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Clare Junior A Hurling Championship
Sports competition in Ireland
Sports competition in Ireland
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Clare Junior A Hurling Championship | ||
| irish | Craobh Sóisear A Iomána an Chláir | ||
| trophy | John Daly Cup | ||
| teams | 10 | ||
| sponsors | Martin Murphy Building & Civil Contractors Ltd. | ||
| first | 1926 | ||
| current | [[File:Colours of Clare.svg | 20px | border]] The Banner |
| currentordinal | 1 | ||
| most | [[File:Yellow Green GAA Flag.png | 20px | border]] Inagh-Kilnamona |
| mostordinal | 8 |
The Clare Junior A Hurling Championship (abbreviated to Clare JAHC) is an annual GAA club competition organised by the Clare County Board for hurling clubs below intermediate, premier intermediate and senior level. It is contested by the top-ranking junior hurling clubs in County Clare, Ireland. It is the fourth-tier adult competition of the Clare hurling pyramid.
The Clare JAHC was introduced in 1926 as a county-wide competition for hurling clubs deemed not strong enough for senior level. Intermediate level was introduced in 1927 for the same reason and placed above the Clare JAHC in the Clare hurling pyramid. In later years the Clare JAHC was opened to the second-, third-, and/or fourth-string teams from higher-ranked clubs.
In 2025 the Clare County Board introduced three new levels to the Clare hurling pyramid – Premier Intermediate, Premier Junior B and Premier Junior C. Every level below the sixteen-team senior level was now a new or updated ten-team level, with the respective champions promoted up one level, and the losers of a relegation play-off dropping down a level for the following year.
The winners of the Clare JAHC are presented with the John Daly Cup, and are promoted to the Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship.
The current (2025) champions are The Banner who defeated Ballyea by 2-15 to 0-15, to win their first title at this level.
Munster club qualification
The winners of the Clare JAHC also qualify to represent Clare in the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship. However, if a second-, third-, or fourth-string team wins the Clare JAHC, the highest finishing first-string team qualifies instead.
One Clare club has won the Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship:
- Newmarket-on-Fergus won the 2003 Munster junior club title, beating Dromina (Cork) in the final.
No Clare club has progressed to the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship.
2026 Junior A clubs
The ten teams competing in the 2026 Clare Junior A Hurling Championship are:
| Club | Location | Colours | Titles | Last title | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg | 20px | border]] Ballyea | Ballyea | Black & Amber | 3 | 1991 |
| [[File:Colours of Sligo.svg | 20px | border]] Clarecastle | Clarecastle | Black & White | 2 | 2012 |
| [[File:Gold Black GAA Flag.png | 20px | border]] Clonlara | Clonlara | Amber & Black | 4 | 2019 |
| [[File:Colours of Mayo.svg | 20px | border]] Clooney-Quin | Clooney / Quin | Green & Red | 2 | 1966 |
| [[File:Colours of Laois.svg | 20px | border]] Cratloe | Cratloe | Blue & White | 4 | 2013 |
| [[File:Colours of Cork.svg | 20px | border]] Crusheen | Crusheen | Red & White | 5 | 2010 |
| [[File:Colours of Kerry.svg | 20px | border]] Ennistymon | Ennistymon | Green & Yellow | 1 | 2004 |
| [[File:Yellow Green GAA Flag.png | 20px | border]] Inagh-Kilnamona | Inagh / Kilnamona | Yellow & Green | 8 | 2014 |
