Competitions
Competitions are held throughout the year mostly run by individual clubs or by provincial Unions such as the City of Dublin, Cork Congress (Mulcahy Cup), Bunratty, Limerick Open, Galway Congress, Drogheda, Malahide, Bray, Kilkenny Congress, Ulster and Leinster Championships.
A number of significant tournaments have been held in the past
- 1865 Dublin Masters
- 1892 North of Ireland Congress, Belfast
- 1924 Tailteann Games, Dublin
- 1928 Tailteann Games, Dublin
- 1932 Tailteann Games, Dublin
- 1951 Clontarf International, Dublin
- 1954 An Tóstal, Dublin
- 1955 An Tóstal, Cork
- 1956 An Tóstal, Dublin
- 1957 An Tóstal, Dublin
- 1957 Dublin Zonal
- 1979 O'Hanlon Memorial (ICU Golden Jubilee), Dublin
- 1988 CIMA Dublin Millennium Chess Congress
- 1991 Telecom Éireann International, Dublin
- 1993 Dublin FIDE Zonal
- 2005 European Union Chess Championship, Cork
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