1997 Clare Senior Hurling Championship

1997 Clare Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	26 September – 9 November 1997
Teams	18
Sponsor	Auburn Lodge
Champions	Clarecastle (10th title); Martin Sheedy (captain); Roger McMahon (manager)
Runners-up	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield; Kieran O'Neill (captain); Louis Mulqueen (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	61 (3.21 per match)
Points scored	474 (24.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ken Ralph (4-21)
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The 1997 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 104th staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887. The championship ran from 26 September to 9 November 1997.

Wolfe Tones na Sionna entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Sixmilebridge in the quarter-finals.^[1]^[2] Bodyke joined the championship as Clare IHC winners from the previous year.

The final was played on 9 November 1997 at Cusack Park in Ennis, between Clarecastle and St Joseph's Doora-Barefield, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in three years. Clarecastle won the match by 2–11 to 0–11 to claim their 10th championship title overall and a first title in three years.^[3]^[4]

Clarecastle's Ken Ralph was the championship's top scorer with 4–21.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship

Bodyke

Results

Preliminary round

27 September 1997 Preliminary round	Clarecastle	2-12 - 3-09	Tulla	Fr Murphy Memorial Park
	J Pyne 0-7, V O'Loughlin 1-0, G O'Loughlin 1-0, P Healy 0-2, A Neville 0-1.		J McInerney 2-5, S McInerney 1-0, D McInerney 0-2, M Quinn 0-2, J Leamy 0-1.

27 September 1997 Preliminary round	Kilmaley	1-08 - 3-08	O'Callaghan's Mills	Cusack Park
	J McMahon 1-1, B Healy 0-3, C Clancy 0-2, P Healy 0-1.		B McNamara 1-2, PJ O'Connell 1-0, D Donovan 1-0, B Noonan 0-2, B Madden 0-2, K McNamara 0-1, M Deasy 0-1.

5 October 1997 Preliminary round replay	Clarecastle	1-12 - 2-05	Tulla	Fr Murphy Memorial Park
	J Pyne 1-2, A Neville 0-3, K Ralph 0-3, P Healy 0-1, K Morrissey 0-1, R Fitzgerald 0-1, J Healy 0-1.		M Quinn 1-0, M Corry 1-0, J McInerney 0-3, J Littleton 0-1, S Littleton 0-1.

First round

26 September 1997 First round	Wolfe Tones na Sionna	3-16 - 1-06	Feakle	Páirc an Dálaigh
	P Keary 1-7, Paul O'Rourke 1-2, B O'Neill 1-0, F Lohan 0-3, S Power 0-2, Pat O'Rourke 0-2.		V Donnellan 1-4, J Punch 0-2.

27 September 1997 First round	Tubber/Ruan	2-12 - 2-08	Corofin	Cusack Park
	M Daffy 0-4, E Taaffe 0-4, T Donoghue 1-0, C Lee 1-0, C Early 0-2, P Custy 0-1, D O'Brien 0-1.		F Lahiffe 0-7, O O'Loughlin 1-0, M Shannon 1-0, F Kelly 0-1.

27 September 1997 First round	Cratloe	0-14 - 1-11	Ogonnelloe	Broadford Grounds
	D Considine 0-10, S Ryan 0-1, R O'Hara 0-1, G Considine 0-1.		M Sheedy 1-5, D Forde 0-3, J McKenna 0-2, N Gavin 0-1.

27 September 1997 First round	Scariff	0-14 - 3-13	Éire Óg	Páirc an Dálaigh
	B Murphy 0-5, M McKenna 0-4, B McNamara 0-2, A Rodgers 0-2, D Murphy 0-1.		C Egan 1-3, T Corbett 0-4, F Flynn 1-0, S Lyne 1-0, B Keating 0-3, C Lynch 0-1, D Tobin 0-1, S McNamara 0-1.

27 September 1997 First round	Whitegate	0-11 - 4-16	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Páirc an Dálaigh
	B Minogue 0-8, E Minogue 0-2, M Solan 0-1.		A Whelan 1-5, C O'Connor 1-3, F O'Sullivan 1-1, S McMahon 0-4, D Daly 1-0, J O'Connor 0-2, G Baker 0-1.

28 September 1997 First round	Sixmilebridge	0-18 - 1-03	Inagh-Kilnamona	Fr Murphy Memorial Park
	M Conlon 0-7, David Chaplin 0-3, N Gilligan 0-3, A White 0-2, N Earley 0-2, J Chaplin 0-1.		P McGuane 1-0, F Barry 0-1, D Hegarty 0-1, F Fitzgerald 0-1.

4 October 1997 First round	Bodyke	0-08 - 3-14	O'Callaghan's Mills	Páirc an Dálaigh
	S Doyle 0-6, L Doyle 0-1, PJ Kelleher 0-1.		K McNamara 2-0, J Cleary 1-3, B Noonan 0-3, B McNamara 0-3, M Deasy 0-2, D Donovan 0-1, B Madden 0-1, PJ O'Connell 0-1.

