| National championships |
The Irish Chess Union national club championship began in 1954. Originally a knock-out competition between provincial champions, it later used a league format. An open Swiss format was introduced in 2009.
| no. | host city | year | winners | system | bds | tms | plrs | gms | PGN | ||
| 53. | N/A | 2026 | Gonzaga Chess Club | S-5 | 17 | ||||||
| 52. | N/A | 2025 | Ennis Chess Club | S-5 | 11 | ||||||
| 51. | N/A | 2024 | Elm Mount Chess Club | ||||||||
| 50. | Ennis | 2023 | St Benildus Chess Club | S-4 | 6 | 8 | |||||
N/A | 2022 | Not held | |||||||||
N/A | 2021 | Not held | |||||||||
N/A | 2020 | Not held | |||||||||
| 49. | Dublin | 2019 | Gonzaga Chess Club | S-5 | 6 | 8 | |||||
| 48. | Athlone | 2018 | Gonzaga Chess Club | S-4 | 6 | 8 | |||||
| 47. | N/A | 2017 | Gonzaga Chess Club | ||||||||
| 46. | N/A | 2016 | Gonzaga Chess Club | ||||||||
| 45. | N/A | 2015 | Adare Chess Club | ||||||||
| 44. | N/A | 2014 | Adare Chess Club | ||||||||
| 43. | N/A | 2013 | Adare Chess Club | ||||||||
| 42. | N/A | 2012 | Adare Chess Club | ||||||||
| 41. | N/A | 2011 | Adare Chess Club | ||||||||
| 40. | N/A | 2010 | Bray/Greystones Chess Club | ||||||||
| 39. | N/A | 2009 | Kilkenny Chess Club | ||||||||
| 38. | N/A | 2008 | Douglas Chess Club | ||||||||
| 37. | N/A | 2007 | Kilkenny Chess Club | ||||||||
| 36. | N/A | 2006 | Kilkenny Chess Club | ||||||||
| 35. | N/A | 2005 | Phibsboro Chess Club | ||||||||
| 34. | N/A | 2004 | Rathmines/Crumlin Chess Club | ||||||||
N/A | 2003 | Not held | |||||||||
| 33. | N/A | 2002 | Phibsboro Chess Club | ||||||||
| 32. | N/A | 2001 | Bray Chess Club | ||||||||
| 31. | N/A | 2000 | Bray Chess Club | ||||||||
| 30. | N/A | 1999 | Bray Chess Club | ||||||||
| 29. | N/A | 1998 | Crumlin Chess Club | ||||||||
| 28. | Belfast | 1997 | North Belfast Chess Club | RR | 6 | 4 | |||||
N/A | 1996 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1995 | Winner not established | |||||||||
Bangor | 1994 | Fisherwick Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1993 | Winner not established | |||||||||
Cork | 1992 | Douglas Chess Club | 6 | ||||||||
Belfast | 1991 | Douglas Chess Club | 6 | ||||||||
N/A | 1990 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1989 | Rathmines Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1988 | Fisherwick Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1987 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1986 | Kevin Barry Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1985 | Kevin Barry Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1984 | Kevin Barry Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1983 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1982 | Dublin Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1981 | UCC Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1980 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1979 | Collegians Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1978 | UCC Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1977 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1976 | Fisherwick Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1975 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1974 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1973 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1972 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1971 | Dublin Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1970 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1969 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1968 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1967 | Winner not established | |||||||||
N/A | 1966 | QUB Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1965 | Dublin Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1964 | City of Derry Chess Club | |||||||||
N/A | 1963 | Collegians Chess Club | |||||||||
Dublin & Derry | 1962 | Eoghan Ruadh Chess Club | 6 | ||||||||
N/A | 1961 | Winner not established | |||||||||
Monaghan | 1960 | Dublin Chess Club | 6 | ||||||||
N/A | 1959 | Final not played | |||||||||
| 5. | Monaghan | 1958 | Dublin Chess Club | 6 | |||||||
| 4. | Dublin | 1957 | QUB Chess Club | 6 | |||||||
| 3. | Athlone | 1956 | Eoghan Ruadh Chess Club | 6 | |||||||
| 2. | Dundalk | 1955 | Clontarf Chess Club | 6 | |||||||
| 1. | N/A | 1954 | Eoghan Ruadh Chess Club | ||||||||
Season and winner list: Polish Wikipedia. Individual host-city links lead to results or the supporting source. N/A means the host has not been established. Empty fields are unverified. Games count board pairings, not PGN records.
For the early knock-out editions, host cities describe the final, which was sometimes played after the nominal championship year. The 1962 final had legs in Dublin and Derry. Modern edition numbers are reconstructed backwards from the organiser’s 50th championship in 2023, omitting 2003 and 2020–2022. Numbering for 1959–1996 remains unresolved because of gaps in the historical record.