Clare GAA

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Clare GAA
Brendan Martin Cup
Camogie:O'Duffy Cup

The Clare County Board of the

county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Clare. Clare plays its home games at Cusack Park in Ennis
.

The county hurling team competes in Division 1 of the National Hurling League and in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship (SHC), the latter of which it has won six times, most recently in 1998.[1] Clare has won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) four times in its history. The county won its first title in 1914 and took another 81 years to win a second title in 1995, which remains the record wait for a successive title in Senior Championship history. Clare won its most recent All-Ireland SHC titles in 1997 and 2013.

The

1917 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
.

Governance

Pat Fitzgerald served as county secretary from June 1990.[2] He became one of the longest serving administrators in the province of Munster.[3] Initially in the role in a voluntary capacity, he was offered his first full-time contract in 2009 and a second one in 2016.[4] Fitzgerald is with the Sixmilebridge club.[5] He is the father of Davy Fitzgerald, the former hurler and manager of the Clare senior hurlers.[6][7][8] A Garda investigation was established into claims that Fitzgerald was being abused on social media.[9][10][11] Fitzgerald mentioned it in his 2019 annual report.[12] In June 2022, Pat Fitzgerald announced his intention to resign from his role as Clare county secretary after 32 years.[13]

Deirdre Murphy took over as Head of Operations from October 2022.[14]

Cusack Park

Cusack Park (Irish: Páirc Uí Chíosóg) is the primary home of the Clare hurling, football, camogie and Peil na mBan teams at all grades.

Named after the founder of the GAA, Michael Cusack, the ground had an original capacity of about 28,000 (mostly terraced), but following a 2011 safety review, the certified capacity was reduced to 14,864. Three sides of the ground are terraced - the two areas behind the goals and one terraced length of the pitch which is also covered.

In 2006 there were media reports of substantial offers from property developers to buy the stadium and relocate it to a new 42,000 capacity site outside the town centre. However by 2009 it appeared unlikely given the recent Celtic Tiger crash that this would happen. Between 2009-12, Clare GAA invested over €500,000 in refurbishment works including pitch drainage and fencing around the pitch. In 2015 a major renovation started, this included the demolition and re-erection of the main stand and construction of a new entrance/exit at the north side of the stadium. Once completed in late 2017 the official capacity was increased to 19,000 people for the start of the 2018 season.

On 17 June 2018, the stadium was completely sold out for the first time since re-opening for the visit of local hurling rivals Limerick.[15][16]

The knockout stages of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship and the Clare Senior Football Championship are held annually in the stadium.

Hurling

Clubs

Further information: List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland § Clare

Clubs contest the Clare Senior Hurling Championship. That competition's most successful club is Newmarket-on-Fergus, with 23 titles.

County team

Main article: Clare county hurling team
An early Clare hurling team

Clare have won six Munster SHCs and four All-Ireland SHCs.

In 1889, Clare won its first Munster SHC title after receiving a walkover from

1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, but lost to Kilkenny
by a scoreline of 3–03 to 2–03.

After losing Munster SHC finals in 1993 and 1994,

Eamonn Taaffe
at the edge of the square; Taaffe sent the ball into the back of the Offaly net. Clare won by a scoreline of 1–13 to 2–08 to secure a first All-Ireland SHC in 81 years.

In 1997, Clare defeated

All Stars Hurler of the Year
award.

In 1998, Clare retained the Munster SHC title. The team defeated Cork by a scoreline of 0–21 to 0–13 to qualify for the final, where they faced Waterford. A late goal from a Paul Flynn free tied the game at 1–16 to 3–10 and sent it to a replay. Clare won the replay by a scoreline of 2–16 to 0–10. Clare faced Offaly in the 1998 All-Ireland SHC semi-final. That game ended in a draw, 1–13 apiece. In the replay Clare were leading in the closing stages by a scoreline of 2–10 to 1–16; however the referee accidentally blew the match up early. Disarray engulfed Croke Park as disgruntled Offaly supporters began a sit-down protest on the pitch. As the full 70 minutes had not been completed, the semi-final had to be replayed. On this occasion, Offaly won by a scoreline of 0–16 to 0–13.

In 2012,

All Stars Hurler of the Year awards.[22]

Clare won the 2016 National Hurling League in May that year, a first since 1978 after a 1–23 to 2–19 win against Waterford in a replay.[23][24]

Camogie

Camogie was established by County Secretary, Mick Hennessy, of Clooney in 1934. Peggy Nagle of Ennistymon and Sheila Carroll of Lahinch revived the game in 1958. Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010-2015, "Our Game, Our Passion",[25] five new camogie clubs were to be established in the county by 2015.

