Clare contested the 1889 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, but lost to Dublin by a scoreline of 5–01 to 1–06.

The team contested the 1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, but lost to Kilkenny by a scoreline of 3–03 to 2–03.

After losing Munster SHC finals in 1993 and 1994, Len Gaynor was replaced as manager by Ger Loughnane, from Feakle.

It travelled to the edge of the square, where Ollie Baker doubled on the sliotar, scoring a goal, to send Clare through to the decider.

In 1997, Clare defeated Kerry and Cork to qualify for a Munster SHC final against Tipperary.

That game was held in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork and Clare won a close match by a scoreline of 1–18 to 0–18.

In the replay Clare were leading in the closing stages by a scoreline of 2–10 to 1–16; however the referee accidentally blew the match up early.

Disarray engulfed Croke Park as disgruntled Offaly supporters began a sit-down protest on the pitch.

At that time Clare had not won a championship match since 2008 and the team was also in the second tier of the National Hurling League.

In what was Tony Kelly's first senior game for the county, he scored 1–02 to help Clare win by a scoreline of 1–16 to 0–16.

In the 2013 season, Clare defeated Waterford in the Munster SHC quarter-final by a scoreline of 2–20 to 1–15, outscoring them by 2–12 to 0–06 in the second half.

An early Darach Honan goal helped Clare win by a scoreline of 1–22 to 0–18 and qualify for a first All-Ireland SHC final since 2002.

[3] The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was held on 8 September and Clare led at half-time.

Moments later, in injury-time, Domhnall O'Donovan pointed to send the game to a replay, the full-time score being 3–16 to 0–25.

A Conor McGrath goal in the 61st minute was quickly followed by three points to put Clare 4–16 to 2–16 ahead.

[7] 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.

2015 began tumultuously, with two players (Davy O'Halloran and Nicky O'Connell), oping to leave the panel over their belief that they had been subjected to unfair disciplinary action.

On the field of play, Clare lost four of its five league group stage matches before being relegated to Division 1B, after losing a play-off to Kilkenny by a scoreline of 1–18 to 1–17.

A comprehensive 3–26 to 0–15 win over Offaly sent Clare through to round 2 of the 2015 All-Ireland SHC qualifiers, where Cork won by a scoreline of 0–20 to 0–17.

This contradicted Fitzgerald, who wrote in his 2018 book At All Costs: "Every single cent raised was accounted for, every detail presented to the audit committee.

And that's what makes my blood boil when, even to this day, some smart-asses toss out that lazy question, 'Where did all the money go?'

Fitzgerald said afterwards: "I had to endure criticism from an unnamed individual who was seated in the stand", describing it as abuse and asking Clare's county board to investigate.

The man later identified himself as kitman Niall Romer, who said: "I asked the question, where was the money that was raised in America?

Romer said he had decided to ask the question himself (provoked, he said, by a delay in the release of the Wexford team sheet ahead of the game) and that it had not been a tactic of manager Brian Lohan.

In the opening round Clare defeated Limerick in Cusack Park, Ennis to qualify for the final.

[23] In September 2009, Clare won their first ever All-Ireland under-21 hurling title with a 0-15 to 0-14 win over Kilkenny at Croke Park, Dublin.

A second half contribution of three points from play from John Conlon was pivotal in helping Clare to victory.

Going into injury time in the final, the Banner County trailed by a single point, but a late goal from second-half substitute, Niall Arthur, helped Clare win out by 1-16 to 1-14.

Clare once more faced Tipperary in the Munster final, this time in Semple Stadium, Thurles.

In 2010, Clare were beaten by Waterford in the opening round of the Munster Championship, but they would make their way to the competition's semi-final after beating Kerry and Tipperary, by 0-17 to 1-13, in the play-offs.