Irish Snooker Championship
The Irish Snooker Championship is a competition to determine the national champion of snooker billiards in the Republic of Ireland .
history
Ireland, like many countries in the British sphere of influence, has a long tradition of billiards and snooker. The first national championship was played in 1927. Because of the division of the Irish island into the Republic of Ireland and British Northern Ireland , there were players who competed in both championships and also won. At times, however, an all-Irish championship was held.
Not to be confused with the Irish Professional Championship , which was part of the professional tour .
Title holder
Record title holder is Seamus Fenning , who won the tournament seven times between 1933 and 1955 and was in the final three more times. Martin McCrudden and David Morris were each four times Irish champions.
Only sporadic data are available prior to 1980. In 1945 there were two tournaments, one in February and one in November. The superscript number indicates the number of titles for multiple winners.
| year | winner | Erg. | finalist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | TH Farey | 2: 1 | MH Walker |
| 1928 | unknown | ||
| 1929 | |||
| 1930 | W. Clarke | 3: 2 | P. Fox |
| 1931 | Jack Ayres 2 | kl. | Ed Byrne |
| 1932 | Jack Ayres | 2: 1 | TH Farey |
| 1933 | Seamus Fenning 7 | unknown | |
| 1934 | unknown | ||
| 1935 | Seamus Fenning | unknown | |
| 1936 | unknown | ||
| 1937 | PJ O'Connor 3rd | unknown | |
| 1938 | unknown | ||
| 1939 | Seamus Fenning | unknown | |
| 1940 | P. Merrigan 2 | 4-0 | Seamus Fenning |
| 1941 | unknown | ||
| 1942 | PJ O'Connor | unknown | |
| 1943 | unknown | ||
| 1944 | Seamus Fenning | 4-0 | P. Merrigan |
| 1945/1 | Michael Courtney | 4: 3 | PJ O'Connor |
| 1945/2 | Charles Downey 2 | 4: 1 | SR Brooks |
| 1946 | unknown | ||
| 1947 | Charles Downey | unknown | P. Merrigan |
| 1948 | P. Merrigan | unknown | |
| 1949 | Seamus Fenning | ||
| 1950 | J. Redmond | 4-0 | Sammy Brooks |
| 1951 | PJ O'Connor | unknown | |
| 1952 | Willie Brown 3 | 4: 1 | Seamus Fenning |
| 1953 | Sammy Brooks | unknown | Willie Brown |
| 1954 | Seamus Fenning | J. Redmond | |
| 1955 | Seamus Fenning | Willie Brown | |
| 1956 | Willie Brown | Seamus Fenning | |
| 1957 | J. Connelly | George Gibson | |
| 1958 | George Gibson | Fergus Murphy | |
| 1959 | not carried out | ||
| 1960 | |||
| 1961 | Willie Brown | unknown | Fergus Murphy |
| 1962 | Jim Weber 1 | G. Buffini | |
| 1963 | Jack Rodgers 2 | Gerry Hanway | |
| 1964 | Jack Rodgers | G. Buffini | |
| 1965 | Willie Fields | Jimmy Grace | |
| 1966 | Gerry Hanway 2 | Jack Rodgers | |
| 1967 | Paddy Morgan | Jack Rodgers | |
| 1968 | Gerry Hanway | TJ Hearty | |
| 1969 | D. Daly | Jack Rodgers | |
| 1970 | Dessie Sheehan 3 | P. Thornton | |
| 1971 | Dessie Sheehan | 4: 3 | Jim Weber 1 |
| 1972 | Fergus Murphy 2 2 | 4: 3 | Dessie Sheehan |
| 1973 | Fergus Murphy | 4: 3 | Joe Bannister |
| 1974 | Pascal Burke 2 | 7: 1 | Paddy Miley |
| 1975 | Fred Nathan | unknown | Jim Weber 1 |
| 1976 | Pascal Burke | Larry Watson | |
| 1977 | Jim Clusker | 6: 1 | Fergus Murphy |
| 1978 | Eugene Hughes 2 | unknown | N. Lowth |
| 1979 | Eugene Hughes | Dessie Sheehan | |
| 1980 | Dessie Sheehan | 5: 3 | Tony Langhan |
| 1981 | Tony Kearney | 8: 6 | Paddy Miley |
| 1982 | Paddy Browne | 8: 4 | Dick Brennan |
| 1983 | Jimmy Long | 8: 5 | Paul Ennis |
| 1984 | Paul Ennis | 8: 6 | Jimmy Long |
| 1985 | Gay Burns 2 | 11: 6 | Ken Doherty |
| 1986 | Gay burns | 8: 3 | Damien McKiernan |
| 1987 | Ken Doherty 2 | 8: 7 | Richie Nolan |
| 1988 | John Buckley | 8: 7 | Stephen Murphy |
| 1989 | Ken Doherty | 8: 4 | Anthony O'Connor |
| 1990 | Stephen O'Connor | 8: 4 | Richard McHugh |
| 1991 | Jason Watson 3 | 8: 5 | Joe Canny |
| 1992 | Jason Watson | 8: 3 | Douglas Hogan |
| 1993 | Colm Gilcreest | 8: 7 | Jason Watson |
| 1994 | Mick Kane | 8: 4 | Tommy Gleeson 3 |
| 1995 | Tommy Gleeson 3 | 8: 5 | Paul Ennis |
| 1996 | Joe Canny 2 | 8: 1 | Shay Clinton |
| 1997 | TJ Dowling 3rd | 8: 6 | Gary Hardiman |
| 1998 | TJ Dowling | 8: 3 | Douglas Hogan |
| 1999 | Joe Canny | 8: 3 | Stanley Murphy |
| 2000 | Rodney Goggins | 8: 7 | Gary Hardiman |
| 2001 | Martin McCrudden 4 | 8: 5 | Brendan O'Donoghue |
| 2002 | Jason Watson | 8: 2 | Tommy Gleeson 3 |
| 2003 | Brendan O'Donoghue 3 | 8: 5 | Martin McCrudden |
| 2004 | David Morris 4 | 8: 4 | Rodney Goggins |
| 2005 | David Morris | 8: 2 | Brendan O'Donoghue |
| 2006 | So that Morris | 8: 2 | Brendan O'Donoghue |
| 2007 | Vincent Muldoon 3 | 8: 2 | John Torpey |
| 2008 | Vincent Muldoon | 8: 2 | Gary Hardiman |
| 2009 | Martin McCrudden | 8: 6 | David Hogan |
| 2010 | Martin McCrudden | 8: 6 | Vincent Muldoon |
| 2011 | Jason Devaney | 8: 6 | David Hogan |
| 2012 | Vincent Muldoon | 10: 5 | Martin McCrudden |
| 2013 | Michael Judge 2 | 8: 5 | Robert Redmond |
| 2014 | Martin McCrudden | 7: 3 | Michael Judge |
| 2015 | Brendan O'Donoghue | 7: 2 | Robert Murphy |
| 2016 | TJ Dowling | 7: 3 | Jonathan Williams 4 |
| 2017 | Brendan O'Donoghue | 6: 3 | Rodney Goggins |
| 2018 | Michael Judge | 7: 5 5 | Rodney Goggins |
| 2019 | David Morris | 7: 3 | Josh Boileau |
See also
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- ↑ a b c Senior Champions Roll of Honor. RIBSA , May 29, 2020, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
- ^ A b Ron Florax: Tournaments In Irish Amateur Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 12, 2020 .
- ↑ My father Sammy Brooks ... (Post on Belfast Forum), August 6, 2010