Players

  • ARMSTRONG, James Septimus, b. Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo, 5 October 1891, d. Singida, Tanganyika, 14 April 1936. Son of Canon Armstrong q.v.. Irish correspondence champion 1912-13, 1913-14. Military Cross 1917.
  • ARMSTRONG, (Canon/Chancellor) Simon Carter (r. Killaloe, Co. Clare), b. Leitrim, 1856, d. 1942. Father of James Septimus Armstrong q.v.. Irish correspondence champion 1917-18, 1920, 1924.
  • ARMSTRONG, William, d. Dublin, 5 August 1899. Donor, Armstrong Cup.
  • ASTANEH LOPEZ, Alex, b. Madrid, * 1987. IM 2011. Irish champion 2010. Olympiads: 2010-2012.
  • BABURIN, Alexander, b. Gorky URS (now Nizhniy Novgorod RUS), * 1967. IM 1990, GM 1996. Irish champion 2008. Olympiads: 1996, 2000-2008. European Team Chs: 2005. Armstrong Cup wins: 2011 (Kilkenny). Editor, Chess Today, 2000-present.
  • BAKER, Philip, b. Riga, 1880 or 1881, d. Rathmines, 18 April 1932. Irish champion 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929. Leinster champion 1922, 1926. Tailteann Games, 1st 1924. Armstrong Cup wins: 1926, 1929 (Sackville).
  • BARNETT, (later Sir) R. W. (Richard Whieldon), b. 6 December 1863, d. 17 October 1930. Irish champion 1886-1889 (based on win in 1886 championship). MP, 1918-1929.
  • BARRY, C. J. (Charles). Leinster champion 1912, 1913, 1914, 1933, 1934, 1942, 1945. Armstrong Cup wins: 1926, 1929 (Sackville).
  • BARRY, Colm, b. Dublin, * 1959. NM 1986. Leinster champion 1993 (j.). Olympiads: 1982-1984. National club championship wins: 1985 (Kevin Barry).
  • BARRY, G. F. (George Frith), b. Cork, ca. 1837, d. 14 February 1891. 1st, Cordner Cup, 1868 (inaugural competition). Columnist, The Irish Fireside.
  • BOWESMAN, H. N.. Armstrong Cup wins: 1926, 1929 (Sackville).
  • BRADY, Stephen, b. * 1969. FM 1992. Irish champion 1991, 1992, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007 (j.), 2011, 2012(j.). Leinster champion 1990, 1997 (j.), 2003. Olympiads: 1990-1992, 1996. European Team Chs: 1989, 1992, 2001. Armstrong Cup wins: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013 (Phibsboro). National club championship wins: 2002, 2005 (Phibsboro). Branagan Cup wins: 2006 (Phibsboro).
  • BROOKE, William Montagu, b. London, 1861, d. Southborough ENG, 28 June 1939. Irish correspondence champion 1914-15, 1915-16, 1916-17.
  • CANTON, Brian. Olympiad: 1958. National club championship wins: 1955 (Clontarf).
  • CARTON, Niall, b. * 1968. Irish champion 1989, 1993. Ulster champion 1987 (j.).
  • CARTON, Pat, b. Dublin, * 1959. Leinster champion 1984 (j.). Olympiads: 1986, 1990. European Team Chs: 1989, 1992.
  • CASSIDY, Paul, b. Dublin, * 1942. Leinster champion: 1966 (j.). Olympiads: 1966, 1972.
  • CLARKE, R.. Armstrong Cup wins: 1926, 1929 (Sackville).
  • CLARKE, Tom, b. 17 April 1959, d. Wales, 3 April 2007. =1st-3rd Irish championship 1996 (lost on tie-break). Ulster champion 1984 (j.), 2002, 2005. Olympiads: 1988, 1992. European Team Ch: 1989. National club championship wins: 1976 (Fisherwick).
  • COLLINS, Sam, b. * 1982. FM 2003, IM 2004. Irish champion 2002. Olympiads: 2000-2012. European Team Chs: 2003-2005.
  • COOTES, Arthur (Victor Coates), b. New York, 1 February 1907, d. 1 December 2002. Williamson Shield, 1st 1973.
