1997 Clare Senior Hurling Championship
The 1997 Clare Senior Hurling Championship was the 102nd staging of the Clare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Clare County Board in 1887. The championship ran from 26 September to 9 November 1997.
Wolfe Tones na Sionna entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Sixmilebridge in the [|quarter-finals]. Bodyke joined the championship as Clare IHC winners from the previous year.
The final was played on 9 November 1997 at Cusack Park in Ennis, between Clarecastle and St Joseph's Doora-Barefield, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in three years. Clarecastle won the match by 2–11 to 0–11 to claim their 10th championship title overall and a first title in three years.
Clarecastle's Ken Ralph was the championship's [|top scorer] with 4–21.
Team changes
To Championship
Promoted from the Clare Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipChampionship statistics
Top scorers
;Overall| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Ken Ralph | Clarecastle | 4-21 | 33 | 5 | 6.60 |
| 2 | Alan Neville | Clarecastle | 3-11 | 20 | 6 | 3.66 |
| 3 | John Pyne | Clarecastle | 1-15 | 18 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 4 | Brian Madden | O'Callaghan's Millsy | 4-21 | 33 | 5 | 6.60 |
| 5 | Seánie McMahon | St Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 0-16 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 5 | Martin Conlon | Sixmilebridge | 0-16 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |