The Irish International or Irish Open in badminton is an international open held in Ireland since 1902 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. It was however interrupted by the two World Wars. This tournament is currently a part of the European Badminton Circuit and takes place at the end of November every year as part of the home nations loop of international tournaments that include the Scottish Open and the Welsh Open in consecutive weeks. The tournament for most part and in recent years has been an International Challenge rated event. The recent exception was in 2012, 2017 & 2018 when the tournament was downgraded to International Series due to funding. Recent editions have been held in the Baldoyle Badminton Centre except for 2007 and 2011 tournaments which were held in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

Carolina Marín, future Olympic champion, won her first senior title in the 2009 Irish International Championships.

In 2016 the Irish Open moved to the new National Indoor Arena in Blanchardstown, Dublin, as the first ever event in the new state of the art arena before its official opening in January 2017. The December 2017 edition reverted to an International Series level tournament which saw three Irish players/pairs reach the final.

Notable past winners of the Irish Open are Carolina Marin(multiple Olympic and World Champion in women's singles) and multiple All England winner Tina Baun(nee Rasmussen). Marin's win in 2009 was the Spanish player's first senior international win while still a junior.

Past winners

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Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1902   Blayney Hamilton no competition   Willoughby Hamilton
  Blayney Hamilton
no competition   Blayney Hamilton
  R. H. Goff
1903   G. Lucas
  R. D. Marshal
  Meriel Lucas
  Mabel Hardy
  Leonard Ransford
  Mabel Hardy
1904   Blayney Hamilton
  T. D. Good
  Meriel Lucas
  Ethel B. Thomson
1905   Henry Norman Marrett   Henry Norman Marrett
  Albert Prebble
  Norman Wood
  Hazel Hogarth
1906 no competition
1907   Arthur Cave   Blayney Hamilton
  T. D. Good
  Hazel Hogarth
  Muriel Bateman
1908   Meriel Lucas
  Margaret Larminie
  Blayney Hamilton
  Meriel Lucas
1909   Frank Chesterton
  George Thomas
  Hazel Hogarth
  Muriel Bateman
  George Thomas
  Hazel Hogarth
1910   Frank Chesterton   Muriel Bateman
  Margaret Larminie
  George Thomas
  Margaret Larminie
1911   George Thomas   Guy A. Sautter
  George Thomas
  Lavinia Clara Radeglia
  Margaret Larminie
1912   Guy A. Sautter   Lavinia Clara Radeglia
  Margaret Tragett
  George Thomas
  Margaret Tragett
1913   George Thomas   Robert Plews
  Margaret Tragett
  Guy A. Sautter
  Hazel Hogarth
1914   Robert Plews
  George Thomas
  Lavinia Clara Radeglia
  Constance Pierson
  George Thomas
  Hazel Hogarth
1915–
1919
no competition due to World War I
1920   George Thomas no competition   Frederick Kennedy
  R. H. Lambert
  Hazel Hogarth
  Lavinia Clara Radeglia
  George Thomas
  Hazel Hogarth
1921   Frank Devlin
  Robert Plews
  Hazel Hogarth
  E. F. Stewart
1922   Guy A. Sautter   Gordon 'Curly' Mack
  George Thomas
  Marjorie Barrett
  Kitty McKane
  Guy A. Sautter
  Eveline Peterson
