Irish Times National Debating Championship

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The Irish Times National Debating Championship is a debating competition for students in higher education in Ireland. It has been run since 1960, sponsored by The Irish Times. It was modelled on the Observer Mace started in the United Kingdom in 1954. While most particpants represent institutions in the Republic of Ireland, institutions in Northern Ireland are eligible.

Each year 150-170 teams enter the competition and this is down to 4 teams and 4 individuals by the time of the Final. The preliminary rounds start in November and are held in colleges throughout the country. The final is usually held at beginning of February

The competition is slightly different from other Debating competitions as it has both Teams and Individuals in the latter Rounds. The First round contains debates between teams but the adjudicators put through individuals as well as teams from each round. There can be up to 10 teams per debate in the first round. In 1980 a rule was added preventing former winners from re-entering. The individual winner may be from a team, but not the winning team. The 1972 adjudicators defied this restriction by making Donal Deeny champion in both categories.

The team trophy is called the Demosthenes trophy and the individual prize is the Christina Murphy Memorial trophy. The Winners also tour selected colleges in the United States as guests of the National Parliamentary Debate Association.

Year Team Individual
Society Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Society Speaker
1960 King's Inns Aidan Browne Charles Lysaght Hist TCD Neville Carey
1961 Phil TCD Hallem Johnston Jack Daniels L&H UCD Peter Donnelly
1962 QUB John Murtagh Michael Egan Hist TCD Ian Black
1963 L&H UCD Patrick Cosgrave Anthony Clare RCSI Desmond King
1964 L&H UCD Patrick Cosgrave Anthony Clare King's Inns Terry McMahon
1965 Hist TCD David McConnell Cian Ó hÉigeartaigh QUB Eamonn McCann
1966 Hist TCD David McConnell Cian Ó hÉigeartaigh L&H UCD Esmonde Smyth
1967 Philosoph UCC Donnchadh Ó Corráin Anthony J. Adolph King's Inns Kevin O'Higgins
1968 L&H UCD Roddy Buckley Dermot Gleeson L&H UCD Henry Kelly
1969 QUB Brendan Keenan Derek Davis Philosoph UCC Anthony J. Adolph
1970 L&H UCD Neal Clarke Donal O'Riain L&H UCD Adrian Hardiman
1971 Hist TCD Donal Deeny Gregory Murphy DIT Bolton Street Marian Finucane
1972 Hist TCD Donal Deeny Frank Bannister Hist TCD Donal Deeny
1973 QUB Billy McRory Jimmy Hughes L&H UCD Adrian Hardiman
1974 Hist TCD David O'Sullivan James Connolly NUU Alex Lowry
1975 NUU Michael Hughes Kevin Cahill King's Inns Brian Curtin
1976 L&H UCD Paul Gill Gerry Danaher Maynooth Deirdre Murphy
1977 Maynooth Pat Hennessy Gerry Maher L&H UCD Patrick Healy
1978 Law Soc UCD Conor Gearty Donal O'Donnell King's Inns Turlough O'Donnell
1979 Law Soc UCD Conor Gearty John O'Donnell L&H UCD Maurice Biggar
1980 L&H UCD Maurice Biggar Eugene McCague King's Inns Brian Havel
1981 L&H UCD Charlie Meehan Gerry Stembridge Hist TCD Sean Moran
1982 Phil TCD Michael Byrne Gerry Foley Philosoph UCC Liam Plant
1983 Lit & Deb UCG Eoin O'Maoileoin Damian Crawford Hist TCD Bill Maguire
1984 Hist TCD Eoin McCullough Brian Murray L&H UCD Pat Whyms
1985 Philosoph UCC David Holland Brian Hassett Hist TCD Gideon Taylor
1986 Phil TCD Declan McCavana David Keane Lit & Deb UCG Brendan Wilkins
1987 Hist TCD Aidan Kane Paul Gavin Lit & Deb UCG Conor Bowman
1988 Philosoph UCC Adrian Hunt Tim Murphy Philosoph UCC Robert Plant
1989 King's Inns Maeve Collins Pat Twomey Law Soc UCD Julian Clare
1990 Philosoph UCC Brendan Lenihan Don O'Sullivan Cadet School Tom Clonan
1991 King's Inns Tim O'Leary Pat Treacy L&H UCD Barra Faughnan
1992 L&H UCD Johanna Farrelly Pat O'Keeffe Law Soc UCD Cian Ferriter
1993 Hist TCD Brendan Foley Gavin Titley Philosoph UCC Kieran Healy
1994 L&H UCD Dara O'Briain Marcus Dowling King's Inns Bernard Dunleavy
1995 Philosoph UCC Alan Roberts Diarmuid Conway Philosoph UCC Gerry Hyde
1996 King's Inns Helen Boyle Paul McDermott Hist TCD Douglas Clarke
1997 Debating Union UL Seamus Doran Padraic O'Halloran SADSI Matthew McCabe
1998 Philosoph UCC Muireann Ní Cinnéide Elizabeth Barrett Hist TCD Paul Gleeson
1999 L&H UCD Caoilfhionn Gallagher Bernadette Quigley King's Inns Rossa Fanning
2000 King's Inns Michael Deasy Ronan Mullen SADSI Louise Rouse
2001 Hist TCD Bríd McGrath Yvonne Campbell Hist TCD Aoife Titley
2002 Hist TCD Louie Mooney Brendan Kelly Philosoph UCC Conor Buckley
2003 L&H UCD Leo Mulrooney Colm Coyne Hist TCD Alison McIntyre
2004 DCU Ian Kehoe Michael Moriarty King's Inns Paul Brady
2005 King's Inns David Whelan Sam Collins L&H UCD Frank Kennedy
2006 King's Inns Barry Glynn Mark Murphy Philosoph UCC Diarmuid Early
2007 Hist TCD Ciaran Denny David Boughton King's Inns David Quinn

Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson and former Tánaiste (deputy prime-minister) of Ireland Mary Harney have been finalists in this competition.

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