Knockout Cup. 6 boards (usually; was 5 for some years), open to players who played in the Armstrong Cup or Heidenfeld Trophy in the season.
Roll of Honour:
1974 U.C.D.
1975 U.C.D. or Rathmines
1977 Dundrum
1978 Rathfarnham
1979 Rathfarnham
1983 Raheny
1984 Raheny
1995 Crumlin
1996 Crumlin
1997 St. Benildus (A)
1998 Bray/Greystones
1999 Bray/Greystones (B)
2000 Dublin
2002 Phibsboro
2003 Dún Laoghaire (B)
2005 Rathmines
2006 Phibsboro
2007 Phibsboro
2009 Bray
2010 Rathmines
2011 Elm Mount
Scores and Players:
1974 U.C.D.
Bernard Kernan, Stephen Meyler, A. Spillane, C. Barnwell, P. Victory, R. Nolan.
Final: U.C.D. beat Phibsboro. After first session (Dublin C.C., 20 Lincoln Place, 1974.05.??): U.C.D. 2½ – 2½ Phibsboro. Semi-final: U.C.D. 4 – 2 Kevin Barry.
1977 Dundrum
Final (14.03.1977): Dundrum 3-3 Dublin (Dundrum won on board count). Dundrum: John Frain (bd. 6).
1978 Rathfarnham
1979 Rathfarnham
Colm Barry, Tony Doyle, Denis Healy, Bernard Palmer, Eamonn Martin, Ciarán Scollard.
Final (April 1979): Rathfarnham 4 – 2 Dundrum (Colm Barry ½ -½ Tim Harding; Tony Doyle 1 -0 Eugene Curtin; Denis Healy ½ – ½ John Griffin; Bernard Palmer ½ – ½ John Frain; Eamonn Martin ½ – ½ Seán Coffey; Ciarán Scollard 1 – 0 Jim Prendiville).
1983 Raheny
1984 Raheny
Final: Raheny 3½ – 2½ Kevin Barry.
1995 Crumlin
Crumlin: Cormac Brady, Hugh Cummins.
1996 Crumlin
Crumlin: Cormac Brady, Hugh Cummins.
1997 St. Benildus (A)
Ryan, Daly, O’Connell, McCarthy, Lyons.
12.04-13.04.1997: 1st St. Benildus A 21/25, 2nd Gonzaga 19 (8 teams).
1998 Bray/Greystones
Final: Bray 4-1 Crumlin. Bray/Greystones: Stephen Brady, Hayden Barber.
1999 Bray/Greystones (B)
Joe Ryan, Pat Reynolds, Séamus Duffy, Eric Bennett, Jim Joyce, John Phelan, Tom Conlon.
Final: Bray B 3-2 Phibsboro A. Semi-final: Bray B 3½-1½ Malahide. Quarter-finals: Bray B 4-1 Dún Laoghaire; Phibsboro A 3½-1½ Bray A. First round: Bray B 5-0 Phibsboro B.
2000 Dublin
Final: Dublin 3-2 Dún Laoghaire.
2002 Phibsboro
2003 Dún Laoghaire (B)
Anthony Fox, John Lane, Andrew Lynch, Liam Hearns, Peter Jackson.
Final (Dublin C.C., 17th July 2003): Dún Laoghaire B 3 – 2 Phibsboro B (Anthony Fox 1 -0 Paul Dempsey; John Lane ½ – ½ Brian Fitzpatrick; Andrew Lynch 1 -0 Thomas Brezing; Liam Hearns ½- ½ Colm Fitzpatrick; Peter Jackson 0 – 1 Kieran English).
2005 Rathmines
2006 Phibsboro
Phibsboro: Stephen Brady.
2007 Phibsboro
Final: Phibsboro v. Dublin University. Dublin University ruled disqualified on the basis of ineligible players.
2009 Bray
Final: Bray 3-3 Rathmines (Bray won on tie-break).
2010 Rathmines
John Delaney, Peter Cafolla, Killian Delaney, Darren McCabe, Michael Kennedy, Tony Scannell, Mindaugas Janusaitis, Jack Killane.
Final (21.06.2010): Rathmines 3½-2½ Phibsboro. Semi-final (14.06.2010): Rathmines 3½-1½ St. Benildus. Quarter-finals: (05.31.2010) Rathmines 4-2 Drogheda; St. Benildus 4½-1½ Celbridge; Gonzaga 4½-1½ Bray; Phibsboro 4-2 Elm Mount. First round: (05.15.2010) Bray 4½-Curragh 1½; Elm Mount 5-1 Rathmines B.
2011 Elm Mount
Final (Teacher’s Club, 28.05.2011?): Elm Mount 5½-½ Gonzaga.
Sources:
Irish Times, 26th February 1974.
Irish Times, 7th May 1974 p. 11.
Irish Times, 25th March 1975 p. 15 (re U.C.D. 1974; U.C.D. or Rathmines 1975).
Irish Times, 20th
Seán Terry, Disinformator 6, October 1996 (re 1977).
Seán Coffey, DisinformatorTM, IRLchess, 24th December 2011 (re 1977).
Cyril Hardiman, “Branagan Cup for Rathfarnham,” Sunday Independent, 29th April 1979 p. 20.
The Irish Times, 22nd June 1984, p. 10 (re 1983, 1984).
John Hurley, CHESS IRELAND – NEWS, Jan 1997-Feb 1998 (re 1997).
Hugh Cummins, “Cormac Brady: 1956-2003″, 2003 (re 1995, 1996).
Bray/Greystones C.C. web pages, A brief history (re 1998).
John Hurley, CHESS IRELAND – NEWS, May-Jun 1998 (re 1998).
John Hurley, CHESS IRELAND – NEWS, Jan-Mar 1999 (re 1999).
John Hurley, CHESS IRELAND – NEWS, Jun-Aug 2000 (re 2000).
Kieran English, A brief history of Phibsboro Chess Club, Phibsboro C.C. web pages 2003 (re 2002).
Email from Anthony Fox, 22nd April 2012 (re 2003).
Rathmines C.C. web pages, Roll of Honor (re 2005).
Phibsboro C.C. web pages, News: Archive (2007) (re 2006).
Phibsboro C.C. Report on the Annual General Meeting Monday 11th September 2006 (re 2006).
Phibsboro C.C. Annual General Meeting, Monday 10th September 2007 (re 2007).
John Healy, Annual General Meeting of the Leinster Chess Union, June 2007 (re 2007 final).
Pawel Madynski, Branagan Cup, LCU Blog, 18th May 2010, plus comments, (re 2010).
Rathmines C.C. web pages, Branagan Cup win for Rathmines, 15th June 2010 (re 2010).
Rathmines C.C. web pages, Branagan Cup Triumph, 22nd June 2010 (re 2010).
Peter Cafolla, Branagan Cup Final, LCU Blog, 22nd June 2010 (re 2009, 2010).
Elm Mount C.C. web pages, Cup 2010 (re 2010).
Elm Mount C.C. web pages, Updates 30/5/2011 (re 2011).
Last updated: 30nd April 2012.