Annual hurling competition season
1996 Clare Senior Hurling ChampionshipDates | 22 June – 6 October 1996 |
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Teams | 17 |
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Sponsor | Auburn Lodge |
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Champions | Wolfe Tones na Sionna (1st title) Brian Lohan (captain) Alan Cunningham (manager) |
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Runners-up | Clarecastle Tom Howard (captain) John Callinan (manager) |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played | 17 |
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Goals scored | 38 (2.24 per match) |
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Points scored | 334 (19.65 per match) |
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Top scorer(s) | Mark McKenna (1-21) |
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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.
Sixmilebridge entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Wolfe Tones na Sionna in the quarter-finals.[1][2] Ogonnelloe joined the championship as Clare IHC winners from the previous year.
The final was played on 6 October 1996 at Cusack Park in Ennis, between Wolfe Tones na Sionna and Clarecastle, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Wolfe Tones na Sionna won the match by 1–11 to 0–08 to claim their first ever championship title.[3][4][5]
Scariff's Mark McKenna was the championship's top scorer with 1-21.
Team changes
To Championship
Promoted from the Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship
From Championship
Regraded to the Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship
Results
Preliminary round
First round
Feakle v Tubber/Ruan 13 July 1996 First round | Feakle | 1-06 - 1-09 | Tubber/Ruan | Cusack Park |
| T Guilfoyle 1-1, V Donnellan 0-3, G Collins 0-1, H McMahon 0-1. | | E Taaffe 0-5, D O'Brien 1-1, P Custy 0-1, M Daffy 0-1. | |
Inagh-Kilnamona v O'Callaghan's Mills 13 July 1996 First round | Inagh-Kilnamona | 0-06 - 1-18 | O'Callaghan's Mills | Cusack Park |
| P McInerney 0-2, S Barry 0-1, P McGuane 0-1, B Fitzgerald 0-1, MJ Wynne 0-1. | | A Walsh 0-5, B Madden 1-3, PJ O'Connell 0-2, D Cooney 0-2, K McNamara 0-2, T Canny 0-2, G Moroney 0-1, B Noonan 0-1. | |
Kilmaley v Sixmilebridge 14 July 1996 First round | Kilmaley | 1-11 - 2-12 | Sixmilebridge | Cusack Park |
| B Healy 0-5, A Markham 1-0, M Daly 0-2, P Healy 0-2, C Clancy 0-2. | | Danny Chaplin 1-1, G McInerney 0-4, N Gilligan 1-0, M Conlon 0-2, David Chaplin 0-2, C Chaplin 0-1, F Quilligan 0-1, J Chaplin 0-1. | |
Clarecastle v Tulla 20 July 1996 First round | Clarecastle | 3-16 - 1-04 | Tulla | Cusack Park |
| V O'Loughlin 2-1, J Healy 1-3, K Ralph 0-3, A Neville 0-3, A Daly 0-2, R Fitzgerald 0-2, G O'Loughlin 0-1, F Tuohy 0-1. | | P Tuohy 1-0, B Quinn 0-2, M Littleton 0-1, R McInerney 0-1. | |
Corofin v Cratloe 20 July 1996 First round | Corofin | 2-06 - 0-10 | Cratloe | Cusack Park |
| D Daly 1-2, J Clancy 1-0, O Nagle 0-2, M O'Dell 0-1, F Lahiniffe 0-1. | | D Considine 0-6, N McMahon 0-2, D Ryan 0-1, S Ryan 0-1. | |
Quarter-finals
Corofin v O'Callaghan's Mills 10 August 1996 Quarter-final | Corofin | 0-02 - 0-14 | O'Callaghan's Mills | Cusack Park |
| J Cahill 0-1, O Nagle 0-1. | | T Canny 0-5, B McNamara 0-5, K McNamara 0-2, M Deasy 0-2. | |
Tubber/Ruan v Scariff 10 August 1996 Quarter-final | Tubber/Ruan | 2-11 - 2-11 | Scariff | Cusack Park |
| E Taaffe 1-5, C Lyons 0-4, P Custy 1-0, M Daffy 0-1, D O'Brien 0-1. | | M McKenna 1-7, B Murphy 1-3, J Horan 0-1. | |
Tubber/Ruan v Scariff 24 August 1996 Quarter-final replay | Tubber/Ruan | 2-08 - 0-09 | Scariff | Cusack Park |
| D O'Brien 2-0, E Taaffe 0-4, C Lyons 0-3, D Quinn 0-1. | | M McKenna 0-4, D Murphy 0-2, B Murphy 0-1, T McMahon 0-1, J Horan 0-1. | |
Semi-finals
Final
Wolfe Tones na Sionna v Clarecastle 6 October 1996 Final | Wolfe Tones na Sionna | 1-11 - 0-08 | Clarecastle | Cusack Park |
| D Collins 1-1, P Keary 0-3, Pat O'Rourke 0-2, Paul O'Rourke 0-2, P Meaney 0-1, F Carrig 0-1, P Lee 0-1. | | G O'Loughlin 0-2, J Healy 0-2, K Ralph 0-1, A Neville 0-1, D Scanlan 0-1, R Fitzgerald 0-1. | |
Championship statistics
Top scorers
- Overall
- In a single game
References
- ^ "O'Neill leads rout as Saints stun 'Gunner". Irish Examiner. 29 November 1999. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Club history". Sixmilebridge GAA website. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Club Titles - Clare". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Wolfe Tones dethrone champions Clarecastle". Irish Examiner. 9 October 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Lohan on trail with 'Tones". Irish Independent. 19 October 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
Clare Senior Hurling Championship
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