2023 Clare Senior Football Championship

The 2023 TUS Clare Senior Football Championship was the 128th staging of the Clare Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887.

Jack Daly Cup 2023
LeagueClare GAA
SportGaelic Football
Duration4 August - 15 October 2023
Number of teams12
SponsorTUS Midlands Midwest
Changes From 2022
PromotedKildysart[1]
RelegatedKilmihil
Changes For 2024
PromotedKilmihil[2]
RelegatedClondegad
County Championship
Winners Cratloe (3rd Title)
  Runners-up St. Breckan's, Lisdoonvarna

The 2022 champions, and holders of the Jack Daly Cup were Éire Óg, Ennis, who successfully defended their 2021 crown, to win back-to-back titles and their twentieth overall. They defeated Ennistymon by 0–09 to 0–06 in Cusack Park, Ennis in the county final.[3][4]

The draws for the 2023 Clare club championships took place on 14 June 2023.[5]

Senior Championship Fixtures

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Group stage

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  • Three groups of four.
  • 2022 semi-finalists are seeded and kept separate.
    • As there will be two 2022 semi-finalists in Group A, there will be an extra quarter-final place available.
    • A draw between the three second-placed teams in Groups A-C will determine the fourth seeded quarter-finalist.
  • 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 three teams from Group A and the top two teams from Groups B and C advance to Quarter-Finals
    • The third-placed teams from Groups B and C advance to Preliminary Quarter-Final
    • The three bottom-placed teams in each group contest Relegation Playoffs

Group A

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  Quarter-Final, Seeded   Quarter-Final, Unseeded   Relegation Playoff

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
  Kilmurry-Ibrickane 3 3 0 0 53 34 +19 6
  St. Breckan's, Lisdoonvarna 3 2 0 1 45 33 +12 4
  St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield 3 1 0 2 34 47 -13 2
  Corofin 3 0 0 3 28 46 -18 0
5 August 2023 Round 1  Corofin0-12 - 1-11   Doora-Barefield Shannon

Group B

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  Quarter-Final, Seeded   Quarter-Final, Unseeded   Premliminary Quarter-Final   Relegation Playoff

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
  Éire Óg, Ennis 3 3 0 0 45 20 +25 6
  St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay 3 2 0 1 39 42 -3 4
  Doonbeg 3 0 1 2 34 43 -9 1
  Clondegad 2 0 1 2 34 47 -13 1
4 August 2023 Round 1  Doonbeg0-14 - 1-14   Miltown Malbay Cooraclare
20 August 2023 Round 2   Clondegad 2-09 - 1-12   Doonbeg Cooraclare
3 September 2023 Round 3  Clondegad1-09 - 1-11   Miltown Malbay Cusack Park, Ennis
3 September 2023 Round 3  Doonbeg0-05 - 0-11   Éire Óg, Ennis Lissycasey

Group C

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  Quarter-Final, Seeded   Quarter-Final, Unseeded   Premliminary Quarter-Final   Relegation Playoff

Team Pld W D L F A Diff Pts
  Kildysart 3 2 0 1 42 41 +1 4
  Cratloe 3 2 0 1 46 41 +5 4
  Lissycasey 3 1 0 2 31 32 -1 2
  Ennistymon 3 1 0 2 34 39 -5 2
4 August 2023 Round 1   Ennistymon 2-10 - 0-09  KildysartPáirc Finne, Corofin
5 August 2023 Round 1   Cratloe 0-12 - 1-07  LissycaseyClarecastle
18 August 2023 Round 2  Ennistymon0-07 - 0-13   Lissycasey Cusack Park, Ennis
19 August 2023 Round 2  Cratloe1-14 - 2-14   Kildysart Cusack Park, Ennis
2 September 2023 Round 3   Cratloe 2-11 - 2-05  EnnistymonGurteen
2 September 2023 Round 3   Kildysart 0-13 - 0-08  LissycaseyClarecastle

Preliminary Quarter-Final

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  • Played by two third-placed teams from Groups B and C
10 Sept. 2023 Preliminary Quarter-Final  Doonbeg2-06 - 3-13   Lissycasey Cusack Park, Ennis

Quarter-finals

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  • Played by top two placed teams from Groups A-C, third-placed team from Group A, and winners of Preliminary Quarter-Final
16 Sept. 2023 Quarter-Final   Cratloe 1-07 - 0-09  Kilmurry-IbrickaneCusack Park, Ennis
17 Sept. 2023 Quarter-Final  Kildysart0-08 - 1-08   Miltown Malbay Cusack Park, Ennis

Semi-finals

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1 October 2023 Semi-Final   Cratloe 1-17 - 1-17
(AET)
Cratloe won 4-2 on penalties
  Éire Óg, EnnisCusack Park, Ennis

County Final

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15 October 2023 Final   Cratloe 1-10 - 1-08  St. Breckan's, LisdoonvarnaCusack Park, Ennis
15:00 Mike Brennan (0-01), Diarmuid Ryan (0-01), Tommy Rooney (0-01), Rian Considine (0-01), Cathal McInerney (1-06, 0-03f), Report Paudie Kelly (0-01, 0-01’45), Jamie Stack (0-05, 0-02f), Joe McGann (1-02), Attendance: 4,554
Referee: Niall Quinn (St Joseph’s Miltown)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Other Fixtures

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Relegation Playoffs

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  • Played by the three bottom-placed teams from Groups A-C
16 September 2023 Playoff 1  Corofin0-09 - 1-08   Ennistymon Lissycasey
1 October 2023 Playoff 2  Clondegad0-10 - 0-11
(AET)
  Corofin Clarecastle

References

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  1. ^ "Kildysart Are Intermediate Football Champions For 2022 After Dramatic Contest In Cusack Park". Clare FM.
  2. ^ "Glory For Kilmihil Over Kilrush Shamrocks In Intermediate Decider". Clare Echo.
  3. ^ "Patience A Virtue As Éire Óg Defend Clare SFC Crown". RTÉ Sport.
  4. ^ "Back To Back Titles For Excellent Éire Óg". Clare Echo.
  5. ^ "Club Championship Draws Throw Up Spicy Encounter". Clare Echo.
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