The lists of Irish championship players have been updated to reflect the 2021 championship, and to correct a couple of errors. There are 570 players in all, including 557 men and 13 women. Of these, 49 have been Irish champion.
Four players made their début in 2021: John P. Aherne, Kevin Burke, Oissine Murchadha, and Sam Murray (who played as a filler).
Two errors were corrected: Jim G. Murray has informed me that he played in 1971, rather than John Murray as previously given; many thanks for the correction. Also, the entries previously given as “S. Bonnar” for 1955 and “P. Bonner” for 1956 appear to have referred to the same player, Seán Bonner of Arklow.
First names have been added for Frederick Jones (1889), Tom Conlon (1955), Paddy Dowdall (1956), David Rynne (1956), Harold Harrison (1963), and Stephen Morris (1985).
The full list is available in alphabetical order and in descending order of number of championships played.
Thanks for the link to the Irish Times video. It was interesting to see the playing conditions and the interviews with some of the players. Mark Heidenfeld mentions his father Wolfgang won the Irish Championshioip ‘6 or 7 times’. Which is it?
It was six times: see list of champions in descending order of number of titles.