2013 Clare county hurling team season

The 2013 season was Davy Fitzgerald's second year as manager of the Clare senior hurling team. Clare went on to win their fourth All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship after a 5–16 to 3–16 win against Cork in the final on 28 September.

Clare county hurling team

2013 hurling season
Manager	Davy Fitzgerald
All-Ireland SHC	Winners
Munster SHC	Semi-finalists
National League	6th Division 1A
Top scorer Championship	Colin Ryan (0-70)
Highest SHC attendance	82,276 (v Cork) All-Ireland Final Replay
Lowest SHC attendance	7,500 (v Laois) All-Ireland Qualifier

2013 squad

• Manager: Davy Fitzgerald
• Selectors: Mike Deegan, Louis Mulqueen
• Strength and Conditioning Coach: Joe O'Connor
• Trainer: Paul Kinnerk
• Physios: Diarmuid Horgan, Mary O'Keeffe
• Medical: Dr. Padraic Quinn M.D.
• Team Manager: Seoirse Bulfin
• Backroom Team: Aimee McInerney, Tom Stackpool, Padraig McMahon, Seanie McMahon, Tommy Hegarty, John O' Sullivan, Fergie McDonagh

No. Player Position Club 1 Patrick Kelly Goalkeeper Inagh-Kilnamona 2 Domhnall O'Donovan Right corner back Clonlara 3 David McInerney Full back Tulla 4 Cian Dillon Left corner back Crusheen 5 Brendan Bugler Right half back Whitegate 6 Patrick Donnellan Centre back O'Callaghan Mills 7 Pat O'Connor Left half back Tubber 8 Colm Galvin Midfield Clonlara 9 Conor Ryan Midfield Cratloe 10 John Conlon Right half forward Clonlara 11 Tony Kelly Centre forward Ballyea 12 Colin Ryan Left half forward Newmarket-On-Fergus 13 Podge Collins Right corner forward Cratloe 22 Shane O'Donnell Full forward Éire Óg, Inis 15 Conor McGrath Left corner forward Cratloe

No. Player Position Club 16 Donal Tuohy Goalkeeper Crusheen 17 Conor Cooney Back O'Callaghan Mills 18 Séadna Morey Back Sixmilebridge 19 Liam Markham Midfield Cratloe 20 Nicky O'Connell Midfield Clonlara 21 Fergal Lynch Forward Clooney Quin 14 Darach Honan Forward Clonlara 23 Cathal McInerney Forward Cratloe 24 Peter Duggan Forward Clooney Quin 25 Jonathan Clancy Forward Clarecastle 26 Paul Flanagan Back Ballyea 27 Cathal O'Connell Forward Clonlara 28 Aaron Cunningham Forward Wolfe Tones na Sionna 29 Alan O'Neill Back St.Josephs Doora Barefield 30 Davy O'Halloran Forward Éire Óg, Ennis 31 Stephen O'Halloran Back Clarecastle 32 Seán Collins Forward Cratloe 33 Mark Flaherty Forward Killanena 34 Derek Fahy Goalkeeper Sixmilebridge 35 Patrick Kelly Back Clarecastle 36 Jamie Shanahan Forward Sixmilebridge 37 Killian Ryan Back Ruan

2013 Waterford Crystal Cup

Clare faced defending champions Tipperary in the final under lights in Thurles on 9 February, with Clare winning by 1–21 to 1–13.^[1][2][3]

27 January

Quarter-final

Clare	3-13 - 1-13	University of Limerick
N O’Connell (1-3) 0-1 ‘65, 0-1 f, S Morey (1-0), A O’Neill (1-0), C O’Connell (0-3) f’s, F Lynch (0-2), D OHalloran (0-2), C Ryan, E Barrett, T Kelly (0-1) each.	Report P Kelly D McInerney, J McInerney, C Cooney B Bugler, P Donnellan, P Kelly (Clarecastle) N O’Connell, C Ryan F Lynch, T Kelly, E Barrett D O’Halloran, A O’Neill, C O’Connell. Subs: S O’Donnell for C O’Connell (46), P O’Connor for P Kelly (Clarecastle) (58), S Morey for Lynch (58), J Clancy for O’Halloran (60)	K Morris (1-6) 0-6 f’s, A Ryan (0-2), D Butler, C Malone, S Golden, P Walsh, G Brennan (0-1) each.

