Irish championship players, updated

The lists of Irish championship players have been updated to include the 2019 championship: see the full list in descending order of number of championships played, and the same in alphabetical order.

All players from the first Irish championship in 1865 have been added; previously only 3 were included. In addition, 5 more players from the 1889 championship have been added: these were the players who did not receive odds (and were thus eligible for the title of Irish champion) but did not qualify for the final.

Two errors have been corrected: ‘J. Cummings’ (1975) was Jim Cummins, and ‘J. G. McDonnell’ (1978) was Gerard McDonnell.

In addition, the mysterious player ‘S. O’Nuadhain’ (1983) has been confirmed as Joe Noone. I had strongly suspected this, and finally found confirmation earlier this month in Alan Ludgate’s scoresheets. Coincidentally, Gerry MacElligott sent a message a few days later saying the same thing, with background.

Full player names have been added for Roger Beckett, Eugene Bergin, John Butler, Peter Carroll, Malachy Doherty, Robert Dundas, David Flannery, Seán Galligan, Seán Gilroy, Peter J. Hayes, Denis Healy, Tom Healy, Liam Hearns, Mihailo Manojlovic, Alan McDonagh, Niall McDonnell, Conor E. Murphy, Zalan Nemeth, Michael O’Brien, Alice O’Gorman, A. R. (Alexander Ritchie) Orr, Stephen Rush, Brian Walls and Michael Welsh.

Corrections are welcome, as always.

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