List of All Ireland Champions

Guys, I have been working of this page and have put together a relatively comprehensive list of All-Ireland champions but I am missing out a lot of the older champions - can you help??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_All-Ireland_Champions#Whistling_.28Feada.C3.ADl.29

cheers

“vintagekits” - I’ve found out 2 possible ways for you to get a complete list of winners for each All-Ireland Fleadh. I’ve been to All-Irelands on 4 occasions, and have the programmes with the lists of competitors for 3 of them, 1976,1977, and 1982. Near the back of the programme is a list of all the winners from the previous year, in all the age groups. That means I have the results for the 3 years 1975, 1976 and 1981. I’ve posted 1975 below. I’ll do the others when I find the time. One thing you could do would be to contact Comhaltas, and ask them to put an appeal through their magazine “Treoir” for anyone who has any of the Fleadh programmes to get in touch with you and either email or photocopy you the page of results. “Treoir” is another place where results are listed, and I’ll have a look through the ones I have to see if there’s any information there for you.

Here are the 1975 results for all of the Senior Competitions, as listed in the 1976 programme :
{ I could make a pretty good guess at the first names of several, but only the initial is given, so I’ve left it at that }

Fiddle - Liz Carroll
2-Row Button Accordeon : P.O’Brien
3-Row Button Accordeon : J.Nolan
Concert Flute – D.Collis
Tin Whistle – S.O’Riain
Piano Accordeon - A.Morris
Concertina – G.Haugh
Uilleann Pipes – F.McLoughlin
Harp – M.Ni Chathasaigh
Mouth Organ – D.Epping
Banjo – S.O’Hagen
Piano – K.Taylor
Drums – A.Vaughan
Rogha Ghleas – S.Epping
Bodhran – T.Hayes
War Pipes – M.O’Malley
Fiddle – Slow Airs – P.O’Coill
Uilleann Pipes – Slow Airs – S.Casey
Concert Flute – Slow Airs – J.Lewis
Tin Whistle – Slow Airs – W.Patton *
Duets – J.Keane & L.Carroll
Trios – Nolan Ryan & Flanagan
Ceili Bands – Piper’s Club
Buion Rogha Ghleas – Acres
Singing – Irish – Ladies – Lena Bn. Ui She
Singing – Irish – Men – T.O’Duinnon
Singing – English – Ladies – M.O’Reilly
Singing – English – Men – P.Nolan
Whistling – P.Berry
Lilting – J.Harris
Amhran Nua Ceaptha – M.McGinley
Newly Composed Song – J.Cronin

[ * Your list already has Carmel Gunning as the Tin Whistle Slow-Air winner for 1975. ]

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"There's fast music and there's lively music. People don't always know the difference"

PS - the "Wikipedia"list has Seamus Egan as Senior All-Ireland banjo champion in 1979. He was 10 years old that year.

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"There's fast music and there's lively music. People don't always know the difference"

Kenny ya legend! Good man! I will get those on asap

I made another list - this time of locations of All Ireland since 1951 - missing a few years - maybe you know where it was in those years - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_venues_for_All_Ireland_Fleadh_Cheoil_Na_h%C3%89ireann

Location of all the All-Ireland Fleadhs is listed in Fintan Vallely's "Companion To Irish Music" book [ if that's its' correct title ].

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"There's fast music and there's lively music. People don't always know the difference"

Here are the 1976 results for all of the Senior Competitions, as listed in the 1977 programme :
{ Because I have the 1976 programme, I’m able to fill in nearly all first names, and also Town / County / Country of origin. }

Fiddle - Jim McKillop [ Antrim ]
2-Row Button Accordeon : Deirdre Collis [ Sligo ]
3-Row Button Accordeon : Phil Murray [ Tipperary ]
Concert Flute – Peg McGrath [ Boyle ]
Tin Whistle – Fr.Charlie Coen [ Staten Island, New York ]
Piano Accordeon – John Henry [ Derry
Concertina – Fr.Charlie Coen [ Staten Island, New York ]
Uilleann Pipes – Trevor Stewart [ Ballymena ]
Harp – Maire Ni Chathasaigh [ Cork ]
Mouth Organ – Gerard Danaher [ Sligo ]
Banjo – Anthony “Sully” Sullivan [ Manchester ]
Piano – Mary Corcoran [ Dublin ]
Drums – Donal O’Connor [ Sligo ]
Rogha Ghleas – Joe Noonan [ Limerick ]
Bodhran – Tom Hayes [ Limerick ]
War Pipes – Michael O’Malley [ London ]
Fiddle – Slow Airs – Mrs A.O’Brien [ Antrim ]
Uilleann Pipes – Slow Airs – Seamus Casey [ London ]
Concert Flute – Slow Airs – Fr.Charlie Coen [ Staten Island, New York ]
Tin Whistle – Slow Airs – Carmel Gunning* [ Sligo ]
Duets – Brady Duet [ Offaly ]
Trios – Colliss Trio [ Sligo ]
Ceili Bands – Piper’s Club [ Dublin ]
Singing – Irish – Ladies – Nora McDonagh [ Chicago ]
Singing – Irish – Men – Clement MacSuibhne [ Donegal ]
Singing – English – Ladies – Pauline Sweeney [ Donegal ]
Singing – English – Men – Paddy Berry [ Wexford ]
Whistling – Seamus O’Donnell [ Sligo ]
Lilting – Joseph Harris [ Kildare ]
Amhran Nua Ceaptha – Mrs M.McGinley [ Donegal ]
Newly Composed Song – Barbara Juppe [ New York ]
Marching Band – Killeshill Youth Band [ Tyrone ]
Collection of Previously Unpublished Dance Music – L.E.McCullough [ Chicago ]

