2021 Clare Senior Hurling Championship
Annual hurling competition season

Sports season
Canon Hamilton Cup 2021
LeagueClare GAA
SportHurling
Duration13 August - 14 November 2021
Teams17
SponsorPat O’Donnell & Co.
Changes From 2020
PromotedScarriff[1]
RelegatedN/A
Changes For 2022
PromotedSmith O'Briens, Killaloe[2]
RelegatedN/A
County Championship
Winners Ballyea (3rd Title)
  Runners-up Inagh-Kilnamona
Senior B Championship
Winners Clonlara

The 2021 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was a competition in hurling that was the 126th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887.

With Sixmilebridge having won back-to-back titles in 2019 and 2020, they are looking to be the first Clare club team to win a three-in-a-row since Newmarket-on-Fergus in 1973. They defeated near-neighbours O'Callaghan's Mills in the 2020 final who were contesting their first final since 1993 which they ironically also lost to Sixmilebridge.[3]

The 2021 Championship changed from the regular layout in adopting a group stage format. In 2020 a decision was made to not relegate any team from any championship in Clare due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Senior Championship Fixtures

Group stage

  • One group of five and three groups of four.
  • 2020 semi-finalists are seeded and kept separate.
  • Each team plays all the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.
    • The top two teams in each group advance to Quarter-Finals
    • The third-placed teams in each group and the fourth-placed team in Group A move to Senior B Championship
    • The four bottom-placed teams in each group contest Relegation Playoffs

Group A

  Quarter-Final, Seeded   Quarter-Final, Unseeded   Senior B Championship   Relegation Playoff

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Inagh-Kilnamona 4 3 1 0 93 83 +10 7
Kilmaley 4 2 1 1 89 80 +9 5
Clonlara 4 2 1 1 93 92 +1 5
Whitegate 4 1 1 2 92 101 -9 3
O'Callaghan's Mills 4 0 0 4 80 91 -11 0
Inagh-Kilnamona v Kilmaley
14 August 2021 Round 1 Inagh-Kilnamona 0-23 [4] 0-21 KilmaleyCusack Park, Ennis
Clonlara v O'Callaghan's Mills
15 August 2021 Round 1 Clonlara 1-20 [5] 1-16 O'Callaghan's MillsCusack Park, Ennis
Kilmaley v Whitegate
20 August 2021 Round 2 Kilmaley 1-24 [6] 2-12 WhitegateCusack Park, Ennis
Inagh-Kilnamona v O'Callaghan's Mills
22 August 2021 Round 2 Inagh-Kilnamona 0-23 [7] 1-16 O'Callaghan's MillsCusack Park, Ennis
Clonlara v Inagh-Kilnamona
5 September 2021 Round 3 Clonlara2-15 [8] 1-22 Inagh-Kilnamona Cusack Park, Ennis
O'Callaghan's Mills v Whitegate
5 September 2021 Round 3 O'Callaghan's Mills2-18 [9] 2-19 Whitegate O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Clonlara v Whitegate
18 September 2021 Round 4 Clonlara 4-16 [10] 3-18 WhitegateO'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Kilmaley v O'Callaghan's Mills
18 September 2021 Round 4 Kilmaley 0-20 [11] 1-15 O'Callaghan's MillsCusack Park, Ennis
Clonlara v Kilmaley
2 October 2021 Round 5 Clonlara 0-21 [12] 1-18 Kilmaley Cusack Park, Ennis
Inagh-Kilnamona v Whitegate
2 October 2021 Round 5 Inagh-Kilnamona 0-22 [13] 0-22 Whitegate Cusack Park, Ennis

Group B

  Quarter-Final, Seeded   Quarter-Final, Unseeded   Senior B Championship   Relegation Playoff

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Sixmilebridge 3 3 0 0 85 52 +33 6
Wolfe Tones, Shannon 3 1 0 2 62 67 -5 2
Scariff 3 1 0 2 60 71 -11 2
Clarecastle 3 1 0 2 74 91 -17 2
Clarecastle v Sixmilebridge
13 August 2021 Round 1 Clarecastle2-13 [14] 3-26 Sixmilebridge Cusack Park, Ennis
Scariff v Wolfe Tones, Shannon
14 August 2021 Round 1 Scariff1-08 [15] 2-16 Wolfe Tones, Shannon O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Sixmilebridge v Wolfe Tones, Shannon
1 September 2021 Round 2 Sixmilebridge 3-19 [16] 0-13 Wolfe Tones, ShannonShannon
Clarecastle v Scariff
4 September 2021 Round 2 Clarecastle2-21 [17] 2-23 Scariff Cusack Park, Ennis
Clarecastle v Wolfe Tones, Shannon
19 September 2021 Round 3 Clarecastle 2-22 [18] 2-21 Wolfe Tones, ShannonO'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Scariff v Sixmilebridge
19 September 2021 Round 3 Scariff1-17 [19] 2-16 Sixmilebridge Cusack Park, Ennis

Group C

  Quarter-Final, Seeded   Quarter-Final, Unseeded   Senior B Championship   Relegation Playoff