5 October 1997 First round replay	Cratloe	1-15 - 0-13	Ogonnelloe	Broadford Grounds
	D Considine 1-1, G Considine 0-3, N McMahon 0-2, M O'Gorman 0-1, K Galvin 0-1, R O'Hara 0-1.		M Sheedy 0-7, D Forde 0-4, J McKenna 0-1, E Sheedy 0-1.

11 October 1997 First round	Clarecastle	2-16 - 1-03	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Cusack Park
	J Pyne 0-6, A Neville 1-2, K Ralph 1-1, V O'Loughlin 0-2, R Fitzgerald 0-2, K Morrissey 0-1, F Tuohy 0-1, P Healy 0-1.		E Marren 1-0, B Clancy 0-2, G Cleary 0-1.

Quarter-finals

12 October 1997 Quarter-final	Sixmilebridge	1-17 - 0-14	Wolfe Tones na Sionna	Cusack Park
	N Gilligan 1-3, M Conlon 0-4, J Reddan 0-4, David Chaplin 0-4, S Fitzpatrick 0-1, Danny Chaplin 0-1.		P Keary 0-3, B O'Neill 0-3, D Collins 0-2, P O'Rourke 0-2, D O'Riordan 0-2, F Carrig 0-1, M Lennon 0-1.

18 October 1997 Quarter-final	O'Callaghan's Mills	2-13 - 1-15	Éire Óg	Cusack Park
	B Madden 0-8, B McNamara 1-4, P McKeogh 1-0, B Noonan 0-1.		F Flynn 1-1, S McNamara 0-3, C Egan 0-3, T Corbett 0-3, B Keating 0-2, D Tobin 0-2, C Lynch 0-1.

19 October 1997 Quarter-final	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	2-11 - 4-04	Cratloe	O'Garney Park
	F O'Sullivan 2-2, J O'Connor 0-4, O Baker 0-2, S McMahon 0-1, L Hassett 0-1, N Brodie 0-1.		K Galvin 3-0, S Ryan 0-4, N McMahon 1-0.

19 October 1997 Quarter-final	Clarecastle	2-20 - 2-12	Tubber/Ruan	Cusack Park
	K Ralph 1-7, A Neville 1-3, R Fitzgerald 0-5, V O'Loughlin 0-2, K Morrissey 0-1, F Tuohy 0-1, D Scanlan 0-1.		E Taaffe 0-7, C Lyons 1-2, E Scanlan 1-0, O Clancy 0-1, C Lee 0-1, T O'Donoghue 0-1.

Semi-finals

26 October 1997 Semi-final	Clarecastle	3-17 - 3-09	O'Callaghan's Mills	Cusack Park
	K Ralph 1-5, A Neville 1-1, P Healy 0-4, V O'Loughlin 1-0, R Fitzgerald 0-3, D Scanlan 0-2, F Tuohy 0-2.		B Madden 1-4, B Noonan 1-1, P McKeogh 1-0, B McNamara 0-1, J Cleary 0-1, K McNamara 0-1, M Deasy 0-1.

26 October 1997 Semi-final	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	2-12 - 1-13	Sixmilebridge	Cusack Park
	S McMahon 0-6, A Whelan 1-1, O Baker 1-0, F O'Sullivan 0-1, B O'Rourke 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, C Mullan 0-1, C O'Neill 0-1.		M Conlon 0-5, J Chaplin 1-1, N Gilligan 0-2, David Chaplin 0-1, S Fitzpatrick 0-1, G McInerney 0-1, Danny Chaplin 0-1, J Reddan 0-1.

Final

9 November 1997 Final	Clarecastle	2-11 - 0-11	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Cusack Park
	K Ralph 1-5, R Fitzgerald 1-1, F Tuohy 0-2, P Healy 0-1, G O'Loughlin 0-1, A Neville 0-1.		S McMahon 0-5, J O'Connor 0-4, L Hassett 0-1, N Brody 0-1.	Referee: S McMahon

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Ken Ralph	Clarecastle	4-21	33	5	6.60
2	Alan Neville	Clarecastle	3-11	20	6	3.66
3	John Pyne	Clarecastle	1-15	18	6	3.00
4	Brian Madden	O'Callaghan's Millsy	4-21	33	5	6.60
5	Seánie McMahon	St Joseph's Doora-Barefield	0-16	16	4	4.00
5	Martin Conlon	Sixmilebridge	0-16	16	3	5.33

References

^ "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.
^ "Club Titles - Clare". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
^ "O'Neill leads rout as Saints stun 'Gunner". Irish Independent. 29 November 1999. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[1] "Wolfe Tones dethrone champions Clarecastle". Irish Examiner. 9 October 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[2] "Lohan on trail with 'Tones". Irish Independent. 19 October 2005. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[3] "Club Titles - Clare". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

[4] "O'Neill leads rout as Saints stun 'Gunner". Irish Independent. 29 November 1999. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

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