Irish National Cycling Championships
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| Date | June |
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| Region | Ireland |
| Discipline | Road & Track |
| Type | Road Race, Time Trial, Criterium, Cyclo-Cross, Track |
| First edition | 1875 |
| Editions | 140 (as of 2015) |
| First winner | Men: A.C. Rodgers Women: Margaret Radburn |
| Most wins | M. RR: Matt Brammeier; Shay O Hanlon (4) M. TT: Paddy Flanagan (7 +4) W. RR: Geraldine Gill, Siobhan Horgan (5 each) W. TT: Olivia Dillon (4) |
| Most recent | M. RR: Nicolas Roche M. TT: Nicolas Roche M. Cr: Mark Dowling W. RR: Lydia Boylan W. TT: Lydia Gurley |
The Irish National Cycling Championships are annual cycling races to decide the Irish cycling champion for several disciplines, across several categories of rider.
The men's road championship is usually held on a Sunday at end of June; the women's race is held the previous day. The winning élite rider wears the national champion's jersey for all road races in the following 12 months. The men's under-23 champion is awarded to the first under-23 in the élite race. The junior road races are held on the same day as the élite and the time-trial championship is earlier in the week. The national criteriums are later in the summer.
NACA/NCA medal 1923 to 1979
ICF/NICF medal 1967 to 1979
Irish Cycling Tripartite Committee medal 1979 to ?
1875 - 1905: Richard J. Mecredy, Arthur du Cros, Charlie Pease, Bob Reynolds 9 Championships each, Harry Reynolds 5 Championships, R. Hassard 6 Championships
25ml track: 1889: Arthur du Cros; 1890 & 1891 R.J. Mecredy; 1895: Harry Large; 1896: Harry Reynolds; 1909 Sam Cochrane; 1924 Culvenor Gibson.
50ml track: 1876: H.H. Law; 1896: M.S. Walsh;
1890s R.J. Mecredy won the 2nd 100ml championship
Inter Club Team Championship: 1886, 1887: Leinster C.C.
1895 track: J. Mackey
1896 &1898 L.R. Oswald-Healy of DUBC won an Irish championship
1904 motor paced: Harry Mussen
1940 and 1942 William Scott All Ireland Champion one mile.
1942 William Scott All Ireland Champion 5000m
1962 5,000m point to point: Dan Ahearne
1938 William Scott (Connaught Junior Champion)
Information not referenced above was gleaned from:
NCA 21st Birthday Book published by Kerry Sloane which listed NCA championships between 1938 and 1959
1978 NCA Racing calendar which repeated some of the above list and brought it up to that date with some anomalies.
NICF Year Books between 1950 and 1975, with some gaps, provided by Jack Watson. Examined by Rory Wyley..
Cycling Ireland Year Books 1988 to 2012 examined by Rory Wyley..
The Cyclist and The Irish Cyclist volumes from 1934 to 1940 in National Library
The Irish Cyclist files in the archives of The Royal Irish Automobile Club in the care of Bob Montgomery: November 1890 – May 1891 June – October 1891 Jan – Mar. 1898 Apr – June 1898 1898 – 1899 July – December 1906 July – December 1908 The Wheelman 1902
Irish Newspapers Online: Irish Press, Irish Independent, Freeman's Journal.
Irish Times Archive
Major input from Cyril Smyth who is, amongst other things, Chairman Dublin University Central Athletic Club.
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