O'Garney Park, Sixmilebridge

Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

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3 February

Semi-final

Cork	2-11 - 0-20	Clare
A Mannix 2-1, P Horgan 0-4 (3f), C Murphy 0-2, C McCarthy, D Lordan, R O’Shea, J Coughlan 0-1 each.	Report D Tuohy D O’Donovan, C Duggan, B O’Connell B Bugler, P Donnellan, P O’Connor N O’Connell, S Morey C Ryan, P Collins, E Barrett S O’Donnell, A O’Neill, J Clancy. Subs: D McInerney for B O’Connell (45), T Kelly for Collins, M Flaherty for O’Neill, C O’Connell for Clancy (all 55), D O’Halloran for O’Donnell (66)	C Ryan 0-8 (6f), N O’Connell 0-6 (5f), P Collins, S O’Donnell 0-2 each, C O’Connell, J Clancy 0-1 each.

Sixmilebridge

Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

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10 February

Final

Clare	1-21 - 1-13	Tipperary
C Ryan 0-9 (7f, 1 ’65′), T Kelly 0-5, S O’Donnell 1-1, S Morey, F Lynch 0-2 each, E Barrett, A O’Neill 0-1 each.	Report P Kelly D O’Donovan, J McInerney, D McInerney B Bugler, P Donnellan, P O’Connor F Lynch, S Morey C Ryan, T Kelly, E Barrett P Collins, A O’Neill, S O’Donnell. Subs: P Duggan for Lynch (53), J Clancy for Collins (62), D O’Halloran for O’Donnell (64), L Markham for Barrett (66), D Honan for O’Neill (70+1)	E Kelly 0-6 (5f), P Maher 1-0, S Bourke, S Callanan (1f) 0-2, B O’Meara, J O’Brien, N McGrath (f) 0-1 each.

Semple Stadium

Referee: G O’Connell (Cork)

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2013 National Hurling League

On 14 April, Clare defeated Cork by two points after extra-time in the League Division 1A relegation playoff to retain their league status in division 1. ^[4] Speaking after the game manager Davy Fitzgerald said "It’s a good win, we beat Cork in a relegation play-off – that’s it, we’re not going to get carried away by it, we won’t beat the likes of Waterford with so many wides. Cork could just as easily have won that game, we know there’s still a long road to go." ^[5][6]

Results

Clare v Waterford

24 February 2013 Round 1	Clare	1-17 - 2-15	Waterford	Cusack Park, Ennis
14:00	C Ryan 0-9 (0-5f, 0-1 ’65), T Kelly 1-4, S Morey 0-2, F Lynch, S O’Donnell 0-1 each.	Report	J Dillon 1-5 (0-3f), S Prendergast 1-1, B O’Halloran 0-4, P Mahony 0-3 (0-3f), D Fives, B O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Referee: J Sexton (Cork)

Clare v Galway

10 March 2013 Round 2	Clare	0-18 - 1-13	Galway	Cusack Park, Ennis
14:00	Colin Ryan 0-8 (0-7f), T Kelly, J Conlon 0-3 each, P Collins 0-2, S O'Donnell, F Lynch 0-1 each.	Report	J Canning 1-9 (1-8f), D Glennon, A Harte, A Smith, N Donoghue 0-1 each	Referee: C Lyons (Cork)

Cork v Clare

16 March 2013 Round 3	Cork	1-16 - 1-22	Clare	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
19:00	P Horgan 0-9 (0-8fs), L O’Farrell 1-0, S Harnedy, L McLoughlin and P O’Sullivan 0-2 each, D Kearney 0-1.	Report	Colin Ryan 0-12 (0-9fs), T Kelly 0-4, S O’Donnell 1-0, J Conlon 0-2, P O’Connor, Conor Ryan, N O’Connell and D Honan 0-1 each.	Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

Clare v Kilkenny

24 March 2013 Round 4	Clare	1-15 - 3-10	Kilkenny	Cusack Park, Ennis
14:00	Colin Ryan (0-11, 10f), C Galvin (1-0), T Kelly (0-1), S O'Donnell (0-1), J Conlon (0-1), D Honan (0-1).	Report	E Larkin (0-5, 4f, '65), A Fogarty (1-2), G Aylward (1-1), L Ryan (1-1), R Hogan (0-1).	Referee: A Stapleton (Laois)

