The All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to Hockey Ireland. The competition is held in the Autumn term of each school year.
Banbridge Academy, Down, are the current champions, having defeated The High School, Dublin in the 2022 final in The Maradyke, Cork
The venue of the competition is on a three-year rota between Munster Leinster and Ulster
The competition began in the 1982 school year. It was initially dominated by schools from Ulster, with the first fourteen winners coming from that province. The monopoly was finally broken in 1996-97 15th tournament, when Newpark School from Dublin became the first winners from Leinster. Ashton were the first school from Munster to win the All Ireland tournament. In 2019 all four semifinalists hailed from Leinster, with eventual winners, The High School, defeating King’s Hospital 1-0 to reach their first ever final. The same scoreline stood in the other semi, where Wesley College were beaten by tournament runners-up St. Andrew’s College.
Sixteen teams compete in the finals. The teams are drawn into four pools with four teams each. Each team plays the other three teams in their group once. Each group winner then play one of the other group winners in a semi-final match. The two semi-final winners then play each other in the final. The winner of the final is presented with the Tasmanian Shield.
| School | Winners | Runner-up | Total Finals | Year of last win |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Belfast Academical Institution | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2013-14 |
| St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2017-18 |
| Banbridge Academy | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2022 |
| Wesley College Dublin | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2009-10 |
| Newry High School | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1984-85 |
| Bandon Grammar School | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2021-22 |
| Ashton School | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2000-01 |
| Bangor Grammar School | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1997-98 |
| Wallace High School, Lisburn | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1987-88 |
| Cookstown High School | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2007-08 |
| Methodist College Belfast | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1985-86 |
| Newpark Comprehensive School | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1996-97 |
| The High School | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2019 |
| Kilkenny College | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1999-00 |
| Wellington College Belfast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1993-94 |
| Newtown School Waterford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2018 |
| Friends School Lisburn | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Bangor | Newry High School | Banbridge Academy | |||
| 1983 | Dublin | Newry High School | Wallace High School, Lisburn | |||
| 1984 | Cork | Newry High School | Wallace High School, Lisburn | |||
| 1985 | Cookstown | Methodist College Belfast | Wallace High School, Lisburn | |||
| 1986 | Kilkenny | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | Bandon Grammar School | |||
| 1987 | Limerick | Wallace High School, Lisburn | Methodist College Belfast | |||
| 1988 | Lisburn | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | Banbridge Academy |
| Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Cork | Kilkenny College | Ashton School | penalty strokes | ||
| 2000 | Bangor | Ashton School | Wesley College, Dublin | |||
| 2001 | Dublin | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 1 | 0 | Wesley College Dublin | |
| 2002 | Cork | Wesley College, Dublin | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | |||
| 2003 | Banbridge | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | Bandon Grammar School | |||
| 2004 | Dublin | Wesley College, Dublin | Bandon Grammar School | |||
| 2005 | Cork | Bandon Grammar School | 4 | 3 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | extra time |
| 2006 | Belfast | Banbridge Academy | 5 | 4 | Royal Belfast Academical Institution | extra time - golden goal |
| 2007 | Dublin | Cookstown High School | 4 | 2 | Banbridge Academy | [1] |
| 2008 | Limerick | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 2 | 1 | Wesley College, Dublin | [2] |
| Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Belfast | Wesley College Dublin | 3 | 2 | Wallace High School, Lisburn | Extra time - Silver goal [3] |
| 2010 | Dublin | Banbridge Academy | 4 | 2 | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | [4] |
| 2011 | Cork | Banbridge Academy | 2 | 1 | Cookstown High School | [5] |
| 2012 | Belfast | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 3 | 1 | Wesley College Dublin | [6] |
| 2013 | Dublin | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 6 | 1 | Wesley College Dublin | [7] |
| 2014 | Cork | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 3 | 1 | Wallace High School, Lisburn | [8] |
| 2015 | Belfast | Banbridge Academy | 3 | 2 | Wesley College Dublin | [9] |
| 2016 | Dublin | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 3 | 2 | Banbridge Academy | [10] |
| 2017 | Cork | St. Andrew's College, Dublin | 1 (4) | 1 (1) | Wesley College Dublin | Penalty Strokes [11] |
| 2018 | Belfast | Newtown School Waterford | 1 | 0 | Banbridge Academy | |
| 2019 | Dublin | The High School, Dublin | 2 (7) | 2 (6) | St. Andrew's College | Penalty Strokes [12] |
| Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Belfast | No Competition | 0 | 0 | No Competition | |
| 2021-2022 | Dublin | Bandon Grammar School | 2 (3) | 2 (1) | Banbridge Academy | Shuttles [13] |
| 2022 | Cork | Banbridge Academy | 2 (3) | 2 (1) | The High School | Shuttles[ citation needed ] |
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