This article lists players who have recently captained the Clare county hurling team in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Unlike other counties the captain is not chosen from the club that has won the Clare Senior Hurling Championship.
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Year | Player | Club | National titles | Provincial titles |
2018 | Patrick O'Connor | Tubber | ||
2017 | Patrick O'Connor | Tubber | ||
2016 | Pat Donnellan | O'Callaghan's Mills | Munster Senior Hurling League | |
2015 | Pat Donnellan | O'Callaghan's Mills | ||
2014 | Pat Donnellan | O'Callaghan's Mills | ||
2013 | Pat Donnellan | O'Callaghan's Mills | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | |
2012 | Pat Donnellan | O'Callaghan's Mills | ||
2011 | Pat Vaughan | Crusheen | ||
2010 | Brian O'Connell | Wolfe Tones na Sionna | ||
2009 | Brian O'Connell | Wolfe Tones na Sionna | ||
2008 | Brian O'Connell | Wolfe Tones na Sionna | ||
2007 | Frank Lohan | Wolfe Tones na Sionna | ||
2006 | Seánie McMahon | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield | ||
2005 | Seánie McMahon | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield | ||
2004 | Seánie McMahon | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield | ||
2003 | Seánie McMahon | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield | ||
2002 | Brian Lohan | Wolfe Tones na Sionna | ||
2001 | Brian Lohan | Wolfe Tones na Sionna | ||
2000 | Brian Lohan | Wolfe Tones na Sionna | ||
1999 | Anthony Daly | Clarecastle | ||
1998 | Anthony Daly | Clarecastle | Munster Hurling Final winning captain | |
1997 | Anthony Daly | Clarecastle | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain |
1996 | Anthony Daly | Clarecastle | ||
1995 | Anthony Daly | Clarecastle | All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain | Munster Hurling Final winning captain |
1994 | Anthony Daly | Clarecastle | ||
1993 | Anthony Daly | Clarecastle | ||
1992 | Tommy Guilfoyle | Feakle | ||
1991 | John O'Connell | Sixmilebridge | ||
1990 | Gerry McInerney | Sixmilebridge | ||
1989 | Gerry McInerney | Sixmilebridge | ||
1988 | James Shanahan | Broadford | ||
1987 | John Callinan | Clarecastle | ||
1986 | Tommy Keane | Kilmaley | ||
1985 | Seán Stack | Sixmilebridge | ||
1984 | Ger Loughnane | Feakle | ||
1983 | John Minogue | Scariff | ||
1982 | John Callinan | Clarecastle | ||
1981 | Séamus Durack | Éire Óg | ||
1980 | Noel Casey | Sixmilebridge |
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