Tipperary v Clare

31 March 2013 Round 5	Tipperary	3-19 - 1-14	Clare	Semple Stadium, Thurles
15:00	E Kelly 2-8 (1-6 frees); S Bourke 0-4; L Corbett 1-1; N McGrath 0-3; B Maher 0-2; M Cahill 0-1 each.	Report	Colin Ryan 0-8 (7 frees, 1 65); T Kelly 1-1; J Conlan 0-2; S Morey, Conor Ryan, F Lynch 0-1 each.	Referee: J Owens (Westmeath)

Clare v Cork

14 April 2013 Relegation play-off	Clare	0-31 - 2-23 (AET)	Cork	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
15:00	Colin Ryan 0-10 (6f), T Kelly 0-6, J Conlon 0-4, C Galvin 0-3, D Honan, C McGrath 0-2 each, P Kelly (f), F Lynch, P Collins and C McInerney, 0-1 each.	Report	P Horgan 0-11 (6f, 1 65), P Cronin 1-3, L O’Farrell 1-2, C Naughton 0-2, C O’Sullivan, D Kearney, C Lehane, S Moylan and C McCarthy 0-1 each.	Attendance: 5,204 Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

Division 1A

  NHL semi-finals   Relegated team

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Tipperary	5	3	0	2	10-85	4-93	10	6
Kilkenny	5	3	0	2	6-81	8-71	4	6
Galway	5	2	1	2	7-71	6-81	-5	5
Waterford	5	2	1	2	3-72	4-75	-6	5
Cork	5	1	2	2	6-78	4-80	4	4
Clare	5	2	0	3	4-86	10-73	-5	4

2013 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

2 June 2013

16:00

Munster Quarter-final

Clare	2-20 - 1-15	Waterford
C Ryan (0-7, 0-6f, 0-1 '65'), T Kelly (0-4), S O'Donnell (1-0), C McGrath (1-0), J Conlon (0-3), D Honan (0-3), C Galvin (0-2), F Lynch (0-1).	Report	M Shanahan (0-7, 0-6f), J Dillon (1-2), S Prendergast (0-2), K Moran (0-1), J Barron (0-1), P Mahony (0-1), G O'Brien (0-1).

Semple Stadium

Attendance: 12,103

Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

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23 June 2013

16:00

Munster Semi-final

Cork	0-23 - 0-15	Clare
P Horgan 0-8 (5fs), S Harnedy 0-3, J Coughlan, C Lehane, L O'Farrell 0-2 each, A Nash 0-2fs, D Kearney, C McCarthy, W Egan, P Cronin 0-1 each.	Report	P Collins 0-5, C McGrath, C Galvin, D Honan 0-2 each, C Ryan 0-2 (1f, 1 '65'), T Kelly, S O'Donnell 0-1 each.

Gaelic Grounds

Attendance: 19,054

Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

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2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

6 July 2013

15:00

Qualifiers Phase 2

Clare	1-32 - 0-15	Laois
C Ryan 0-11 (8f, 2 '65s'), P Duggan 0-4, D Honan, C McGrath 0-3 each, S O'Donnell 1-0, P Collins 0-2, T Kelly, P Donnellan, J Conlon, C Galvin, B Bugler, L Markham, D McInerney, C Dillon, P O'Connor 0-1 each.	Report	S Maher 0-5 (3f), Z Keenan 0-4 (1f), W Hyland 0-3, PJ Scully 0-2, J Brophy 0-1.

Cusack Park

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: C Lyons (Cork)

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13 July 2013

17:00

Qualifiers Phase 3

Wexford	1-20 - 3-24 (AET)	Clare
J Guiney (1-8, 0-6 frees); D Redmond, P Morris, P Doran, G Moore (0-2 each); G Sinnott, C Kenny, C McDonald, M O’Regan (0-1 each).	Report	C Ryan (0-10, six frees, two 65s); C McInerney (2-1); S O’Donnell (1-1); T Kelly (0-5, 0-1 pen); J Conlon (0-3); B Bugler, P Collins, S Morey, A Cunningham (0-1 each).

