Eugene O’Hare

* 01-01-1918         Derry
† 04-02-2008       Altnagelvin, Co. Derry
Irish championship b.r. 3rd-6th 1975
Ulster champion 1960, 1961, 1962 (j.), 1963 (j.), 1964 (j.), 1969

Olympiads 1960-1964

Castle Cup, 1st 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1976, 1999
City of Derry C’ship, 1st 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1979, 1986, 2004
North Ulster C’ship, 1st 1960-1962, 1979, 1985, 1989, 2000
(Derry?) Senior League, 1st 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964

National Club Ch wins: 1965 (City of Derry)
Interprovincials: 1958, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1979 (Ulster)
wins 1963, 1968

Councillor, Londonderry Corporation 1964-1969

C.C.: City of Derry (1951-1969, 1975-†; founder member)
     champion 1976, 1977, 2000, 2001, 2002

Sources:
Eugene O’Hare, Roast Beef On Sunday. Oriel Press, 2008.
OlimpBase, http://www.olimpbase.org.
City of Derry C. C. web site: club contest results 1951-2007.
David McAlister, Death of Eugene O’Hare, Impala Publishers blog (reprinted from Ulster Chess Chronicle), 9 February 2008.
—, Irish Chess History web site.
—, Ulster senior championships.
—, Interprovincials.
Seán Coffey, Eugene O’Hare, IRLchess, 2^nd November 2011.

Last updated 22^nd February 2012.