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 and 16 teams across the island compete.
Wesley College, Dublin, are the current champions, having defeated The High School 3-0 in the 2025 final at Villiers School, Limerick
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. The four 2nd ranked teams in the Pools qualify to compete for the subsidiary trophy, the Herbie Sharman Trophy.
Performance table School Winners Runner-up Total Finals Year of last win Banbridge Academy 7 6 13 2024 Royal Belfast Academical Institution 7 5 12 2013-14 St. Andrew's College, Dublin 7 2 9 2017-18 Wesley College, Dublin 4 10 14 2025 Newry High School 3 0 3 1984-85 Wallace High School, Lisburn 2 5 7 1987-88 Bandon Grammar School 2 3 5 2021-22 Ashton School, Cork 2 2 4 2000-01 Bangor Grammar School 2 0 2 1997-98 Cookstown High School 1 2 3 2007-08 Methodist College Belfast 1 2 3 1985-86 Newpark Comprehensive School 1 1 2 1996-97 Newtown School, Waterford 1 1 2 2018 The High School, Dublin 1 2 3 2019 Kilkenny College 1 0 1 1999-00 Wellington College Belfast 1 0 1 1993-94 Friends School Lisburn 0 2 2
Finals 1982-1988
Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes1982Bangor Newry High School Banbridge Academy 1983Dublin Newry High School Wallace High School, Lisburn 1984Cork Newry High School Wallace High School, Lisburn 1985Cookstown Methodist College Belfast Wallace High School, Lisburn 1986Kilkenny Royal Belfast Academical Institution Bandon Grammar School 1987Limerick Wallace High School, Lisburn Methodist College Belfast 1988Lisburn Royal Belfast Academical Institution Banbridge Academy
1989-1998
Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes1989Dublin Bangor Grammar School Royal Belfast Academical Institution 1990Waterford Royal Belfast Academical Institution Newpark Comprehensive School 1991Cookstown Royal Belfast Academical Institution Wesley College, Dublin 1992Dublin Banbridge Academy Royal Belfast Academical Institution 1993Cork Wellington College Belfast Friends School Lisburn 1994Belfast Royal Belfast Academical Institution Cookstown High School 1995Dublin Royal Belfast Academical Institution Methodist College Belfast 1996Cork Newpark Comprehensive School Wesley College, Dublin 1997Bangor Bangor Grammar School Ashton School 1998Dublin Ashton School Wesley College, Dublin
1999-2008
Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes1999Cork Kilkenny College Ashton School penalty strokes2000Bangor Ashton School Wesley College, Dublin 2001Dublin St. Andrew's College, Dublin10 Wesley College Dublin 2002Cork Wesley College, Dublin Royal Belfast Academical Institution 2003Banbridge Royal Belfast Academical Institution Bandon Grammar School 2004Dublin Wesley College, Dublin Bandon Grammar School 2005Cork Bandon Grammar School43 Royal Belfast Academical Institution extra time2006Belfast Banbridge Academy54 Royal Belfast Academical Institution extra time - golden goal2007Dublin Cookstown High School42 Banbridge Academy2008Limerick St. Andrew's College, Dublin21 Wesley College, Dublin
2009-
Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes2009Belfast Wesley College, Dublin32 Wallace High School, Lisburn Extra time - Silver goal2010Dublin Banbridge Academy42 St. Andrew's College, Dublin 2011Cork Banbridge Academy21 Cookstown High School 2012Belfast St. Andrew's College, Dublin31 Wesley College, Dublin 2013Dublin St. Andrew's College, Dublin61 Wesley College, Dublin 2014Cork St. Andrew's College, Dublin31 Wallace High School, Lisburn 2015Belfast Banbridge Academy 32 Wesley College, Dublin2016Dublin St. Andrew's College, Dublin32Banbridge Academy 2017Cork St. Andrew's College, Dublin 1 (4) 1 (1) Wesley College, Dublin Penalty Strokes2018Belfast Newtown School Waterford 10 Banbridge Academy2019Dublin The High School, Dublin 2 (7)2 (6) St. Andrew's College, Dublin Penalty Strokes
2020-
Year Venue Winner Runner-up Notes2020Belfast No Competition 00 No Competition2021Dublin Bandon Grammar School 2 (3)2 (1) Banbridge Academy Shuttles 2022Cork Banbridge Academy 2 (3)2 (1) The High School Shuttles2023Banbridge Wallace High School, Lisburn 1 (4)1 (3) Newtown School Shuttles 2024Dublin Banbridge Academy 10 Friends School Lisburn 2025Limerick Wesley College, Dublin30 The High School
Sources
External links Irish Hockey Association website