Semple Stadium

Attendance: 17,235

Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

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28 July 2013

16:00

All-Ireland Quarter-final

Galway	2-14 - 1-23	Clare
J Canning (0-7, five frees, one 65), D Hayes (0-3), J Glynn, N Healy (1-0 each), A Harte, C Donnellan, D Burke (free), J Cooney (0-1 each).	Report	C Ryan (0-10, eight frees), C McGrath (1-2), P Collins (0-4), J Conlon, D Honan, P O’Connor, B Bugler, T Kelly, F Lynch, N O’Connell (0-1 each).

Semple Stadium

Attendance: 33,383

Referee: B Gavin (Offaly)

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18 August 2013

15:30

All-Ireland Semi-final

Limerick	0-18 - 1-22	Clare
S Dowling 0-6 (5f, 1 65'), D Hannon (2f), P Browne, G O'Mahony 0-2 each, C Allis, J Ryan, G Mulcahy, D Breen, T Ryan, K Downes 0-1 each.	Report	C Ryan 0-11 (9f), T Kelly 0-4, D Honan 1-0, P Collins 0-3, P Donnellan, P O'Connor, C Galvin, C McInerney 0-1 each.

Croke Park

Attendance: 62,962

Referee: J Ryan (Tipperary)

Main article: 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

All-Ireland Final Drawn Game

Clare got the opening score of the third minute with a point from Darach Honan. and were ahead by 012 to 0–10 at half time. After 40 minutes Conor Lehane scored the opening goal of the same with a shot past the goalkeeper from the right and into the net to make the score 1–10 to 0–14. Cork got a second goal in the 57th minute when goalkeeper Anthony Nash hit a 20-yard free to the net after Luke O'Farrell had been fouled. With seven minutes left on the clock, Cork captain Patrick Cronin hit a shot to the top left corner of the net to level the game.^[7] Patrick Horgan looked to have won it for Cork with a point in the last minute.^[8] Added on time of two minutes was already up when Clare right-back Domhnall O'Donovan received the ball out on the left before hitting the ball over the bar just as he was tacked to tie up the match.^[9] The referee blew the final whistle after 2 minutes and 38 seconds to bring the match to a replay three weeks later.^[10][11][12]

8 September 2013

15:30

Final

Clare	0-25 - 3-16	Cork
D O'Donovan (0-01),Conor Ryan (0-01), J Conlon (0-02), T Kelly (0-03), Colin Ryan (0-12, 11f), P Collins (0-03), D Honan (0-01), C McGrath (0-02).	Report	A Nash (1-00, f), B Murphy (0-01), D Kearney (0-02), S Harnedy (0-02), P Cronin (1-00), C Lehane (1-01), P Horgan (0-10, 8f)

Croke Park

Attendance: 81,651

Referee: Brian Gavin (Offaly)

CLARE GAA: 1 Patrick Kelly 2 Domhnall O'Donovan 3 David McInerney 4 Cian Dillon 5 Brendan Bugler 6 Patrick Donnellan (c) 7 Patrick O'Connor 8 Colm Galvin 9 Conor Ryan 10 John Conlon 11 Tony Kelly 12 Colin Ryan 13 Podge Collins 14 Darach Honan 15 Conor McGrath Substitutes Used: 23 Cathal McInerney for D. Honan 21 Fergal Lynch for J. Conlon 20 Nicky O'Connell for C. McGrath Manager: Davy Fitzgerald

Cork GAA: 1 Anthony Nash 2 Stephen McDonnell 3 Shane O'Neill 4 Conor O'Sullivan 5 Brian Murphy 6 Christopher Joyce 7 William Egan 8 Lorcán McLoughlin 9 Daniel Kearney 10 Séamus Harnedy 11 Pa Cronin (c) 12 Conor Lehane 13 Luke O'Farrell 14 Patrick Horgan 15 Jamie Coughlan Substitutes Used: 24 Stephen Moylan for J. Coughlan 22 Cian McCarthy for L. McLoughlin 23 Cathal Naughton for C. McCarthy 20 Stephen White for D. Kearney Manager: Jimmy Barry-Murphy