| [[File:Blue Gold GAA Flag.png | 20px | border]] Newmarket-on-Fergus | Newmarket-on-Fergus | Blue & Gold | 5 | 2011 |
| [[File:Colours of Limerick.svg | border | 20x20px]] Wolfe Tones Na Sionna | Shannon | Green & White | 6 | 2008 |
Roll of honour
| # | Club | Wins | Years won | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | [[File:Yellow Green GAA Flag.png | 20px | border]] Inagh-Kilnamona | 8 | 1965 (as Kilnamona), 1971 (as Kilnamona), 1975 (as Kilnamona), 1984 (as Inagh), 1989 (as Kilnamona), 1993 (as Inagh), 1996 (as Kilnamona), 2014 |
| 2. | [[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg | 20px | border]] Bodyke | 7 | 1929, 1942 (as Tuamgraney), 1946, 1957 (as Tuamgraney), 1961, 1986, 2017 |
| [[File:Blue Red GAA Flag.png | 20px | border]] Parteen-Meelick | 1930 (as Meelick), 1945 (as Ardnacrusha), 1954 (as Parteen), 1968 (as Parteen), 1987 (as Meelick), 2005 (as Parteen), 2007 (as Meelick) | ||
| 4. | [[File:Colours of Clare.svg | 20px | border]] Sixmilebridge | 6 | 1947 (as Cappagh), 1949 (as Cappagh), 1950, 1956 (as Cappagh), 1981, 2016 |
| [[File:Colours of Limerick.svg | 20px | border]] Wolfe Tones, Shannon | 1931 (as Tradaree), 1943 (as Tradaree), 1974, 1979, 1995, 2008 | ||
| 6. | [[File:Colours of Cork.svg | 20px | border]] Crusheen | 5 | 1934, 1941, 1944, 1959, 2010 |
| [[File:Blue Gold GAA Flag.png | 20px | border]] Newmarket-on-Fergus | 1926, 1972, 1998, 2003, 2011 | ||
| [[File:Colours of Galway.svg | 20px | border]] St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield | 1952, 1960, 1983, 2000, 2022 | ||
| 9. | [[File:Gold Black GAA Flag.png | 20px | border]] Clonlara | 4 | 1973, 1999, 2015, 2019 |
| [[File:Colours of Laois.svg | 20px | border]] Cratloe | 1935, 1964, 1976, 2013 | ||
| [[File:Colours of Cork.svg | 20px | border]] Éire Óg, Ennis | 1927 (as Ennis Dals), 1990, 2002, 2018 | ||
| 12. | [[File:Colours of Kerry.svg | 20px | border]] Broadford | 3 | 1939, 1955, 1958, 2023 (as Kilbane) |
| [[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg | 20px | border]] Ballyea | 1940, 1982, 1991 | ||
| [[File:Colours of Cork.svg | 20px | border]] Corofin | 1969, 1980, 2009 | ||
| [[File:Blue Gold GAA Flag.png | 20px | border]] Killanena | 1970, 1977, 1994 | ||
| [[File:Colours of Laois.svg | 20px | border]] Kilmaley | 1963, 2001, 2006, 2024 | ||
| [[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg | 20px | border]] Ogonnelloe | 1937, 1988, 2021 | ||
| [[File:Red Gold GAA Flag.png | 20px | border]] Smith O'Brien's, Killaloe | 1967, 1978, 1997 | ||
| 19. | [[File:Colours of Sligo.svg | 20px | border]] Clarecastle | 2 | 1985, 2012 |
| [[File:Colours of Mayo.svg | 20px | border]] Clooney-Quin | 1933 (as Clooney), 1966 (as Clooney) | ||
| [[File:Yellow Green GAA Flag.png | 20px | border]] Feakle | 1928, 1953 (as Bauroe) | ||
| [[File:Colours of Clare.svg | 20px | border]] Ruan | 1932, 1948 | ||
| [[File:Colours of Limerick.svg | 20px | border]] Scariff | 1936, 1992 | ||
| 24. | [[File:Colours of Kerry.svg | 20px | border]] Ennistymon | 1 | 2004 |
| Our Lady's Mental Hospital, Ennis | 1951 | ||||
| [[File:Colours of Kerry.svg | 20px | border]] O'Callaghan's Mills | 2020 | ||
| [[File:Colours of Clare.svg | 20px | border]] The Banner, Ennis | 2025 | ||
| [[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg | 20px | border]] Tubber | 1962 | ||
| [[File:Colours of Down.svg | 20px | border]] Whitegate | 1938 (as Mountshannon) |
References
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