County Clare is a county in the province of Munster in the Southern part of the republic of Ireland, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 127,938 at the 2022 census. The county seat and largest settlement is Ennis.
Thomond, also known as the kingdom of Limerick, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Clare and County Limerick, as well as parts of County Tipperary around Nenagh and its hinterland. The kingdom represented the core homeland of the Dál gCais people, although there were other Gaels in the area such as the Éile and Eóganachta, and even the Norse of Limerick. It existed from the collapse of the Kingdom of Munster in the 12th century as competition between the Ó Briain and the Mac Cárthaigh led to the schism between Thomond and Desmond. It continued to exist outside of the Anglo-Norman-controlled Lordship of Ireland until the 16th century.
The Clare Senior Hurling Championship or Clare SHC, is an annual hurling competition organised by the Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is contested by the top-ranking senior hurling clubs in County Clare, Ireland. It is the most prestigious competition in Clare hurling.
Martin Hanamy is an Irish former hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Offaly senior team.
Tony Considine served as manager of the Clare senior hurling team from November 2006 until August 2007.
Liam Griffin is an Irish former hurler and manager. He played hurling at various times with his local clubs Rosslare and Newmarket-on Fergus with the Wexford and Clare senior inter-county teams in the 1960s. Griffin later served as manager of the Wexford senior inter-county team from in 1995 and 1996. Later he was instrumental on the Hurling Development Committee that established the Christy Ring Cup and Nicky Rackard Cup for weaker hurling counties. In 2009 he was named in the Sunday Tribune's list of the 125 Most Influential People In GAA History.
Doonbeg is a village in west County Clare, Ireland on the Atlantic coast. The surrounding natural environment has supported its development as a tourist resort. The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare Gaeltacht, an Irish-speaking community, until 1956.
John Joe "Goggles" Doyle was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Clare senior team.
Darach Honan is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Clonlara and was a member of the Clare senior inter-county team from 2010 until 2017.
Cian Dillon is an Irish hurler who plays for club side Crusheen. He usually plays as a left corner-back, but can also be deployed as a full-back. Dillon was a member of the Clare senior hurling team that won the 2013 All-Ireland Championship.
Nicholas Michael "Nicky" O'Connell is an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Clare senior team.
Colin Ryan is an Irish hurler. His league and championship career with the Clare senior team lasted ten years from 2007 to 2017.
Paul Kinnerk is an Irish hurling coach and Gaelic footballer who plays as a midfielder at senior level for the Limerick county team.
Tulla Lower is a barony in County Clare, Ireland. This ancient geographical division of land is in turn divided into eight civil parishes.
Moylussa is a mountain in the Slieve Bernagh range in western Ireland, and the highest point in County Clare at 532 metres (1,745 ft).
Ogonnelloe GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parish of Ogonnelloe, County Clare in Ireland. The club field teams in hurling competitions.
James Joseph Stuart, known as J. J. or Joe Stuart was the 19th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
Ogonnelloe is a parish in County Clare and part of the Inis Cealtra grouping of parishes within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.
The 1996 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 103rd staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887. The championship draw took place on 12 March 1996. The championship ran from 22 June to 6 October 1996.
The 1998 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 105th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887. The championship draw was made on 19 May 1998. The championship ran from 19 September to 15 November 1998.