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Ballyea 3 2 1 0 69 56 +13 5
Cratloe 3 2 1 0 62 51 +11 5
Broadford 3 0 1 2 43 48 -5 1
Crusheen 3 0 1 2 42 61 -19 1
Cratloe v Crusheen
14 August 2021 Round 1 Cratloe 3-16 [20] 1-15 CrusheenCusack Park, Ennis
Ballyea v Broadford
15 August 2021 Round 1 Ballyea 1-19 [21] 2-15 BroadfordCusack Park, Ennis
Ballyea v Crusheen
3 September 2021 Round 2 Ballyea 2-21 [22] 0-15 CrusheenCusack Park, Ennis
Broadford v Cratloe
18 September 2021 Round 2 Broadford1-10 [23] 1-14 Cratloe Shannon
Ballyea v Cratloe
3 October 2021 Round 3 Ballyea 1-17 [24] 1-17 Cratloe Cusack Park, Ennis
Broadford v Crusheen
5 October 2021 Round 3 Broadford 0-09 [25] 0-09 Crusheen O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge

Group D

  Quarter-Final, Seeded   Quarter-Final, Unseeded   Senior B Championship   Relegation Playoff

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Newmarket-on-Fergus 3 2 0 1 59 53 +6 4
Éire Óg, Ennis 3 2 0 1 68 60 +8 4
Feakle 3 1 1 1 51 53 -2 3
Clooney-Quin 3 0 1 2 57 69 -12 1
Éire Óg, Ennis v Newmarket-on-Fergus
14 August 2021 Round 1 Éire Óg, Ennis0-19 [26] 0-22 Newmarket-on-Fergus O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Clooney-Quin v Feakle
15 August 2021 Round 1 Clooney-Quin 0-18 [27] 0-18 Feakle O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Clooney-Quin v Éire Óg, Ennis
4 September 2021 Round 2 Clooney-Quin3-10 [28] 1-24 Éire Óg, Ennis Cusack Park, Ennis
Feakle v Newmarket-on-Fergus
5 September 2021 Round 2 Feakle 0-14 [29] 0-13 Newmarket-on-FergusCusack Park, Ennis
Clooney-Quin v Newmarket-on-Fergus
18 September 2021 Round 3 Clooney-Quin1-17 [30] 2-18 Newmarket-on-Fergus O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Éire Óg, Ennis v Feakle
18 September 2021 Round 3 Éire Óg, Ennis 2-16 [31] 0-19 FeakleShannon

Quarter-finals

  • Played by top two placed teams from Groups A-D
Éire Óg, Ennis v Sixmilebridge
16 October 2021 Quarter-Final Éire Óg, Ennis 2-18 [32] 1-11 SixmilebridgeCusack Park, Ennis
Newmarket-on-Fergus v Wolfe Tones, Shannon
16 October 2021 Quarter-Final Newmarket-on-Fergus 1-15 [33] 0-15 Wolfe Tones, ShannonCusack Park, Ennis
Ballyea v Kilmaley
17 October 2021 Quarter-Final Ballyea 0-17 [34] 0-16 KilmaleyCusack Park, Ennis
Cratloe v Inagh-Kilnamona
17 October 2021 Quarter-Final Cratloe0-21 [35] 1-22 Inagh-Kilnamona Cusack Park, Ennis

Semi-finals

Éire Óg, Ennis v Inagh-Kilnamona
30 October 2021 Semi-Final Éire Óg, Ennis0-17 [36] 1-17 Inagh-Kilnamona Cusack Park, Ennis
Ballyea v Newmarket-on-Fergus
31 October 2021 Semi-Final Ballyea 1-14 [37] 1-13 Newmarket-on-FergusCusack Park, Ennis

County Final

Ballyea v Inagh-Kilnamona
14 November 2021 Final Ballyea 1-17 [38] 1-16 Inagh-KilnamonaCusack Park, Ennis

Other Fixtures

Senior B Championship

  • Played by four third-placed teams from Groups A-D, and the fourth-placed team from Group A
Clonlara v Whitegate
16 October 2021 B Quarter-Final Clonlara 2-20 - 2-12 WhitegateO'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Broadford v Feakle
16 October 2021 B Semi-Final Broadford0-10 - 0-16 Feakle Shannon
Clonlara v Scariff
22 October 2021 B Semi-Final Clonlara 1-24 - 2-09 ScariffO'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge
Clonlara v Feakle
30 October 2021 B Final Clonlara 2-25 - 4-17
(AET)		 FeakleBroadford

Relegation Playoffs

  • Played by the four bottom-placed teams from Groups A-D
    • Top two teams remain in Senior Championship for 2022
    • Bottom two teams relegated to Intermediate for 2022

  Remain in Senior Championship   Relegated to Intermediate

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
Clooney-Quin 3 2 0 1 59 50 +9 4
O'Callaghan's Mills 3 2 0 1 57 52 +5 4
Crusheen 3 2 0 1 57 61 -4 4
Clarecastle 3 0 0 3 59 69 -10 0
Clarecastle v Clooney-Quin
17 October 2021 Round 1 Clarecastle0-22 [39] 0-25 Clooney-Quin Shannon
Crusheen v O'Callaghan's Mills
17 October 2021 Round 1 Crusheen 1-19 - 1-17 O'Callaghan's MillsClonlara
Clooney-Quin v Crusheen
25 October 2021 Round 2 Clooney-Quin 2-17 - 1-12 CrusheenShannon
Clarecastle v O'Callaghan's Mills
30 October 2021 Round 2 Clarecastle2-13 [40] 3-15 O'Callaghan's Mills Meelick
Clarecastle v Crusheen
6 November 2021 Round 3 Clarecastle1-15 [41] 1-17 Crusheen Clonlara
Clooney-Quin v O'Callaghan's Mills
6 November 2021 Round 3 Clooney-Quin1-08 [42] 0-13 O'Callaghan's Mills Meelick

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