Clare have the following achievements in camogie.

All-Ireland Championship

Football

Clubs

Further information: List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland § Clare

Clubs contest the Clare Senior Football Championship. That competition's most successful club is Kilrush Shamrocks, with 21 titles.

County team

Main article: Clare county football team

Clare has won two Munster Senior Football Championship (SFC) titles.

Clare won its first Munster SFC in 1917, defeating

Tipperary won) that neither Kerry nor Cork won the Munster SFC. Clare's luck would run out however and in the 1992 All-Ireland SFC semi-final, the team lost to Dublin by a scoreline of 3–14 to 2–12. Full back on the team of 1992 was Seamus Clancy, brother of full-forward Colm, and he was rewarded for his performances in the 1992 championship with a place on the All-Star team of that year.[27]

Peil na mBan

Clare have the following achievements.

All-Ireland Championship
  • All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship: 2
    • 1991, 1996
  • All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship: 3
    • 1991, 1994, 2009
  • All-Ireland Under-18 Ladies' Football Championship: 2
    • 1989, 1990
  • All-Ireland Under-16 Ladies' Football Championship: 4
    • 1985, 1987, 1990, 1994
Provincial Championship
  • Munster Senior Ladies' Football Championship: 1
    • 2001
  • Munster Junior Ladies' Football Championship: 6
    • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2006
National League
  • Ladies' Football National league: 1
    • 2001
  • Ladies' Football National League Div 2: 4
    • 1990, 1991, 2000, 2008
  • Ladies' Football National League Div 3: 1
    • 2008

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Banner secretary Pat Fitzgerald calls for 'unified approach' in Clare". Irish Examiner. 10 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Munster GAA chief calls for action on cynical fouls in hurling". Sky Sports. 25 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Fitzgerald Hints At Term As Clare GAA Secretary Running Until 2023". The Clare Champion. 16 December 2020. He outlined that he has also addressed this issue two years ago, and stated that he is secretary of Clare GAA in a full time capacity.
  5. Clare Echo
    . 14 December 2019.
  6. The42.ie
    . 8 December 2016.
  7. ^ "There and thereabouts: Deep divisions are being exposed in Banner hurling with temperatures reaching boiling point". Sunday Independent. 7 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Clare GAA reveals it had no oversight of club committee that raised €65,000". The Sunday Times. 14 March 2021.
  9. ^ "There are many layers to this Clare GAA controversy". Irish Examiner. 20 April 2021. We will quote the email the Garda Press Office sent this newspaper early last July: 'This investigation is ongoing. A file is currently being prepared'.
  10. Extra.ie
    . 9 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Clare call in gardaí over online abuse of Fitzgerald". Irish Independent. 9 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Gardaí probe online attacks on Clare secretary Pat Fitzgerald". Irish Examiner. 13 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Clare secretary Pat Fitzgerald to step down after 32 years". Hogan Stand. 23 June 2022.
  14. ^ "John Kelly Deirdre Murphy appointed head of operations for Clare GAA". Clare Champion. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Cusack Park Packed". Clare Echo. 10 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Tickets Snapped Up For Crucial Munster Derby". Limerick Leader. 10 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Paul Kinnerk returns to Clare management team". Irish Times. 22 January 2016.
  18. ^ "Clare Overcome dismissal To Oust Dublin". RTÉ News. 7 July 2012.
  19. ^ "Fitzgerald's Clare blitz Limerick to claim final berth". The Irish Times. 18 August 2013.
  20. ^ "Clare And Cork To Meet Again". RTÉ News. 9 September 2013.
  21. ^ "Clare Crowned Champions After Eight Goal Thriller". RTÉ News. 29 September 2013.
  22. ^ "Tony Kelly wins Hurler and Young Hurler of the Year awards". 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013.
  23. ^ "Tony Kelly inspires Banner to first League title since 1978". Irish Independent. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  24. ^ "Clare take long-awaited Div 1 title in controversial circumstances against Waterford". Irish Examiner. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  25. ^ Irish Independent 29 March 2010: Final goal for camogie
  26. ^ Ó Muircheartaigh, Joe (2000). The Chronicle of Clare 1900-2000. Ennis: Fág an Bealagh.
  27. The42.ie
    . 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

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