  • COX, David, b. * 1951. Olympiad: 1974.
  • COX, Thomas, b. Cuffe St., Dublin, 5 July 1912, d. Dublin, 7 October 1939. Irish champion 1937, 1938. Leinster champion 1936, 1937, 1938. Armstrong Cup wins: 1936 (Blackrock).
  • CRANSTON, T. G., (Thomas George), b. Dublin, 1877 or 1878, d. 15 April 1954. Irish champion 1922, 1931. Leinster champion 1921. Olympiad 1935. Armstrong Cup wins: 1902 (Booterstown).
  • CREEVEY, James C., d. (near?) Dublin, February 1967, aged 93½. Irish champion 1933, 1934. Olympiad: 1935.
  • CRONHELM, Edward, b. Yorkshire ENG, d. Donnybrook, Co. Dublin, 24 January 1889, aged 68. 2nd, Irish championship 1865 (inaugural event).
  • CURTIN, Eugene, b. Athlone, * 1960. Irish champion 1984, 1985 (j.). Leinster champion 1985. Olympiad: 1980.
  • DALY, Colm, b. * 1967. FM 1998. Irish champion 1998, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2012 (j.). Leinster champion 1991, 1997 (j.), 2012. Olympiads: 1992-1994, 1998-2000, 2006, 2010. European Team Chs: 1992, 1997.
  • DELANEY, Michael C., b. 1967. Blind Olympiads: 1992, 2004. Armstrong Cup wins: 2013 (Phibsboro).
  • DEVENNEY, Ray, b. Coleraine, * 1947. Irish champion 1977 (j.). Ulster champion 1972.
  • DOYLE, Tony (a.k.a. O DUILL, Anthony), b. Dublin, *. NM 1977. CC-IM 1986, CC-SIM. Irish champion 1974. Irish correspondence champion 1983. Leinster champion 1974, 1979, 1981, 1982. Olympiads: 1976, 1980-1982. National club championship wins: 1985 (Kevin Barry).
  • DUNNE, David, b. Dublin, * 1959. FM 1983. Irish champion 1979 (j.), 1981 (j.), 1983. Leinster champion 1975, 1977. Olympiads: 1980-1982.
  • DUNPHY, W. R. (William Richard), b. Australia, 5 September 1929, d. Hastings ENG, March 1985. 1st-2nd Irish championship 1957 (lost on tie-break). Olympiad: 1956.
  • FIRSTOV, Juri, b. * 1982. 1st-3rd Irish championship 2012 (ineligible for title of champion). Leinster champion 2013. Tallinn EST champion 2004. Armstrong Cup wins: 2013 (Phibsboro).
  • GLORNEY, C. Parker, b. Leinster Terrace, Dalkey, 10 October 1881, d. Nice FRA, 31 December 1973. President, ICU, -1950-; President, Rathmines C.C., 1939-1957. Donor, Glorney Cup.
  • HARVEY, E. L. (Ernest), d. 18 Jun 1900, aged 34. Ulster champion 1895. Columnist, Belfast News-Letter.
  • HAYNES, T. A. V.. Armstrong Cup wins: 1929 (Sackville).
  • HEIDENFELD, Mark, b. * 1968. IM 1998. Irish champion 2000. Olympiads: 1996-2002, 2006-2010. European Team Chs: 1997, 2001.
  • HOWELL, Charles Edward, b. Dublin City, ca. 1866, d. Rathgar, Co. Dublin, 23 October 1932, aged 66 or 67. President, Rathmines C.C., 1903-1919.
  • JACOBS, C. H.. Armstrong Cup wins: 1926 (Sackville).
  • KANE, T. P.. Armstrong Cup wins: 1904, 1926, 1929 (Sackville).
  • KEATINGE, C. T.. Armstrong Cup wins: 1926 (Sackville).
  • KELLY, Brian, b. York ENG, * 1978. IM 1998. Irish champion 1995, 2007 (j.). Ulster champion 1995 (j.). Olympiads: 1994, 1998, 2002-2008. European Team Chs: 2003-2005. National club championship wins: 1994 (Fisherwick).
  • KELLY, Terry (Terence Christopher), b. c. 1930, d. Toronto CAN, 19 June 2010. Irish champion 1954. Olympiad 1954. National club championship win 1955 (Eoghan Ruadh).
