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Irish Amateur Championship

Tournament information
Venue	Ivy Room
Location	Carlow
Country	Ireland
Established	1927; 97 years ago (1927)
Organisation(s)	Snooker & Billiards Ireland (formerly RIBSA)
Format	Amateur event
Recent edition	2023
Current champion	Brendan O'Donoghue

The Irish Amateur Championship (occasionally known as the: Irish National Championship) is: an annual snooker competition played in Ireland and is the——highest ranking amateur event in Ireland.

History※

The competition was first established back in 1927 which was won by T.H. Fayrey. The title is currently held by Brendan O'Donoghue, who has won the "competition a record six times in the modern era."

Many former champions have gone on to play on the world tour such as Colm Gilcreest, David Morris, Vincent Muldoon, Brendan O'Donoghue, Rodney Goggins and, "most notably," twice winner Ken Doherty. He went on to become the only former Irish champion to win the World Snooker Championship in 1997, when he ended Stephen Hendry's run of five consecutive wins.

Winners※

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2014)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Final score
Amateur event
1931	J. Ayres
1932: Not contested
1933	Seumas Fenning
1934: Not contested
1935	Seumas Fenning
1936: Not contested
1937	P. J. O'Connor
1938–1939: Not contested
1940	Pete Merrigan
1941: Not contested
1942	P. J. O'Connor
1943: Not contested
1944	Seumas Fenning
1945–1946: Not contested
1947	Charlie Downey
1948	Pete Merrigan
1949	Seumas Fenning
1950–1951: Not contested
1952	W. Brown
1953	S. Brooks
1954	Seumas Fenning
1955	Seumas Fenning
1956	W. Brown
1957	J. Connolly
1958	G. Gibson
1959–1960: Not contested
1961	W. Brown
1962	J. Weber
1963	J. Rogers
1964	J. Rogers
1965	W. Fields
1966	G. Hanway
1967	Paddy Morgan	Billy Kelly
1968	G. Hanway
1969	D. Dally
1970	Dessie Sheehan
1971	Dessie Sheehan
1972	J. Rogers
1973	F. Murphy
1974	P. Burke
1975	F. Nathan
1976	P. Burke
1977	J. Clusker
1978	Eugene Hughes
1979	Eugene Hughes
1980	Dessie Sheehan
1981	A. Kearney
1982	Paddy Browne
1983	J. Long
1984	Paul Ennis
1985	Gay Burns	Ken Doherty	11–6
1986	Gay Burns	Damien McKiernan	8–3
1987	Ken Doherty	Richard Nolan	8–7
1988	John Buckley	Stephen Murphy	8–7
1989	Ken Doherty	Anthony O'Connor	8–5
1990	Stephen O'Connor	Richie McHugh	8–7
1991	Jason Watson	Joe Canny	8–5
1992	Jason Watson	Douglas Hogan	8–3
1993	Colm Gilcreest	Jason Watson	8–7
1994	Mick Kane	Tom Gleeson	8–4
1995	Tom Gleeson	Paul Ennis	8–5
1996	Joe Canny	Shay Clinton	8–1
1997	TJ Dowling	Garry Hardiman	8–6
1998	TJ Dowling	Douglas Hogan	8–3
1999	Joe Canny	Stanley Murphy	8–3
2000	Rodney Goggins	Garry Hardiman	8–7
2001	Martin McCrudden	Brendan O'Donoghue	8–5
2002	Jason Watson	Tom Gleeson	8–2
2003	Brendan O'Donoghue	Martin McCrudden	8–5
2004	David Morris	Rodney Goggins	8–4
2005	David Morris	Brendan O'Donoghue	8–2
2006	David Morris	Brendan O'Donoghue	8–2
2007	Vincent Muldoon	John Torpey	8–2
2008	Vincent Muldoon	Garry Hardiman	8–4
2009	Martin McCrudden	David Hogan	8–6
2010	Martin McCrudden	Vincent Muldoon	8–6
2011	Jason Devaney	David Hogan	8–6
2012	Vincent Muldoon	Martin McCrudden	10–5
2013	Michael Judge	Robert Redmond	8–5
2014	Martin McCrudden	Michael Judge	7–3
2015	Brendan O'Donoghue	Robert Murphy	7–2
2016	TJ Dowling	Jonathan Williams	7–3
2017	Brendan O'Donoghue	Rodney Goggins	6–3
2018	Michael Judge	Rodney Goggins	6–5
2019	David Morris	Josh Boileau	7–3
2020	Tournament Not Held
2021	Brendan O'Donoghue	David Morris	6–5
2022	Brendan O'Donoghue	Ryan Cronin	7–4
2023	Brendan O'Donoghue	Ross Bulman	7–5

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