The Irish National Badminton Championships is a tournament organised to crown the best badminton players in Ireland.
The tournament started in 1912.
# | Men's singles | Titles | Years won |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Watt | 10 | 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005 |
2 | James Doyle | 8 | 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 |
Scott Evans | 8 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 | |
4 | Nhat Nguyen | 7 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 |
5 | Robert Harris | 6 | 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970 |
6 | Liam McKenna | 5 | 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 |
7 | Frank Peard | 4 | 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 |
8 | Gordon 'Curly' Mack | 3 | 1920, 1922, 1925 |
Willoughby Hamilton | 3 | 1927, 1934, 1935 | |
John Taylor | 3 | 1980, 1982, 1983 | |
Bill Thompson | 3 | 1978, 1981, 1985 | |
12 | Frederick A. Kennedy | 2 | 1914, 1923 |
Arthur Hamilton | 2 | 1932, 1933 | |
Peter Moore | 2 | 1969, 1972 | |
John Taylor | 2 | 1974, 1975 | |
Colin Bell | 2 | 1973, 1979 | |
Pat Marron | 2 | 1984, 1986 | |
Bruce Topping | 2 | 1995, 2001 | |
Ciaran D'Arcy | 2 | 2003, 2004 | |
Jonathan Dolan | 2 | 2014, 2019 | |
21 | Bob Lambert | 1 | 1912 |
Robert Plews | 1 | 1913 | |
E. F. Stewart | 1 | 1921 | |
R. Hanna | 1 | 1936 | |
A.G. Trapnell | 1 | 1937 | |
D. B. Green | 1 | 1948 | |
James FitzGibbon | 1 | 1949 | |
C. W. Wilkinson | 1 | 1962 | |
John Mc Cloy | 1 | 1967 | |
M. Morrow | 1 | 1971 | |
Adrian Bell | 1 | 1976 | |
John Scott | 1 | 1977 | |
Tony Stephenson | 1 | 2015 |
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