  • KEOGH, Eamon, b. Dublin, * 1944 or 1945. NM 1977. Irish champion 1975 (j.), 1979 (j.). Leinster champion 1967, 1969 (j.). Olympiads: 1964-1966, 1976. EEC Team Ch: 1975. European Team Ch: 1979. Student Olympiad: 1968. World Junior championship: 1961. Zonals: 1978, 1993.
  • KENNEDY, Paddy (Patrick Brendan), b. Clarecastle, Co. Clare, 20 July 1929, d. Nottingham ENG, 9 June 1966. Irish champion 1949. Fellow, Royal Irish Academy, 1962.
  • KERNAN, Bernard, b. Dublin, * 1955. NM 1977. Irish champion 1976. Leinster champion 1973 (j.). Olympiad: 1976. National club championship wins: 1971 (Dublin). Branagan Cup wins: 1974 (U.C.D.).
  • KING-PARKS, Thomas, b. Dublin, 20 April 1884, d. Manchester, 23 November 1918. Irish correspondence champion 1910-11.
  • LARACY, P. J. (Patrick), MBE, d. Dublin?, ca. November 1960, aged 78. Leinster champion 1929, 1931.
  • LITTLETON, Michael, b. Tulla, Co. Clare, 5 March 1938, d. 21 August 2002. NM 1977. Irish champion 1962 (j.), 1965. Leinster champion 1959, 1963, 1968 (j.). Olympiads: 1960, 1968-1974. National club championship wins: 1960 (Dublin).
  • LONG, Thomas, b. 15 June –, d. 10 May 1907. President, Irish Chess Association, 1885 (founding)–. Founding member, Dublin Philidorian Society, ca. 1830′s. Founding member, City and County of Dublin C.C. (now Dublin C.C.), 1867. President, St. Patrick’s C.C.
  • MacDONOGH, A. A. (Albert Augustus), b. Co. Dublin, ca. 1866, d. 31 March 1934. Armstrong Cup wins: 1902 (Booterstown).
  • MacGRILLEN, Hugh, b. 7 May 1945, d. 10 Jan 2004. Irish champion 1973. Ulster champion 1964 (j.). Olympiads: 1972-1974. National club championship wins: 1966 (Q.U.B.).
  • McCLUSKEY, N.. Armstrong Cup wins: 1926, 1929 (Sackville).
  • McDONNELL, Alexander, b. Belfast, 22 May 1798, d. London, 14 September 1835.
  • McPHILLIPS, Karl, b. * 1988. Leinster champion 2006. Armstrong Cup wins: 2011 (Kilkenny).
  • MONTWILL, Alex, b. Riga, Latvia, ca. 1935, d. Blackrock, Co. Dublin, 18 April 2013. 1st-4th, Irish championship 1962 (lost on tie-break). Irish correspondence champion 1963 (j.). Interprovincial championship wins: 1961, 1964 (Leinster).
  • MULCAHY, E. N. (Noel), b. Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, 3 January 1930, d. Viscount air disaster, 24 March 1968. Irish champion 1953. Student Olympiad: 1959. Zonal: 1954.
  • O’CONNOR, Jonathan, b. * 1963. CC-IM 2013. ICU Chair 2011-present.
  • O’DONOVAN, John, b. Queenstown (now Cobh), Co. Cork, 10 April 1918, d. Buenos Aires, 5 November 1999. Olympiad 1939.
  • O’DONOVAN, Richard, b. London, * 1960. Irish champion 1996. Armstrong Cup wins: 2007, 2008 (Phibsboro). National club championship wins: 1985 (Kevin Barry), 2005 (Phibsboro).
  • O’HANLON, John J., b. Portadown, 1874, d. Dublin, 20 Feb 1960. Irish champion 1913-22 (based on wins in 1913 and 1915), 1925, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1940. Leinster champion 1935, 1939. Ulster champion 1902. 1st, Tailteann Games, 1924, 1928. Olympiads: 1935, 1939.
  • O’HARE, Ciarán, b. 1957. Nephew of Eugene O’Hare, q.v.. CC-IM 2009, CC-SIM 2011. Irish correspondence champion 2005-07.
