Latest update: The 2026 Irish Quizzing Championships will be held in Dublin on the weekend of September 26th/27th.
The Irish Quizzing Championships is simply an overall name given to two of the IQO’s major quiz events, which have been held together on the same weekend since 2022.
Irish Open – first held in 2013, this annual competition is Ireland’s premier solo written quiz competition, which over the course of 240 questions aims to find the best quizzer in Ireland.
Irish Interprovincial Quizzing Championships – first held in 2019, the Interprovincials pit teams representing Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster against each other in a day-long team quiz competition.
These events were originally held separately – the Irish Open in September and the Interprovincials in March.
Following the resumption of in-person quiz events in 2022 post COVID, we decided to combine both events into a single weekend and give it the name Irish Quizzing Championships. Here are details of each of the Championships held to date:
2026 Irish Quizzing Championships
- Date: Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th September
- Venue: Cleary’s Pub, Amiens Street, Dublin
- Full details and RSVP link on the event page
2025 Irish Quizzing Championships
- Location: Ashbourne House Hotel, Ashbourne, Co. Meath
- Irish Open champion: Patrick Carthy
- Interprovincials champions: Munster
2024 Irish Quizzing Championships
- Location: The Teachers’ Club, Parnell Square, Dublin
- Irish Open champion: Patrick Carthy
- Interprovincials champions: Leinster
2023 Irish Quizzing Championships
- Location: Rathmines, Dublin
- Irish Open champion: Mark Henry
- Interprovincials champions: Munster
2022 Irish Quizzing Championships
- Location: Boyle, Co. Roscommon
- Irish Open champion: Patrick Carthy
- Interprovincials champions: Munster