Irish National Championships

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Republic of Ireland
National Championships
Years held: 1995 & 1996 (with GBR)
1997 to 1999
2017 & 2018
Host cities: IRL flag Dublin
Repeat titles: IRL flag John Larkin
Ireland and Northern Ireland
National Championships
Years held: 2000 to 2011
Host cities: GB-NIR flag Bangor & Belfast
IRL flag Carlow & Dublin
Repeat titles: GB-NIR flag Chris Black
IRL flag John Larkin

National Championship tournaments for Ireland started from 1995 as a joint competition with the United Kingdom. Separate Irish Nationals were established from 1997 and were held through to 2011, then again in 2017 and 2018.[1][2] The winner of these events was named Irish Champion and headed the national team at that years' World Championship.

Between 2012 and 2016, the title Irish Champion was instead given to the Irish player with the highest amount of Pro Points in a particular Pro Tour season.

National Championships (1997 to 2011)

National team members for the World Championships, where known, are marked in bold.

  • Between 1997 and 2000, and in 2007, teams had 4 players.[3]
  • Between 2001 and 2006, and 2008 to 2011, teams consisted of three players. The two losing semi-finalists would play off for 3rd place. 4th place still received an invitation as an Alternate. (Italicised)

Invitations could be formally declined and would be offered to the next player in the standings in turn.

Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland 1997

Location: Dublin
Date: June 21-22, 1997
Formats: Standard and Sealed Deck
Attendance: 100+

1. IRL flag John Larkin
2. IRL flag Dave Kearney
3. IRL flag Diarmuid Quirke
4. IRL flag Tom McDonald
5. IRL flag Joseph Mee
6. IRL flag Ivan Hanley
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[4][5][6]  

Republic of Ireland 1998

Location: Dublin
Date: June 21-22, 1998
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 89

1-1. IRL flag Justin Walsh*
2-2. IRL flag Oliver Hyde*
3-4. IRL flag Fergus Deffley*
3-4. IRL flag Michael Higgins*
5-8. IRL flag John Larkin
5-8. IRL flag David Kearney
5-8. IRL flag Tom McDonnell
5-8. IRL flag

Sources[7][6][8]  

Republic of Ireland 1999

Location: Dublin
Date: May 22-23, 1999
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance:

1. IRL flag David Kearney
2. IRL flag Gerard Norton
3. IRL flag Ciaran Lawler
4. IRL flag Eoin Brosnan
5. IRL flag Martin Deery
6. IRL flag John Larkin
7. IRL flag Justin Walsh
8. IRL flag Stewart Shinkins

Sources[9][10][11]  

Note: The tournament report by Tadhg O'Higgin (9th place in 1997) for The Dojo gave the members of the 1998 Irish Team - the Top 4 players - but not their individual placings.

Ireland and Northern Ireland

In 2000 the UK Nationals was split into three individual competitions: English, Scottish and Welsh Nationals. It was decided that Northern Ireland didn't have the player base for its own Nationals. Instead, residents of Ulster would participate in a joint Irish competition. They did, however, have the option of playing in the England Nationals instead, as long as they applied in advance.[12]

Tournaments would be held in the Republic for the next decade. These were either in the Capital Dublin, or the smaller historic town of Carlow to the south. It wouldn't be until 2010 when one was held in Belfast in Northern Ireland[13], followed by its satellite town of Bangor in 2011[14].

Ireland and Northern Ireland 2000

Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date: May 13-14, 2000
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: ~60

1. IRL flag John Larkin
2. IRL flag David Kearney
3. GB-NIR flag Bill Johnson
4. IRL flag Robert McKeon
5. IRL flag Justin Walsh
6. GB-NIR flag David Gray
7. GB-NIR flag Martin Derry
8. IRL flag Ralph Martin

Sources[15][16][17]  

Ireland and Northern Ireland 2001

Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date: April 28-29, 2001
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance: 64

1. IRL flag David Coghlan
2. IRL flag Cormac Smyth
3. IRL flag Diarmuid Quirke
4. IRL flag Robert McKeon
5. GB-NIR flag David Gray
6. IRL flag David Kearney
7. IRL flag Michael Brown
8. IRL flag John Cowan

Sources[18][19][20][21]  

Ireland and Northern Ireland 2002

Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date: April 27-28, 2002
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 65

1. IRL flag John Larkin
2. IRL flag Cormac Smyth
3. IRL flag David Kearney
4. IRL flag Robert McKeon
5. IRL flag Oliver Hyde
6. IRL flag Alan Meaney
7. EUR flag Thomas Monagan
8. GB-NIR flag David Gray

Sources[22][23][24][20][25][26]  

Ireland and Northern Ireland 2003

Location: Carlow, Ireland
Date: April 26-27, 2003
Formats: Standard and Rochester Draft
Attendance:

1. IRL flag Alan Meaney
2. IRL flag Oliver Bird
3. IRL flag Gareth Cosgrave
4. IRL flag Darragh Long
5. IRL flag John Larkin
6. IRL flag John Cowan
7. IRL flag David Coghlan
8. IRL flag Cormac Smyth

Sources[27][28][29][30]  