1923   Gordon 'Curly' Mack   D. Pilkington
  D. Anderson
  Frank Devlin
  E. F. Stewart
1924   Frank Devlin   Marian Horsley   A. M. Head
  Kitty McKane
  Gordon 'Curly' Mack
  Margaret Tragett
1925   Gordon 'Curly' Mack   Margaret Tragett   Gordon 'Curly' Mack
  R. A. Goff
  A. M. Head
  M. Homan
1926   Frank Devlin   Raoul du Roveray
  George Thomas
  Marian Horsley
  Violet Elton
  Frank Hodge
  Violet Elton
1927   George Thomas   D. Pilkington   Gordon 'Curly' Mack
  George Thomas
  D. Pilkington
  Ada Good
  Gordon 'Curly' Mack
  A. M. Head
1928   Albert Harbot   Marjorie Barrett   Albert Harbot
  George Thomas
  Marjorie Barrett
  Violet Elton
  Albert Harbot
  Violet Elton
1929   Willoughby Hamilton   Derreen Good   J. D. M. McCallum
  George Thomas
  D. Pilkington
  Ada Good
  James Barr
  C. T. Duncan
1930   Betty Uber   Herbert Uber
  Donald Hume
  Marian Horsley
  Betty Uber
  Herbert Uber
  Betty Uber
1931   Marian Horsley   Gordon 'Curly' Mack
  Frank Devlin
  Marian Horsley
  C. T. Duncan
  Frank Devlin
  Marian Horsley
1932   Raymond White   Betty Uber   Donald Hume
  Ralph Nichols
  Marian Horsley
  Betty Uber
  Donald Hume
  Betty Uber
1933   Willoughby Hamilton   Olive Wilson   Thomas Boyle
  James Rankin
  Marian Horsley
  Olive Wilson
  James Rankin
  Mavis Hamilton
1934   Raymond White   Thelma Kingsbury   Ian Maconachie
  Willoughby Hamilton
  Marian Horsley
  Betty Uber
  Donald Hume
  Betty Uber
1935   James Rankin   Alice Teague   Ian Maconachie
  James Rankin
  Marian Horsley
  Olive Wilson
  Ian Maconachie
  Marian Horsley
1936   Ralph Nichols   Thelma Kingsbury   Marian Horsley
  Betty Uber
  Donald Hume
  Betty Uber
1937   James Rankin   Elizabeth Anderson   Mavis Macnaughton
  Norma Stoker
  James Rankin
  Olive Wilson
1938   Thomas Boyle   Daphne Young   Kenneth Wilson
  Alan Titherley
  Daphne Young
  Norma Stoker
  Thomas Boyle
  Olive Wilson
1939   A. S. Samuel   Mavis Macnaughton   Thomas Boyle
  James Rankin
  Mavis Macnaughton
  Olive Wilson
1940–
1946
no competition due to World War II
1947   Noel B. Radford   Queenie Allen   Thomas Boyle
  James Rankin
  Queenie Allen
  Betty Uber
  Ralph Nichols
  Bessie Shearlaw
1948   Noel B. Radford
  Frank Peard
  Nora Conway
  Barbara J. Good
  Tom Wingfield
  V. E. Duringer
1949   Ong Poh Lim   Ong Poh Lim
  Lim Kee Fong
  Queenie Allen
  Betty Uber
  Harold Marsland
  Queenie Allen
1950   Frank Peard   Nancy Horner   Frank Peard
  Jim FitzGibbon
  Nora Conway
  B. Potter
  James C. Mackay
  Nancy Horner
1951   Eddy B. Choong   Elisabeth O'Beirne   Harold Marsland
  Kenneth Greasley
  Elisabeth O'Beirne
  Amy Choong
  Eddy B. Choong
  Amy Choong
1952   Jean Lawless   David E. L. Choong
  Eddy B. Choong
  Jean Lawless
  Barbara J. Good
  Heah Hock Aun
  Joy Saunders
1953   Iris Cooley   Iris Cooley
  June White
  Eddy B. Choong
  June White
1954   Jeffrey Robson   Heather Robson   Frank Peard
  Jim FitzGibbon
  Wilfred Robinson
  Nancy Horner
1955   Tony Jordan   Iris Cooley   Warwick Shute
  John Best
  Tony Jordan
  June White
1956   James Doyle   Mary O'Sullivan   Alastair Russel
  Alistair McIntyre
  Marjory B. Forrester
  Maggie A. McIntosh
  Ray Smyth
  Sheila Smyth
1957   Eddy B. Choong   Iris RoFRGs   Eddy B. Choong
