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. They played one another for the first time at an All Ireland Final at the 2013 final on 8 September 2013. This match ended in a draw and Clare won the replay 5–16 – 3–16. Clare beat Cork again in the 2024 All Ireland final in extra time.
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 2024 Championship season Team All-Ireland Munster National League TotalCork30541498Clare 57517Combined356119115
All time results
Cork winClare winDrawn 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 Clare (15) 2–22 – 3–18 Cork Cusack Park MSHC Round 4 61. 28 April 2024 Clare (16) 3–26 – 3–24 Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh MSHC Round 2 62. 21 July 2024 Clare (17) 3–29 – 1–34 (AET) Cork Croke Park AISHC Final
References
External links Cork v Clare all-time results