Irish Figure Skating Championships

Irish Figure Skating Championships
Status	Active
Genre	National championships
Frequency	Annual
Venue	Dundee Ice Arena
Location(s)	Dundee, Scotland
Country	Ireland
Organised by	Ice Skating Association of Ireland

The Irish Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition organized by the Ice Skating Association of Ireland to crown the national champions of Ireland. The first Irish Championships were held in 1998 in Dundalk. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants.

History

Competitive figure skating is relatively new to Ireland. The Republic of Ireland Ice Skating Association (RIISA) was established in 1995, though it adopted its current name – the Ice Skating Association of Ireland (ISAI) – in 2008. Ireland joined the International Skating Union (ISU) in 2008. In 2008, Clara Peters became the first Irish skater to compete at an international competition – the Czech Skate in Ostrava, Czech Republic – and in 2009, she represented Ireland at both the European Figure Skating Championships and the World Figure Skating Championships. ^[1]

No competition was held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2]

Since 2022, the Irish Championships have been held at the Dundee Ice Arena in Dundee, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. ^[3] In 2022, Laura and Kevin Hegarty became the first skaters to compete in ice dance for Ireland. ^[1]

Senior medalists

From left to right: Conor Stakelum, five-time Irish champion in men's singles; Clara Peters, seven-time Irish champion in women's singles; and Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus, three-time Irish champions in ice dance

Men's singles

Men's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2008–09	No men's competitors prior to 2010
2010	Dundalk	Vivian Parnell-Murphy	No other competitors		[4]
2011	No competition held				[5]
2012	Dundonald	Brendan Dorrian	No other competitors		[6]
2013					[7]
2014		Conor Stakelum			[8]
2015	Belfast				[9]
2016	London, England				[10]
2017					[11]
2018			Samuel McAllister	No other competitors	[12]
2019		Samuel McAllister	Conor Stakelum		[13]
2020			No other competitors		[14]
2021	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[2]
2022	Dundee, Scotland	Samuel McAllister	Conor Stakelum	No other competitors	[3]
2023		Dillon Judge	No other competitors		[15]
2024		No men's competitors			[16]
2025		Dillon Judge	No other competitors		[17]

Women's singles

Women's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2008	Dundalk	Clara Peters	No other competitors		[18]
2009					[19]
2010					[4]
2011	No competition held				[5]
2012	Dundonald	Clara Peters	No other competitors		[6]
2013					[7]
2014					[8]
2015	Belfast				[9]
2016	London, England				[10]
2017–25	No women's competitors since 2016

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2008–22	No ice dance competitors prior to 2023
2023	Dundee, Scotland	Carolane Soucisse Shane Firus	No other competitors		[15]
2024					[16]
2025					[17]

Junior medalists

Men's singles

Junior men's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2008–11	No junior men's competitors prior to 2012
2012	Dundonald	Conor Stakelum	No other competitors		[20]
2013					[21]
2014–15	No junior men's competitors
2016	London, England	Samuel McAllister	No other competitors		[22]
2017					[11]
2018–19		No junior men's competitors
2020		Dillon Judge	No other competitors		[14]
2021	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[2]
2022	Dundee, Scotland	Dillon Judge	No other competitors		[3]
2023–25		No junior men's competitors since 2022

Women's singles

Junior women's event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2008–11	No junior women's competitors prior to 2012
2012	Dundonald	Deirdre Faegre	No other competitors		[20]
2013					[21]
2014		Ciara Hoey			[8]
2015	Belfast		Fianait Bligh	No other competitors	[23]
2016	London, England		No other competitors		[22]
2017					[11]
2018		No junior women's competitors			[12]
2019		Elizabeth Golding	No other competitors		[13]
2020		Sophia Tkacheva	Elizabeth Golding	Dracy Condon	[14]
2021	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[2]
2022	Dundee, Scotland	Robyn Foster	Sophia Tkacheva	No other competitors	[3]
2023		Sophia Tkacheva	Ciera Turner-Frick		[15]
2024		Allie Peterson	Saoirse O'Sullivan		[16]
2025		Julianna Farrell	Eeva O'Briend		[17]

Ice dance

Junior ice dance event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2008–21	No junior ice dance competitors prior to 2022
2022	Dundee, Scotland	Laura Hegarty Kevin Hegarty	No other competitors		[3]
2023					[15]
2024–25		No junior ice dance competitors

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