  Oon Chong Teik
  Iris RoFRGs
  June Timperley
  Tony Jordan
  June Timperley
1958   Oon Chong Jin   Yvonne Kelly   Oon Chong Jin
  Oon Chong Teik
  Catherine Dunglison
  Gladys Massie
  Mac Henderson
  Helen McIntosh
1959   Trevor Coates   Heather Ward   Tony Jordan
  Ronald Lockwood
  Iris RoFRGs
  June Timperley
  Tony Jordan
  June Timperley
1960   Robert McCoig   Mary O'Sullivan   Robert McCoig
  Frank Shannon
  Yvonne Kelly
  Mary O'Sullivan
  Robert McCoig
  Wilma Tyre
1961   Trevor Coates   Ursula Smith   Hugh Findlay
  Ronald Lockwood
  Sue Peard
  Lena Rea
  Tony Jordan
  June Timperley
1962   Charoen Wattanasin   Robert McCoig
  Frank Shannon
  Yvonne Kelly
  Mary O'Sullivan
  Robert McCoig
  Wilma Tyre
1963   Colin Beacom   Tony Jordan
  Peter Wadell
  Brenda Parr
  Jennifer Pritchard
  Kenneth Derrick
  Margaret Barrand
1964   Robert McCoig   Judy Hashman   Robert McCoig
  Frank Shannon
  Sue Peard
  Judy Hashman
  Robert McCoig
  Judy Hashman
1965   Richard Purser   Angela Bairstow   RoFRG Mills
  David Horton
  Ursula Smith
  Jennifer Pritchard
  John Havers
  Margaret Barrand
1966   Lee Kin Tat   Mary Bryan   Robert McCoig
  Mac Henderson
  Yvonne Kelly
  Mary Bryan
  Mac Henderson
  Catherine Dunglison
1967   Alan Parsons   Angela Bairstow   RoFRG Mills
  David Horton
  Margaret Boxall
  Sue Pound
  RoFRG Mills
  Iris RogFRGs
1968   Lee Kin Tat   Mary Bryan   Ian Hume
  Jim McNeillage
  Yvonne Kelly
  Mary Bryan
  Robert McCoig
  Mary Thomson
1969   Ray Sharp   Gillian Perrin   David Eddy
  RoFRG Powell
  Margaret Boxall
  Susan Whetnall
  Tony Jordan
  Susan Whetnall
1970   Robert McCoig   Yvonne Kelly   Robert McCoig
  Fraser Gow
  Yvonne Kelly
  Sue Peard
  Robert McCoig
  Helen Kelly
1971   Derek Talbot   Margaret Beck   Elliot Stuart
  Derek Talbot
  Margaret Beck
  Julie Rickard
  Derek Talbot
  Gillian Gilks
1972   Colin Bell   Yvonne Kelly   Adrian Bell
  Peter Moore
  Yvonne Kelly
  Mary Bryan
  John McCloy
  Mary Bryan
1973   Barbara Beckett   Adrian Bell
  Colin Bell
  Barbara Beckett
  Lena McAleese
  Adrian Bell
  Barbara Beckett
1974   Robert McCoig   Dorte Tyghe   Jim Ansari
  John Britton
  Barbara Lord
  Dorthe Tyghe
  Fraser Gow
  Christine Stewart
1975   Piet Ridder   Joke van Beusekom   William Kerr
  Kenneth Parsons
  Marjan Luesken
  Joke van Beusekom
  Rob Ridder
  Marjan Ridder
1976   Michael Wilks   Barbara Beckett   Peter Bullivant
  Michael Wilks
  Yvonne Kelly
  Barbara Beckett
  John Scott
  Barbara Beckett
1977   Tim Goode   Pamela Hamilton   Tim Goode
  Duncan Bridge
  Mary Dinan
  Wendy Orr
  John Scott
  Pamela Hamilton
1978   Richard Purser   Dorothy Cunningham   Richard Purser
  Bryan Purser
  Christine Stewart
  Anne Johnstone
  Billy Gilliland
  Joanna Flockhart
1979   Brian Wallwork   Sally Leadbeater   Duncan Bridge
  Ray Rofe
  Kathleen Redhead
  Diane Simpson
  Duncan Bridge
  Kathleen Redhead
1980   Dan Travers   Else Thoresen   Dan Travers
  Gordon Hamilton
  Christine Heatly
  Joy Reid
  Frazer Evans
  Diane Underwood
1981   Andy Goode   Helen Troke   Gary Scott
  Andy Goode
  Jill Pringle
  Mary Leeves
  Rob Ridder
  Marjan Ridder
1982   Michal Malý   Pamela Hamilton   Billy Gilliland
  Dan Travers
  Pamela Hamilton
