 2017)
• 2020s: Four titles for Éire Óg, Ennis (2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)

Barren spells

The longest gaps between successive Clare Senior Football Championship titles are:

• 70 years: Shannon Gaels, Labasheeda (1900–1970)
• 42 years: St. Senan's, Kilkee (1942–1984)
• 40 years: Éire Óg, Ennis (1954–1994)
• 30 years: Kilmurry-Ibrickane (1933–1963)
• 27 years: Cooraclare (1918–1945), and Kilmurry-Ibrickane (1966–1993)
• 26 years: St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay (1959–1985)
• 25 years: St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay (1990–2015)
• 21 years: Cooraclare (1965–1986)
• 17 years: St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay (1932–1949)
• 15 years: Ennis Dalcassians (1914–1929), and Éire Óg, Ennis (2006–2021)
• 14 years: St. Senan's, Kilkee (1928–1942)
• 13 years: Kilrush Shamrocks (1938–1951) & (1962–1975)
• 12 years: Kilrush Shamrocks (1912–1924)
• 11 years: Cooraclare (1945–1956) & (1986–1997), and St. Senan's, Kilkee (1992–2003)
• 10 years: St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay (1906–1916)

See also

• All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
• Munster Senior Club Football Championship
• Clare Football League Div. 1 (Cusack Cup)
• Clare Intermediate Football Championship
• Clare Football League Div. 2 (Garry Cup)
• Clare Junior A Football Championship
• Clare Premier Junior B Football Championship
• Clare Junior B Football Championship
• Clare Under-21 A Football Championship
• Clare Minor A Football Championship

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