1996 Clare Senior Hurling Championship
The 1996 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 101st staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887. The championship draw took place on 12 March 1996. The championship ran from 22 June to 6 October 1996.
Sixmilebridge entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Wolfe Tones na Sionna in the [|quarter-finals]. Ogonnelloe joined the championship as Clare IHC winners from the previous year.
The final was played on 6 October 1996 at Cusack Park in Ennis, between Wolfe Tones na Sionna and Clarecastle, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Wolfe Tones na Sionna won the match by 1–11 to 0–08 to claim their first ever championship title.
Scariff's Mark McKenna was the championship's [|top scorer] with 1-21.
Team changes
To Championship
Promoted from the Clare Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipFrom Championship
Regraded to the Clare Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipChampionship statistics
Top scorers
;Overall| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Mark McKenna | Scariff | 1-21 | 24 | 3 | 8.00 |
| 2 | Paul Keary | Wolfe Tones | 1-19 | 22 | 4 | 5.50 |
| 3 | Éamonn Taaffe | Tubber/Ruan | 1-17 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
| 4 | James Healy | Clarecastle | 2-13 | 19 | 4 | 4.75 |
| 5 | Derek Collins | Wolfe Tones | 4-04 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 5 | Jamesie O'Connor | St Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 1-13 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
| 7 | Brian Madden | O'Callaghan's Mills | 1-11 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
| 8 | Andrew Walsh | O'Callaghan's Mills | 2-07 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 |
| 9 | John O'Riordan | Wolfe Tones | 3-03 | 12 | 4 | 3.00 |
| 10 | David O'Brien | Tubber/Ruan | 3-02 | 11 | 3 | 3.66 |
| 10 | Ger O'Loughlin | Clarecastle | 2-05 | 11 | 4 | 2.75 |
| 10 | Cyril Lyons | Tubber/Ruan | 0-11 | 11 | 3 | 3.66 |
;In a single game
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Jamesie O'Connor | St Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 1-07 | 10 | Whitegate |
| 1 | Mark McKenna | Scariff | 1-07 | 10 | Tubber/Ruan |
| 1 | Mark McKenna | Scariff | 0-10 | 10 | Éire Óg |
| 4 | Paul Keary | Wolfe Tones | 1-06 | 9 | Sixmilebridge |
| 5 | Éamonn Taaffe | Tubber/Ruan | 1-05 | 8 | Scariff |
| 5 | James Healy | Clarecastle | 1-05 | 8 | St Joseph's Doora-Barefield |
| 5 | Cathal Egan | Éire Óg | 0-08 | 8 | Scariff |
| 8 | Victor O'Loughlin | Clarecastle | 2-01 | 7 | Tulla |
| 8 | John O'Riordan | Wolfe Tones | 2-01 | 7 | Ogonnelloe |