The main event was the Irish Amateur Open Championship but in a number of years a professional tournament was also held at the meeting.
There was no tournament in 1898 but at Portmarnock Golf Club in 1899 Harry Vardon won convincingly, beating J.H.
The final tournament was held at Royal Dublin Golf Club in 1901 and was won by Sandy Herd who beat Harry Vardon by 1 hole, having been 6 down after the morning round.
The 1894 Irish Championship Meeting was held at the Royal Dublin Golf Club, Dollymount from 4 to 8 September.
On the final day, a Saturday, the Royal Dublin Club arranged a 36-hole stroke-play tournament for both amateurs and professionals with total prize money of £50.
[1][2] In 1895, the Irish Championship Meeting was held at the Royal Portrush Golf Club from 10 to 14 September.
On the first day of the professional event Harry Vardon beat both the Kirkaldy brothers, Andrew 5&4 in the morning and then Hugh 5&3 in the afternoon.
[5][6] Peter McEwan Sr., who had travelled from England for the tournament, arrived on 10 September but collapsed as he was getting out of his carriage at the club house and died.
An informal competition was held on the first day with the Irish Amateur Open Championship on 9 to 11 September.
The first day of the professional event consisted of 36-hole stroke-play with the leading 8 qualifying for the match-play stage.
[9][10] The 1897 Irish Championship Meeting was held at the Royal Dublin Golf Club, Dollymount from 31 August to 4 September.
[11][12] When the Irish Championship Meeting returned to Royal Portrush Golf Club in 1898 there was no tournament.
The first day of the professional event consisted of 36-hole stroke-play with the leading 8 qualifying for the match-play stage.
The 1901 Irish Championship Meeting was held at the Royal Dublin Golf Club, Dollymount from 2 to 7 September.
The 17th was halved but Vardon drove out of bounds at the final hole and Herd's four was enough to win the match.
From 1903 the increasing number of entries meant that the 36-hole final of the Irish Amateur Open Championship was moved from Friday to Saturday and the professional events were discontinued.