Ireland and Northern Ireland 2004

Location: Carlow, Ireland
Date: June 12-13, 2004
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. IRL flag Gareth Cosgrave
2. IRL flag Conor Harding
3. IRL flag Diarmuid Verrier
4. GB-NIR flag Gareth Middleton
5. IRL flag Cormac Smyth*
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[31][32][8]  

Ireland and Northern Ireland 2005

Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date: July 30, 2005
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. IRL flag Darragh Long
2. IRL flag David Coghlan
3. IRL flag Stewart Shinkins
4. IRL flag Alan Meaney
5. IRL flag Edward Hooten
6. IRL flag Michael Higgins
7. IRL flag Cormac Smyth
8. IRL flag Dara Butler

Sources[33][34][20][8]  

Ireland and Northern Ireland 2006

Location: Carlow, Ireland
Date: August 12-13, 2006
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GB-NIR flag Gareth Middleton
2. IRL flag Roger Grealish
3. IRL flag Mark McGovern
4. NOFLAG flag
5. IRL flag Cormac Smith
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[35][36][37]  

Ireland and Northern Ireland 2007

Location: Carlow, Ireland
Date: August 4-5, 2007
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GB-NIR flag Conor Holmes
2. IRL flag Alan Meaney
3. IRL flag Neil Crowley
4. IRL flag Bernard O'Connell
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[38][39]  

Ireland and Northern Ireland 2008

Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date: August 2-3, 2008
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GB-NIR flag Conor Kerr
2. IRL flag Stewart Shinkins
3. IRL flag Patrick McDonagh
4. IRL flag Darragh Long
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[40][41]  

Ireland and Northern Ireland 2009

Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date: July 25-26, 2009
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GB-NIR flag Chris Black
2. GB-NIR flag Edward Kane
3. IRL flag David Kearney
4. GB-NIR flag Conor Holmes
5. FIN flag "instiqma"
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[42][43][44]  

Ireland and Northern Ireland 2010

Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date: August 14-15, 2010
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 88

1. GB-NIR flag Chris Black
2. IRL flag Stephen Pashley
3. GB-NIR flag Simon Carmichael
4. GB-NIR flag Adam Alexander
5. IRL flag Alan Meaney
6. GB-NIR flag Adrian Donnelly
7. GB-NIR flag Greg McCausland
8. EUR flag Kelvin Koh

Sources[45][13][46]  

Ireland and Northern Ireland 2011

Location: Bangor, Northern Ireland
Date: July 23-24, 2011
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. GB-NIR flag Alan Warnock
2. GB-NIR flag Christopher Kane
3. IRL flag Donal Murray
4. IRL flag Dara Butler
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Sources[47][14]  

Note: if Player's nationality is given in a tournament report or biography the appropriate flag will be displayed next to their name.

Additionally:

  • Irish National flag is displayed for players who participated in Irish Nationals between 1997 and 1999, or after 2011.
  • The Ulster Banner is displayed for players who had also participated in United Kingdom, English, Great British or Northern Irish Nationals.
  • The National flag is displayed for any player who was eligible to compete in the joint Irish Nationals due to residency in either the Republic of Ireland or the United Kingdom.
  • The European Union flag is the default option.

World Magic Cup (2012 to 2016)

Republic of Ireland

With the change to the World Magic Cup system, the combined Great Britain competition (which had been established from 2007) was split back up to individual home nations. This time, however, there was a separate Northern Ireland competition. As a consequence, the Irish competition became one for the Nation rather than the Island.

Year Pro Points Champion Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3 Event pages
2012 Dara Butler[48] Cormac Smith[48] Gergely Lukacsy[48] Maciej Nowak[48] 2012 World Magic Cup
2013 Marcin Sciesinski[49] David Tuite[49] Stefano Rampini[49] Sean FitzGerald[49] 2013 World Magic Cup
2014 John Larkin[50] Craig Duff[50] Sean FitzGerald[50] Liam Higgins[50] 2014 World Magic Cup
2015 Susann Heidemueller[51] Craig Duff[51] Daniel Gilligan[51] Kevin Fogarty[51] 2015 World Magic Cup
2016 Alexander Ball[52] David Murphy[52] Michele Gravina[52] Vaclav Novak[52] 2016 World Magic Cup

List of Championships (2017 and 2018)

Republic of Ireland 2017

Location: Dublin
Date: October 21-22, 2017
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance:

1. IRL flag David Murphy
2. IRL flag David Wolfe
3. NOFLAG flag
4. NOFLAG flag
5. NOFLAG flag
6. NOFLAG flag
7. NOFLAG flag
8. NOFLAG flag

Pro Points Champion: Michelle Gravina
Sources[53][54]  


Republic of Ireland 2018

Location: Dublin
Date: August 11–12. 2018
Formats: Standard and Booster Draft
Attendance: 95

1. IRL flag Josh O'Mahony
2. IRL flag Carlos Dujo
3. IRL flag Patrick Lawlor
4. IRL flag Caolan O'Reilly
5. IRL flag Michele Gravina
6. IRL flag Kevin Fogarty
7. IRL flag Maud Gibbons
8. IRL flag Tadhg Murphy

Pro Points Champion: David Murphy
Sources[55][56]  

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