  Alison Fulton
  Billy Gilliland
  Christine Heatly
1983   Joe Ford   Fiona Elliott
  Jill Pringle
1984   Kevin Jolly   Sally PodFRG   Dipak Tailor
  Chris Dobson
  Sally PodFRG
  Barbara Sutton
1985   Fiona Elliott   Billy Gililand
  Dan Travers
  Fiona Elliott
  Alison Fischer
1986   Alex White   Alison Fisher   Alex White
  Dan Travers
  Alison Fischer
  Caroline Gay
  Dan Travers
  Morag McKay
1987   Sara Halsall   Alex White
  Iain Pringle
  Karen Beckman
  Sara Halsall
  Mike Tredgett
  Karen Beckman
1988   Anne Gibson   Bozena Haracz
  Bozena Siemieniec
  Nick Ponting
  Julie Munday
1989   Anthony Gallagher   Suzanne Louis   Dan Travers
  Ken Middlemiss
  Jennifer Allen
  Elinor Allen
  Miles Johnson
  Suzanne Louis
1990 (Feb.)   Iain Sydie   Charlotta Wihlborg   Stephan Kuhl
  Kai Mitteldorf
  Charlotta Wihlborg
  Margit Borg
  Peter Holden
  Alison Fisher
1990 (Dec.)   Andrey Antropov   Irina Serova   Mike Brown
  Chris Hunt
  Katrin Schmidt
  Kerstin Ubben
  Michael Keck
  Irina Serova
1991   Jeroen van Dijck   Fiona Smith   Nick Ponting
  Dave Wright
  Alison Humby
  Joanne Wright
  Nick Ponting
  Joanne Wright
1992   Chris Bruil   Marina Andrievskaya   Andrey Antropov
  Nikolai Zuyev
  Marina Andrievskaya
  Marina Yakusheva
  Lars Pedersen
  Anne Mette Bille
1993   Marina Andrievskaya   Andrey Antropov
  Nikolai Zuyev
  Marina Andrievskaya
  Marina Yakusheva
  Simon Archer
  Joanne Davies
1994   Rikard Magnsson   Margit Borg   Jan Jørgensen
  Peder Nissen
  Rikke Olsen
  Helene Kirkegaard
  Kenny Middlemiss
  Elinor Allen
1995   Doris Piche   Jim Laugesen
  Thomas Stavngaard
  Majken Vange
  Pernille Harder
  Julian Robertson
  Lorraine Cole
1996   Kenneth Jonassen   Pernille Harder   Lee Sung-yuan
  Yang Shih-jeng
  Tanja Berg
  Mette Pedersen
  Jesper Larsen
  Maiken Vange
1997   Darren Hall   Karolina Ericsson   James Anderson
  Ian Sullivan
  Pernille Harder
  Mette Schjoldager
  Nathan Robertson
  Joanne Wright
1998[1]   Justine Willmott   Michail Popov
  Svetoslav Stojanov
  Joanne Wright
  Gail Emms
  Ruud Kuijten
  Manon Albinus
1999[2]   Peter Knowles   Miho Tanaka   Graham Hurrell
  James Anderson
  Hiromi Yamada
  Naomi Murakami
  Anthony Clark
  Lorraine Cole
2000[3]   Michael Edge   Gao Yuan   Alastair Gatt
  Craig Robertson
  Emma Chaffin
  Sarah Hardaker
  Russell Hogg
  Kirsteen McEwan
2001[4]   Mark Constable   Kara Solmundson   Stephen Foster
  Robert Blair
  Helle Nielsen
  Lene Mørk
  Robert Blair
  Natalie Munt
2002[5]   Kenneth Jonassen   Karina de Wit   Robert Blair
  Ian Palethorpe
  Ella Tripp
  Joanne Wright
  Peter Jeffrey
  Suzanne Rayappan
2003[6]   Tine Rasmussen   Svetoslav Stoyanov
  Vincent Laigle
  Nicole Grether
  Juliane Schenk
  Simon Archer
  Donna Kellogg
2004[7]   Joachim Persson   Petya Nedelcheva   Ruben Gordown Khosadalina
  Aji Basuki Sindoro
  Pernille Harder
  Helle Nielsen
  Ruben Gordown Khosadalina
  Kelly Matthews
2005[8]   Chetan Anand   Ella Karachkova   Mihail Popov
  Svetoslav Stoyanov
  Jenny Wallwork
  Sarah Bok
  Roman Spitko
  Carina Mette
2006[9]   Jens-Kristian Leth   Sara Persson   Thomas Tesche
  Jochen Cassel
  Emma Mason
  Imogen Bankier
  Wouter Claes
  Nathalie Descamps
2007[10]   Peter Mikkelsen   Elizabeth Cann   Khan Bob Malaythong