[ * “Wikipedia” list has Carmel Gunning as the Tin Whistle Slow-Air winner for 1975. More likely it was 1976, I’d suggest ]

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"There's fast music and there's lively music. People don't always know the difference"

Wow! Impressive!

errrr.............. the point I was making was the unreliability of "Wikipedia". He wouldn't have been allowed to enter outside his age group. It's a mistake. But you knew that , didn't you.................?

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"There's fast music and there's lively music. People don't always know the difference"

Here are the 1977 results for all of the Senior Competitions, as listed in the 1978 programme :
{ Because I have the 1977 programme, I’m able to fill in all first names, and also
Town / County / Country of origin. }

Fiddle - Maurice Lennon [ Leitrim ]
2-Row Button Accordeon - Gerard Hanly [ Galway ]
3-Row Button Accordeon - Sean O’Nuallain [ Wexford ]
Concert Flute – Patsy Moloney [ Birmingham ]
Tin Whistle – Diarmuid O’Cionnaith [ Dublin ]
Piano Accordeon – James Keane [ Chicago ]
Concertina – Rev. Charlie Coen [ New York ]
Uilleann Pipes – Joseph McHugh [ Derry ]
Harp – Maire Ni Chathasaigh [ Cork ]
Mouth Organ – Mary Brogan [ Wexford ]
Banjo – Kieran Hanrahan [ Clare ]
Piano – Geraldine Cotter [ Clare ]
Drums – Billy Dwyer [ Wexford ]
Rogha Ghleas – Tomas O’Cinneide [ Tipperary ]
Bodhran – Michael Jordan [ Birmingham ]
War Pipes – Br. Vincent [ Sligo ]
Fiddle – Slow Airs – Nollaig Ni Chathasaigh [ Cork ]
Uilleann Pipes – Slow Airs – [ only 1 competitor ]
Concert Flute – Slow Airs – Des Leech [ Dublin ]
Tin Whistle – Slow Airs – Kevin Whitty [ Wexford ]
Duets – Brendan Mulvihill & Billy McComiskie [ New York ]
Trios – O’Brien, Fogarty & Harty Trio [ Tipperary ]
Ceili Bands – Longridge Ceili Band [ Offaly ]
Singing – Irish – Ladies – Mary Cooley [ Chicago ]
Singing – Irish – Men – Seosamh MacDonnacha [ Galway ]
Singing – English – Ladies – [ ? - Vincent Crowley is in here as well ! ]
Singing – English – Men – Vincent Crowley [ Cork ]
Whistling – Paddy Berry [ Wexford ]
Lilting – Vincent Crowley [ Cork ]
Amhran Nua Ceaptha – Maire Ni Bhaoil [ Monaghan ]
Newly Composed Song – John Flanagan [ Clare ]
Marching Band –Claremorris Marching Band [ Mayo ]
Collection of Previously Unpublished Dance Music – Darech de Brun [ Dublin ]

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"There's fast music and there's lively music. People don't always know the difference"

I put Seamus in for 79 as he claimed on a website that he was All Ireland champion in 79 but he didnt mention it was under age

I'm pretty sure that some time around '79 he won competitions 2 or 3 instruments.

Once again Kenny, thanks for those - I've added them all. If you have anymore also I will add them too (thats if you get time)

Under the Pipes:

1990, Brendan Ring is from Kent in England
1991, Tiarnan O'Duinchinn is from Co. Armagh

I'm sure he did, but it would have been in the under-12 age group, not the senior championship which is the subject of these lists. Seamus Egan was born in 1970, I believe. I remember him first coming to the Augusta Irish Week in 1987 or 1988, and he was not yet 18 at the time. They made a big deal then about him having won so many championships at such a young age - but they never distinguished between the age-group levels when saying that.

Sarcasm. But thanks.