The Limerick Chess Club was founded in 1926 and immediately started organising local competitions. The North Munster Championship trophy, a beautiful silver cup, was donated at that time by The Limerick Leader and is still contested each year by local players. Records of most of the early years competitions are unfortunately lost but below is the list of the Club's more recent events.
1980 John O'Donoghue 1981 - 1982 Liam O'Brien 1983 John O'Donoghue 1984 Pat McMahon 1985 John O'Donoghue 1986 Frank Noonan 1987 Pat McMahon 1988 Gerry Graham 1989 John O'Donoghue 1990 Liam O'Brien 1991 Liam O'Brien 1992 Niall McDonnell 1993 Fredrick Verheyden 1994 Frank Noonan 1995 Liam O'Brien 1996 Frank Noonan 1997 Liam O'Brien 1998 Frank Noonan 1999 Liam O'Brien 2000 Paul Walsh 2001 Niall McDonnell 2002 Gerry Graham 2003 Paul Walsh 2004 Niall McDonnell 2005 - 2006 - 2007 Gerry Casey 2008 John Alfred 2009 John Alfred and Kevin O'Flaherty 2010 Laurent Talazac 2011 Joona Kiiski 2012 John Cassidy 2013 Liam O'Brien 2014 Geoffrey Keating 2015 Niall McDonnell 2016 Niall McDonnell 2017 Kevin O'Flaherty 2018 Kevin O'Flaherty 2019 Rory Delaney 2020 James Naughton 2021 2022 Con Kirby 2023 Adam McCoy 2024 Robert Arellano 2025
1976 Stephen McInerney 1977-78 E.Heavey 1979 P.Mason 1981 Paul Carey 1982 Kevin Martin 1983 Michael Gilligan 1985 Sean O'Callagan 1993 Donal Garihy 1995 Brian Scully 1996 Brian Scully 1997 Christopher Dorman 1998 Thomas Cleary 1999 John Knightson 2000 Christy McInerney 2001 Christy McInerney 2002 Steve McInerney 2003 Christy McInerney 2003 Pat Hayes 2004 Pat Hayes 2005-2024 (not contested)
1992 Frank Noonan 1993 Gerry Graham 1994 Liam O'Brien 1995 Paul Carey 1996 John Cassidy 1997 Liam O'Brien 1998 John Cassidy 1999 Gerry Graham 2000 Frank Noonan 2001 Frank Noonan 2002 Niall McDonnell 2003 Karl Walsh 2004 Niall McDonnell 2005-2024 (not contested)
1996 John Cassidy 1997 Liam O'Brien 1998 John Cassidy 1999 Gerry Graham 2000 Frank Noonan 2001 Frank Noonan 2002 Niall McDonnell 2003 Karl Walsh 2004 Niall McDonnell 2005 2006 2007 2008 Michael Meaney(U-1200) 2009 Stephen Danaher(U-1200) 2010 2011 Phillip Foenander (O-1200) 2012 Phillip Foenander (O-1200) 2013 Liam O'Brien 2014 Niall McDonnell 2015 Niall McDonnell 2016 Kevin O'Flaherty and Kevin Singpurwala 2017 Kevin O'Flaherty(tie-break winner) and Con Kirby 2018 James Naughton 2019 Rory Delaney 2020 Kevin O'Flaherty 2021 2022 Des Fanning 2023 George Stack/Scott Fitzgerald 2024 Korneliuz Bartczak/Robert Arellano 2025 Robert Arellano
1926 J.H.O'Dwyer 1927 T.Hogan 1928 J.C.Hayes 1933-35 R.O'Dea 1936 J.G.O'Connor 1937 R.O'Dea 1938-39 J.C.Hayes 1946 J.C.Hickey 1947 A.Burke 1949 J.C.Hickey 1950 J.G.Hayes & P.Kiely 1951-52 J.V.Condon 1953 P.McGrath 1954 J.Reid 1955 J.V.Condon 1956-60 J.Reid 1961 Tom White 1967-68 C.Duggan 1969 Pat Hayes 1973-74 Frank McMahon 1975 John Alfred 1977-78 John O'Donoghue 1980 Philip O'Connell 1981 John O'Donoghue 1982 J.Griffin 1984 John Alfred 1985 Pat McMahon 1986 Kieran O'Brien 1987 Pat McMahon 1988 Gerry Graham 1989-91 Frank Noonan 1992-94 Gerry McElligott 1995-96 Bernd Thee 1997-98 Lorcan O Toole 1999 Rory Quinn 2000 Pat McMahon 2001 Frank Noonan 2002 John Alfred 2003-04 Kieran O'Brien 2005-06 Gawain Jones 2007 Rory Quinn 2008 Paul Walsh 2009 Paul Walsh 2010 Rory Quinn 2011 Paul Walsh 2012 Johnny Joyce 2013 Paul Walsh 2014 Paul Walsh 2015 Paul Walsh 2016 Paul Walsh 2017 Rory Quinn 2018 Paul Walsh 2019
1980-1987 Michael Gilligan 1987-1995 Tom White 1995-2016 Pat Hayes 2016-2018 Michael Meaney 2019- Ray O'Brien