Clare–Cork hurling rivalry

The Cork–Clare rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Clare.

Cork–Clare

Location	County Clare County Cork
Teams	Clare Cork
First meeting	Clare 2–9 – 3–4 Cork 1899 Munster semi-final (13 May 1900)
Latest meeting	Clare 2–22 – 3–18 Cork 2023 Munster Senior Hurling Championship (21 May 2023)
Next meeting	TBA
Statistics
Meetings total	60
Most player appearances	Christy Ring (10)
Top scorer	Christy Ring (4–41)
All-time series	Championship: Cork 40–15 Clare (5 draws)
Largest victory	Cork 6–8 – 0–2 Clare 1922 Munster quarter-final (22 April 1923)

While both teams play provincial hurling in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, having won 34 championship titles between them to date. They played one another for the first time at an All Ireland Final at the 2013 final on 8 September 2013.^[1] This match ended in a draw and Clare won the replay 5–16 – 3–16.^[1]

Roots

History

While Cork are regarded as one of the "big three" of hurling, with Kilkenny and Tipperary completing the trio, Clare have generally been regarded as one of the minnows of hurling for much of their championship lives. Due to both teams playing in the Munster series, meetings between Cork and Clare have been regular since the beginning of the provincial championship in 1888.

The first great era of the rivalry came between 1927 and 1932, when Cork and Clare played each other on six occasions. While Cork had the bragging rights from the first three games, Clare defeated Cork, who were the reigning All-Ireland champions, in 1930. It was only their third ever defeat of Cork and a first in sixteen years. Cork reasserted their supremacy the following year by defeating Clare and claiming the subsequent All-Ireland crown, however, Clare dumped a depleted Cork team out of the championship in 1932.

The rivalry reached new heights in 1977 and 1978, when the Munster decider on both occasions was contested by Cork and Clare. Clare won the National Hurling League in both 1977 and 1978 and had high hopes of claiming championship honours. The era belonged to Cork, however, as their triumph in both provincial deciders led to the team securing a hat-trick of All-Ireland crowns.

One of the most intense periods in the rivalry occurred between 1993 and 1999. For the first time ever, Clare secured four successive championship victories over Cork (1993, 1995, 1997 and 1998). In 1999 Clare, as Munster champions, faced Cork in one of the defining games of the year. In a changing of the guard, a young Cork team triumphed over a Clare team who had won two All-Ireland titles and three Munster titles in the previous three years.

Statistics

Up to date as of the end of the 2023 season

Team	All-Ireland	Munster	National League	Total
Cork	30	54	14	98
Clare	4	6	4	14
Combined	34	60	18	112

