Eamon Keogh

[Edward Augustine Keogh]
* 1944      Dublin
      1944 FIDE; 1945 Gaige
NM 1977
Irish champion 1975 (j.), 1979 (j.)
Leinster champion 1967, 1969 (j.), 1970, 1971

Olympiad 1964-1966, 1976
EEC Team Ch 1975
European Team Ch 1979
Student Olympiad 1968
World Junior Ch 1961
Zonals 1978, 1993

City of Dublin C’ship, 1st 1967, 1968, 1977 (j.)
Cork Congress Open, 1st 2000
Havana Olympiad Candidates’ Tournament 1966, 1st-4th
Kilkenny Masters, 1st 1992
Oireachtas C’ship, 1st 1963, 1970
Tormey Cup, 1st 1969
UCC 1966 (1916 Easter Rising Golden Jubilee), 1st-3rd
West of Ireland Open, 1st-4th 1976

Armstrong Cup wins: 2011 (Kilkenny)
National Club Ch wins: 1962 (Eoghan Ruadh), 2006, 2007, 2009 (Kilkenny)
Interprovincials, Leinster, 1968

Oireachtas Rapidplay, 1st-3rd 2005

ICU Chair 2008-2010
Irish Chess Hall of Fame 2007

C.C.: Synge Street (late 1950’s);
     Dublin (1960-);
     Eoghan Ruadh (-1967-1970-);
     Ierne (-1971-1972-);
     Kilkenny (-2001-present)

Sources:
Photo: Gearóidín Uí Laighléis article below.
Eamon Keogh, “Eamon Keogh”, ICU web pages, June 1996.
Gearóidín Uí Laighléis, “Hall of Fame Award: Eamon Keogh”, ICU web pages, November 2007.
Jeremy Gaige, Chess Personalia: a Biobibliography. McFarland 2005.
OlimpBase, http://www.olimpbase.org.
David McAlister, Irish Chess History web site.
—, Irish Chess History: Miscellaneous Cork congresses (Cork 1966: 1916 Jubilee).
The Irish Times, 2 June 1967, p. 10 (Leinster Ch 1967).
The Irish Times, 12 June 1969, p. 7 (Tormey Cup).
The Irish Times, 8 January 1970, p. 10 (Leinster Ch 1969).
Happy Birthday Eamon!, ICU web site, 16 February 2014.

Last updated May 14, 2014.