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is very clear about the intensity of concentration and
stress involved in competitive chess, not to mention
the hours of study and practice.
He is recorded as having been Irish Junior
rd
Champion while in 3 Year, 1967
John Dudley (’68), on a recent visit, disputed
the Chess Wall’s statement that a school chess club
was first formed in 1976. He had himself formed a
club among Prep 4 boys during a brief spell of
teaching, probably five years earlier. Be that as it
may, the school was winning competitive events by
1975, and won the Junior All Ireland championship
for the first time in 1984. Stretching the time scale of
this volume just a little, an informal picture of the
team, with Gerry Murphy looking as if he has never
seen a cup in his life. Little did he know!
(l-r) John Kehoe, Paul Higgins, Patrick Kennedy, Gerry Murphy,
Dara Breslin, Paul Keelan and Rossa Phelan
79
stress involved in competitive chess, not to mention
the hours of study and practice.
He is recorded as having been Irish Junior
rd
Champion while in 3 Year, 1967
John Dudley (’68), on a recent visit, disputed
the Chess Wall’s statement that a school chess club
was first formed in 1976. He had himself formed a
club among Prep 4 boys during a brief spell of
teaching, probably five years earlier. Be that as it
may, the school was winning competitive events by
1975, and won the Junior All Ireland championship
for the first time in 1984. Stretching the time scale of
this volume just a little, an informal picture of the
team, with Gerry Murphy looking as if he has never
seen a cup in his life. Little did he know!
(l-r) John Kehoe, Paul Higgins, Patrick Kennedy, Gerry Murphy,
Dara Breslin, Paul Keelan and Rossa Phelan
79