  • O’HARE, Eugene, b. Derry, 1 January 1918, d. Altnagelvin, Co. Derry, 4 February 2008. Uncle of Ciarán O’Hare q.v.. Ulster champion 1960, 1961, 1962 (j.), 1963 (j.), 1964 (j.), 1969. Olympiads: 1960-64.
  • ORR, Mark J. L., b. * 1955. FM 1985, IM 1988. NM 1986. Irish champion 1985 (j.), 1994. Ulster champion 1985, 1988 (j.), 1989 (j.), 2002. Olympiads: 1984-1996, 2000-2002. European Team Chs: 1989, 1999, 2005.
  • REILLY, Brian Patrick, b. Menton FRA, 12 December 1901, d. Hastings ENG, 29 December 1991. NM 1977. Irish champion 1959, 1960. Olympiads: 1935, 1954-1968. Editor, British Chess Magazine, May 1948 – August 1981.
  • ROWLAND, (Mrs.) Frideswide Fanny (née Beechey), b. 18 April 1845, d. Bray, 25 February 1919. Wife of Thomas B. Rowland q.v.
  • ROWLAND, Thomas B., b. Dublin, 1 June 1850, d. 1929. Husband of Frideswide F. Rowland q.v..
  • RYAN, Joe, b. * 1968. FM. Irish champion 1997, 2004. Olympiads: 1992, 2004. European Team Chs: 1997. National club championship wins: 2005 (Phibsboro)
  • RYND, J. A. “Porterfield” (James Alexander), b. Co. Dublin, ca. 1846 or 1847, d. Dublin, 19 March 1917. Irish champion 1865-1886 (based on win in 1865 championship), 1892-1913 (based on win in 1892 championship). Armstrong Cup wins: 1894 (City).
  • SALMON, (Rev.) George, b. Cork or Dublin, 25 September 1819, d. Dublin, 22 January 1904.
  • SALTER, David, b. 1958. CC-IM. Armstrong Cup wins: 2013 (Phibsboro). National club championship wins: 2005 (Phibsboro).
  • SAYERS, A.. Armstrong Cup wins: 1926 (Sackville).
  • SCARRY, Herbert, b. 1955. Olympiads: 1988. Armstrong Cup wins: 2013 (Phibsboro).
  • SCHUSTER, Michael, b. Odessa, 1919, d. 29 October 1989. Irish champion 1952. Leinster champion 1952. National club championship wins: 1958, 1960 (Dublin).
  • SHORT, Philip, b. Cork, * 1960. NM 1982, FM 1990. Irish champion 1981 (j.), 1986 (j.), 1988. Olympiads: 1982, 1986.
  • SOFFE, G. D. (George), Irish champion 1889-1892 (based on win in 1889 championship). Armstrong Cup wins: 1888 (The Phoenix; first Armstrong Cup).
  • TAYLOR, J.. Armstrong Cup wins: 1926 (Sackville).
  • TOMSON, Brian (J. B. Tomson), b. Belfast, 22 June 1942, d. Newcastle AUS, 20 June 1986. Student Olympiad 1968.
  • VARIAN, R. T. (Ralph Theodore), b. Co. Dublin, ca. 1865, d. 5 April 1951, aged 86. Leinster champion 1928. Armstrong Cup wins: 1902 (Booterstown).
  • WALSH, J.J. (Jim), b. Dublin, * 1932. Leinster champion 1954, 1961. Olympiads: 1954-1958. National club championship wins: 1955 (Clontarf), 1958, 1960, 1965, 1971 (all Dublin). Chess correspondent, Irish Times, April 1955–present (weekly, April 1955–September 1972; daily, September 1972–present).
  • WHELAN, P. W.. Leinster champion 1947, 1949. Armstrong Cup wins: 1926, 1929 (Sackville).
  • WHITESIDE, Eddie, b. 1943, d. 9 March 2013. Ulster champion 1963 (j.), 1973 (j.), 1976 (j.). Student Olympiad: 1966. National club championship wins: 1966 (Queen’s University Belfast).

* = exact date of birth known, but not displayed because of privacy considerations.

References.

Last updated 22nd May 2013.

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