Harte 1959 Art Coldrick (O'Connells / Phibsboro) 1965 Anthony Cafferky 1966 John Moles 1967 John L. Moles 1968 Paul Henry 1969 David Wilson 1970 Bernard Kernan 1971 Bernard Kernan 1972 Rod Nixon & Colm Quigley 1973 Rod Nixon 1974 Paul Delaney 1976 Colm Barry 1977 David Dunne 1978 Keith Allen 1979 Keith Allen, John Delaney, Sean Coffey 1980 Keith Allen & John Kennedy 1983 Eddie Grant (Phibsboro) 1984 Killian Hynes 1990 Richard McMaster (Fisherwick) 1997 Eoin Spring 1998 Adam Kelly (Sam Collins finished ahead but declared Under 16 champion) 1999 Sam Collins (Gonzaga) 2000 John Kennedy 2001 John Kennedy 2002 Stephen Stokes (Alex Lopez finished ahead but declared Under 16 champion) 2003 Alex Lopez 2004 Alex Lopez 2005 Matthew Dignam 2006 Karl McPhillips 2007 Jan Mueller 2008 Dara Murphy (Ryan-Rhys Griffiths finished ahead but declared Under 16 champion) 2009 Sam Osborne (St. Benildus) 2010 Ryan-Rhys Griffiths 2013 Hugh Doyle (Cork) 2014 Ben Cullen (Gonzaga) 2015 Tom O'Gorman (Dun Laoghaire) 2016 Conor O'Donnell (Gonzaga) 2017 Denis Ruchko (Ballinasloe) 2018 Peter Carroll (Gonzaga) 2019 Jacob Flynn (Malahide) 2021 Oisin O Cuilleanain External links Irish Championships at the website of the Irish Chess Union includes history, scores, crosstables, bios, and interviews. Notes Chess national championships Women's chess national championships Chess in Ireland 1865 establishments in Ireland Articles containing video clips Chess