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The Irish Amateur Championship (occasionally known
as the Irish National Championship) is an annual snooker competition
played in Ireland and is the highest-ranking amateur event in Ireland. History The competition was first established back in 1927
which was won by T.H. Fayrey. The championship is currently held by
T.J.
Dowling. 2014 champion Martin McCrudden has won the tournament 4 times and
is now the most successful player in the modern era. Many former champions have gone on to play on the
world tour such as Colm Gilcreest, David Morris, Vincent Muldoon, Brendan
O'Donoghue, Rodney Goggins and most noticeably Ken Doherty who won the
companion in 1987 and 1989 and would go on to become the only former
champion to win the World Snooker Championship in 1997 ending Stephen
Hendry's run of 5 consecutive World Championship wins. Currently only former champion Ken Doherty is
currently playing on the world tour.
Source: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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