  Howard Bach
  Bing Huang
  Chloe Magee
  Howard Bach
  Eva Lee
2008[11]   Rajiv Ouseph   Zhang Xi   Richard Eidestedt
  Andrew Ellis
  Helle Nielsen
  Marie Røpke
  Jacob Chemnitz
  Marie Røpke
2009[12]   Henri Hurskainen   Carolina Marín   Mads Conrad-Petersen
  Mads Pieler Kolding
  Mariana Agathangelou
  Heather Olver
  Mikkel Delbo Larsen
  Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen
2010[13]   Hans-Kristian Vittinghus   Susan Egelstaff   Chris Adcock
  Andrew Ellis
  Maria Helsbøl
  Anne Skelbæk
  Chris Adcock
  Imogen Bankier
2011[14]   Rajiv Ouseph   Pai Hsiao-ma   Adam Cwalina
  Michał Łogosz
  Ng Hui Ern
  Ng Hui Lin
  Marcus Ellis
  Heather Olver
2012[15]   Scott Evans   Line Kjærsfeldt   Jacco Arends
  Jelle Maas
  Samantha Barning
  Eefje Muskens
  Jorrit de Ruiter
  Samantha Barning
2013[16]   Ramdan Misbun   Beiwen Zhang   Adam Cwalina
  Przemyslaw Wacha
  Eefje Muskens
  Selena Piek
  Jacco Arends
  Selena Piek
2014[17]   Ng Ka Long   Beatriz Corrales   Emelie Fabbeke
  Lena Grebak
  Niclas Nøhr
  Sara Thygesen
2015[18]   Anders Antonsen   Olga Konon   Raphael Beck
  Peter Käsbauer
  Stefani Stoeva
  Gabriela Stoeva
  Mathias Christiansen
  Lena Grebak
2016[19]   Fabian Roth   Line Kjærsfeldt   Jones Ralfy Jansen
  Josche Zurwonne
  Emilie Lefel
  Anne Tran
  Mathias Christiansen
  Sara Thygesen
2017[20]   Alexander Roovers   Anna Thea Madsen   Alexander Dunn
  Adam Hall
  Gregory Mairs
  Jenny Moore
2018[21]   Léo Rossi   An Se-young   Choi Sol-gyu
  Seo Seung-jae
  Emily Westwood
  Yang Li Lian
  Sam Magee
  Chloe Magee
2019[22]   Toma Junior Popov   Qi Xuefei   Jones Ralfy Jansen
  Peter Käsbauer
  Amalie Magelund
  Freja Ravn
  Mathias Christiansen
  Alexandra Bøje
2020 Cancelled[note 1]
2021[23]   Yeoh Seng Zoe   Hsu Wen-chi   Man Wei Chong
  Tee Kai Wun
  Debora Jille
  Cheryl Seinen
  Robin Tabeling
  Selena Piek
2022[24]   Magnus Johannesen   Riko Gunji   Ayato Endo
  Yuta Takei
  Chang Ching-hui
  Yang Ching-tun
  Gregory Mairs
  Jenny Moore
2023[25]   Nhat Nguyen   Yang Yu-chi   Christopher Grimley
  Matthew Grimley
  Maiken Fruergaard
  Sara Thygesen
  Terry Hee
  Jessica Tan
  1. ^ This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 14 November, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland.

Performances by nation

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As of the 2023 edition
Rank Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total
1   England 37 36 39 49.5 52.5 214
2   Ireland 23 15 22 22.5 17 99.5
3   Scotland 9 8 19 6.5 18.5 61
4   Denmark 9 5 3 10.5 8 35.5
5   Malaya
  Malaysia
9 6 2 2 19
6   Netherlands 4 2 1 4 5 16
7   Germany 2 1 5 2 1.5 11.5
8   Soviet Union
  CIS
  Russia
1 4 2 2 0.5 9.5
9   Sweden 3 4 1.5 8.5
10   France 2 1 2 2 7
11   Chinese Taipei 3 1 1 5
  New Zealand 3 1 1 5
  United States 2 1 0.5 1.5 5
14   Japan 2 1 1 4
  Poland 3 1 4
  South Africa 1 1 1 1 4
17   Bulgaria 1 1 1 3
  Canada 1 2 3
  Singapore 2 1 3
20   Belgium 2 2
  Netherlands 1 1 2
  South Korea 1 1 2
  Spain 2 2
24   Indonesia 1 0.5 1.5
25   China 1 1
  Czechoslovakia 1 1
  Hong Kong 1 1
  India 1 1
  Norway 1 1
  Thailand 1 1
Total 110 93 110 108 110 531
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