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The Cork–Clare rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Clare. 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 35 championship titles between them to date.
Clare won the 2016 National Hurling League in May that year, a first since 1978 after a 1–23 to 2–19 win against Waterford in a replay. [23] [24] On 21 July 2024, Clare won the All-Ireland for the first time in 11 years after an extra-time win against Cork by 3-29 to 1-34, claiming their fifth All-Ireland title. [25] [26] [27]
This was the third final in which both the teams were from the province of Munster, with the first two being in 1997 (Clare—Tipperary) and 2013 (Clare—Cork). This was only the third All-Ireland final in history in which neither team scored a goal, the first two being in 1999 and 2004.
17 games - Limerick (2020-2023): From 2020 to 2023, Limerick were undefeated in 17 consecutive games, 16 wins and 1 draw, starting with the opening game win against Clare of the 2020 Championship 0-36 to 1-23, up to the second game of the 2023 Championship, where they lost to Clare, 1-24 to 2-20.
In the replay at Wexford Park, despite being down to 13 men, Clare forced the game to extra-time before losing by a scoreline of 2–25 to 2–22. [8] Clare hurling was dealt a further blow at the end of 2014 when the Cratloe trio of Podge Collins, Sean Collins, and Cathal McInerney announced they would focus on football the following year.
Clare and Limerick qualified for the 2020 National Hurling League Division 1 final. The single match between Clare and Limerick played on 25 October 2020 was both the National Hurling League Final and the Munster Hurling Championship Quarter-final. [15] Limerick retained the Munster Championship for the first time since 1981.
Clare vs Limerick in the Munster Hurling Championship, June 2018. On 17 June 2018 the stadium was completely sold out for the first time since re-opening for the visit of local rivals Limerick GAA [10] [11] The knockout stages of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship and the Clare Senior Football Championship are held annually in the stadium.
Cork is regarded as one of 'the big three' in hurling, with Kilkenny and Tipperary completing the trinity. The county currently lies second in the all-time roll of honour in terms of All-Ireland SHC titles, having won its 30th in 2005. Cork has also won the Munster SHC title 51 times, more than any other team in the province.