All time results

	Cork win
	Clare win
	Drawn game

	No.	Date	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Competition
	1.	13 May 1900	Clare (1)	2–9 – 3–4	Cork	Tipperary	MSHC semi-final
	2.	26 April 1903	Cork (1)	3–10 – 2–6	Clare	Markets Field	MSHC final
	3.	28 June 1903	Cork (2)	6–7 – 3–3	Clare	Tipperary	MSHC quarter-final
	4.	20 September 1914	Clare (2)	3–2 – 3–1	Cork	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC final
	5.	26 September 1915	Cork (3)	8–2 – 2–1	Clare	Markets Field	MSHC final
	6.	22 April 1923	Cork (4)	6–8 – 0–2	Clare	Markets Field	MSHC quarter-final
	7.	7 August 1927	Cork (5)	5–3 – 3–4	Clare	Markets Field	MSHC final
	8.	15 July 1928	Cork	2–2 – 2–2	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC final
	9.	29 July 1928	Cork (6)	6–4 – 2–2	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC final replay
	10.	6 July 1930	Clare (3)	6–6 – 5–6	Cork	Ennis Road	MSHC semi-final
	11.	28 June 1931	Cork (7)	3–4 – 1–6	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC quarter-final
	12.	31 July 1932	Clare (4)	5–2 – 4–1	Cork	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC final
	13.	14 July 1935	Cork (8)	8–3 – 2–4	Clare	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC quarter-final
	14.	5 July 1936	Clare	4–4 – 3–7	Cork	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC quarter-final
	15.	12 July 1936	Clare (5)	9–1 – 2–3	Cork	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC quarter-final replay
	16.	7 July 1940	Cork (9)	7–6 – 3–5	Clare	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC quarter-final
	17.	9 June 1946	Cork (10)	2–9 – 2–1	Clare	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC quarter-final
	18.	15 June 1947	Cork (11)	4–9 – 0–4	Clare	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC quarter-final
	19.	1 July 1951	Cork (12)	5–7 – 3–5	Clare	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC semi-final
	20.	28 June 1953	Cork (13)	2–11 – 4–2	Clare	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC semi-final
	21.	5 June 1955	Clare (6)	3–8 – 2–10	Cork	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC semi-final
	22.	12 May 1957	Cork (14)	4–10 – 2–6	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC quarter-final
	23.	18 May 1958	Cork (15)	5–9 – 3–9	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC quarter-final
	24.	21 June 1959	Cork (16)	4–15 – 1–3	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC semi-final
	25.	12 June 1960	Cork (17)	2–12 – 1–11	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC semi-final
	26.	26 May 1963	Cork (18)	4–15 – 2–11	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC quarter-final
	27.	19 June 1966	Cork	3–8 – 3–8	Clare	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC quarter-final
	28.	3 July 1966	Cork (19)	5–11 – 1–7	Clare	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC quarter-final replay
	29.	11 May 1969	Cork	2–11 – 4–5	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC quarter-final
	30.	15 June 1969	Cork (20)	3–8 – 1–4	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield	MSHC quarter-final replay
	31.	30 July 1972	Cork (21)	6–18 – 2–8	Clare	Semple Stadium	MSHC final
	32.	29 June 1975	Cork (22)	3–14 – 1–9	Clare	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC semi-final
	33.	10 July 1977	Cork (23)	4–15 – 4–10	Clare	Semple Stadium	MSHC final
	34.	30 July 1978	Cork (24)	0–13 – 0–11	Clare	Semple Stadium	MSHC final
	35.	14 June 1981	Clare (7)	2–15 2–13	Cork	Semple Stadium	MSHC semi-final
	36.	20 June 1982	Cork (25)	3–19 – 2–6	Clare	Semple Stadium	MSHC semi-final
	37.	20 July 1986	Cork (26)	2–18 – 3–12	Clare	Fitzgerald Stadium	MSHC final
	38.	19 June 1988	Cork (27)	3–22 – 2–9	Clare	Semple Stadium	MSHC semi-final
	39.	13 June 1993	Clare (8)	2–7 – 0–10	Cork	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC semi-final
	40.	4 June 1995	Clare (9)	2–13 – 3–9	Cork	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC semi-final
	41.	8 June 1997	Clare (10)	1–19 – 0–18	Cork	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC semi-final
	42.	21 June 1998	Clare (11)	0–21 – 0–13	Cork	Semple Stadium	MSHC semi-final
	43.	4 July 1999	Cork (28)	1–15 – 0–14	Clare	Semple Stadium	MSHC final
	44.	9 June 2003	Cork (29)	1–18 – 0–10	Clare	Semple Stadium	MSHC semi-final
	45.	14 August 2005	Cork (30)	0–16 – 0–15	Clare	Croke Park	AISHC semi-final
	46.	28 May 2006	Cork (32)	0–20 – 0–14	Clare	Semple Stadium	MSHC semi-final
	47.	27 May 2007	Cork (32)	1–18 – 1–11	Clare	Semple Stadium	MSHC quarter-final
	48.	27 July 2008	Cork (33)	2–19 – 2–17	Clare	Semple Stadium	AISHC quarter-final
	49.	23 June 2013	Cork (34)	0–23 – 0–15	Clare	Gaelic Grounds	MSHC semi-final
	50.	8 September 2013	Cork	3–16 – 0–25	Clare	Croke Park	AISHC Final
	51.	28 September 2013	Clare (12)	5–16 – 3–16	Cork	Croke Park	AISHC Final
	52.	15 June 2014	Cork (35)	2–23 – 2–18	Clare	Semple Stadium	MSHC semi-final
	53.	11 July 2015	Cork (36)	0–20 – 0–17	Clare	Semple Stadium	All Ireland Qualifiers
	54.	9 July 2017	Cork (37)	1–25 – 1–20	Clare	Semple Stadium	MSHC final
	55.	20 May 2018	Cork (38)	2–23 – 1–21	Clare	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	MSHC Round 1
	56.	1 July 2018	Cork (39)	2–24 – 3–19	Clare	Semple Stadium	MSHC final
	57.	16 July 2019	Clare (13)	2–23 – 2–18	Cork	Cusack Park	MSHC Round 5
	58.	24 July 2021	Cork (40)	3–19 – 1–23	Clare	Gaelic Grounds	All-Ireland Qualifiers
	59.	1 May 2022	Clare (14)	0–28 – 2–20	Cork	Semple Stadium	MSHC Round 3
	60.	21 May 2023^[2]	Clare (15)	2–22 – 3–18	Cork	Cusack Park	MSHC Round 4

References

1. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final Replay – Clare 5–16 Cork 3–16". Munster GAA. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
2. "Munster SHC: Clare edge thriller". GAA. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

External links

• Cork v Clare all-time results