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All-Ireland Final Replay

John Conlon got the opening score of the game, a point in the second minute. A hat-trick of goals in the 6th, 14th and 19th minutes at the hill 16 end from late call-up Shane O'Donnell put Clare on the way to a four-point lead of 3–9 to 1–11 at half time. Anthony Nash had blasted a 20-metre free past 12 Clare players on the line for a goal that brought Cork back to within three points in the 16th minute.^[13] Clare then led by eight points but Cork had drawn level, 1–16 to 3–10, by the 52nd minute. With 18 minutes left the scores were level at 1–16 to 3-10 and they were level again with ten minutes left when Séamus Harnedy scored with a low shot to the net to make the score 2–16 to 3–13. In the 61st minute, Clare's Conor McGrath ran at goals and fired the ball high to the left corner of the net for Clare's fourth goal. Darach Honan, who came on as a second-half substitute got Clare's fifth goal in the 71st minute after he received the ball on the right and managed to get as far as the Cork goals before pushing the ball past the goalkeeper with the ball rolling over the line. ^{[14][15][16][17][18][19]}

28 September 2013

17:00

Final Replay

Clare	5-16 - 3-16	Cork
J Conlon (0-02), T Kelly (0-03), Colin Ryan (0-07f), S O’Donnell (3-03), D Honan (1-00), C McGrath (1-01).	Report	A Nash (1-00, f), L McLoughlin (0-01), S Harnedy (1-02), P Cronin (0-01), C Lehane (0-02), P Horgan (0-09, 7f), S Moylan (1-01)

Croke Park

Attendance: 82,276

Referee: James McGrath (Westmeath)

CLARE GAA: 1 Patrick Kelly 2 Domhnall O'Donovan 3 David McInerney 4 Cian Dillon 5 Brendan Bugler 6 Patrick Donnellan (c) 7 Patrick O'Connor 8 Colm Galvin 9 Conor Ryan 10 John Conlon 11 Tony Kelly 12 Colin Ryan 13 Podge Collins 22 Shane O'Donnell 15 Conor McGrath Substitutes Used: 23 Cathal McInerney for C.Galvin (52 mins) 20 Nicky O'Connell for P.Collins (59 mins) 14 Darach Honan for S. O'Donnell (66 mins) 18 Séadna Morey for T. Kelly (71 mins) Manager: Davy Fitzgerald

Cork GAA: 1 Anthony Nash 2 Stephen McDonnell 3 Shane O'Neill 4 Conor O'Sullivan 5 Brian Murphy 6 Christopher Joyce 7 William Egan 8 Lorcán McLoughlin 9 Daniel Kearney 10 Séamus Harnedy 11 Cian McCarthy 12 Pa Cronin (c) 13 Luke O'Farrell 14 Patrick Horgan 15 Conor Lehane Substitutes Used: 20 Stephen White for W. Egan (23 mins) 24 Stephen Moylan for L O’Farrell (half time) 19 Tom Kenny for D. Kearney (39 mins) 23 Cathal Naughton for C. McCarthy (55 mins) 17 Kilian Murphy for S. McDonnell (67 mins) Manager: Jimmy Barry-Murphy

Awards

The nominations for the 2013 GAA-GPA Hurling All-Stars were announced on 2 October with Clare receiving thirteen nominations.^[20][21] Cian Dillon and Patrick O’Connor were the only Clare players not nominated.^[22] The final team selection was made on 6 November before the team being presented with their awards two days later at a banquet at Croke Park. Clare's won eight places on the All-Stars team with David McInerney, Brendan Bugler, Pat Donnellan, Colm Galvin, Conor Ryan, Tony Kelly, Pádraic Collins and Conor McGrath all winning awards.^[23][24]

^[25] Clare had two of the three nominations for the GPA Hurler of the Year, Tony Kelly and Pádraic Collins of Clare. All three nominations for the GPA Young Hurler of the Year were from Clare, Tony Kelly, Pádraic Collins, and David McInerney from Clare.^[26][27][28]

Tony Kelly was named Young Hurler of the Year and Hurler of the Year for 2013 at the All Stars award ceremony on 8 November at Croke Park.^[29][30]

DVD release

On 29 November, a behind-the-scenes documentary on the Clare hurling team during 2013 called Behind the Banner was released.^{[31][32][33][34]}

Team holiday

An 80-strong party of Clare hurlers, their partners and officials flew out in early January 2014 for a 10-day end of year holiday taking in Boston, Cancun in Mexico and New York.^[35]

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External links

• Clare GAA Official Site
• Clare GAA on Hogan Stand