All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship


The All Ireland Schoolboys Hockey Championship is an annual competition involving the strongest schools affiliated to Hockey Ireland. The competition is held in the Autumn term of each school year.
The High School, Rathgar, are the current champions, having defeated St Andrew’s College in the 2019 final.

Venues

The venue of the competition is on a three-year rota between
Munster
Leinster
and
Ulster

History

The competition began in the 1982 school year. It was initially dominated by schools from Ulster, with the first fourteen winners coming from that province. The monopoly was finally broken in 1996-97 15th tournament, when Newpark School from Dublin became the first winners from Leinster.
Ashton were the first school from Munster to win the All Ireland tournament.
In 2019 all four semifinalists hailed from Leinster, with eventual winners, The High School, defeating King’s Hospital 1-0 to reach their first ever final. The same scoreline stood in the other semi, where Wesley College were beaten by tournament runners-up St. Andrew’s College.

Format

Sixteen teams compete in the finals. The teams are drawn into four pools with four teams each. Each team plays the other three teams in their group once. Each group winner then play one of the other group winners in a semi-final match. The two semi-final winners then play each other in the final. The winner of the final is presented with the Tasmanian Shield.

Performance table

Finals

1982-1988

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upNotes
1982BangorNewry High SchoolBanbridge Academy
1983DublinNewry High SchoolWallace High School, Lisburn
1984CorkNewry High SchoolWallace High School, Lisburn
1985CookstownMethodist College BelfastWallace High School, Lisburn
1986KilkennyRoyal Belfast Academical InstitutionBandon Grammar School
1987LimerickWallace High School, LisburnMethodist College Belfast
1988LisburnRoyal Belfast Academical InstitutionBanbridge Academy

1989-1998

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upNotes
1989DublinBangor Grammar SchoolRoyal Belfast Academical Institution
1990WaterfordRoyal Belfast Academical InstitutionNewpark Comprehensive School
1991CookstownRoyal Belfast Academical InstitutionWesley College, Dublin
1992DublinBanbridge AcademyRoyal Belfast Academical Institution
1993CorkWellington College BelfastFriends School Lisburn
1994BelfastRoyal Belfast Academical InstitutionCookstown High School
1995DublinRoyal Belfast Academical InstitutionMethodist College Belfast
1996CorkNewpark Comprehensive SchoolWesley College, Dublin
1997BangorBangor Grammar SchoolAshton School
1998DublinAshton SchoolWesley College, Dublin

1999-2008

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upNotes
1999CorkKilkenny CollegeAshton Schoolpenalty strokes
2000BangorAshton SchoolWesley College, Dublin
2001DublinSt. Andrew's College, Dublin10Wesley College Dublin
2002CorkWesley College, DublinRoyal Belfast Academical Institution
2003BanbridgeRoyal Belfast Academical InstitutionBandon Grammar School
2004DublinWesley College, DublinBandon Grammar School
2005CorkBandon Grammar School43Royal Belfast Academical Institutionextra time
2006BelfastBanbridge Academy54Royal Belfast Academical Institutionextra time - golden goal
2007DublinCookstown High School42Banbridge Academy
2008LimerickSt. Andrew's College, Dublin21Wesley College, Dublin

2009-

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upNotes
2009BelfastWesley College Dublin32Wallace High School, Lisburnextra time - silver goal,
2010DublinBanbridge Academy42St. Andrew's College, Dublin
2011CorkBanbridge Academy21Cookstown High School
2012BelfastSt. Andrew's College, Dublin31Wesley College Dublin
2013DublinSt. Andrew's College, Dublin61Wesley College Dublin
2014CorkSt. Andrew's College, Dublin31Wallace High School, Lisburn
2015BelfastBanbridge Academy32Wesley College Dublin
2016DublinSt. Andrew's College, Dublin32Banbridge Academy
2017CorkSt. Andrew's College, Dublin1 1 Wesley College DublinPenalty Strokes,
2018BelfastNewtown School Waterford10Banbridge Academy

YearVenueWinnerRunner-upNotes
2009BelfastWesley College Dublin32Wallace High School, Lisburnextra time - silver goal,
2010DublinBanbridge Academy42St. Andrew's College, Dublin
2011CorkBanbridge Academy21Cookstown High School
2012BelfastSt. Andrew's College, Dublin31Wesley College Dublin
2013DublinSt. Andrew's College, Dublin61Wesley College Dublin
2014CorkSt. Andrew's College, Dublin31Wallace High School, Lisburn
2015BelfastBanbridge Academy32Wesley College Dublin
2016DublinSt. Andrew's College, Dublin32Banbridge Academy
2017CorkSt. Andrew's College, Dublin1 1 Wesley College DublinPenalty Strokes,
2018BelfastNewtown School Waterford10Banbridge Academy