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The Carroll's Irish Match Play Championship was a professional match play golf tournament played in the Republic of Ireland from 1969 to 1982. It was inaugurated by sponsors Carroll's in 1969, replacing the Carroll's Number 1 Tournament.

Finals results

Year	Venue	Winner	Final score	Runner-up	Ref
1982	Rosslare	Paddy McGuirk	3 and 2	Peter Townsend
1981	Cork	Eamonn Darcy	1 hole	Christy O'Connor Jnr
1980	Connemara	Des Smyth	7 and 5	David Jones
1979	Killarney	David Jones	2 and 1	Eamonn Darcy
1978	Ballybunion	Arnold O'Connor	2 and 1	Ernie Jones
1977	Galway	Christy O'Connor Jnr	3 and 2	John McGuirk
1976	Tramore	Peter Townsend	3 and 2	Jimmy Kinsella
1975	Lahinch	Christy O'Connor Jnr	2 and 1	Peter Townsend
1974	County Sligo	Eddie Polland	3 and 2	Ernie Jones
1973	Kilkenny	Christy O'Connor Jnr	2 and 1	Jimmy Kinsella
1972	Douglas	Leonard Owens	4 and 2	Roddy Carr
1971	Tramore	Peter Townsend	1 hole	Iain Clark
1970	Mullingar	Paddy Skerritt	1 hole	Hugh Jackson
1969	Galway	Paddy McGuirk	2 and 1	Michael Murphy

1. Semi finals and final delayed by a week due to bad weather.

References

1. "P. J. Carrolls sponsor £2,000 match-play". Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal. Leinster, Ireland. 21 February 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Last four in the Carrolls contest to play on Sunday". New Ross Standard. County Wexford, Republic of Ireland. 22 October 1982. p. 46. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "McGuirk's title". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 25 October 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Breaks duck". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool, England. 12 October 1981. p. 12. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Des Triumphs". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast, Northern Ireland. 13 October 1980. p. 16. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Birdie blast by Jones wins £1,000 title". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast, Northern Ireland. 15 October 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Arnold's first". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 16 October 1978. p. 16. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "O'Connor's title". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland. 10 October 1977. p. 17. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Peter Townsend...". Birmingham Daily Post. Birmingham, England. 11 October 1976. p. 12. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "O'Connor wins final". Birmingham Daily Post. Birmingham, England. 13 October 1975. p. 22. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Eddie Polland...". Birmingham Daily Post. Birmingham, England. 14 October 1974. p. 11. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. ""Unwanted" putter is a winner". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast, Northern Ireland. 15 October 1973. p. 15. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
13. "Owens is match-play champion". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast, Northern Ireland. 30 October 1972. p. 16. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
14. "Townsend wins". Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. 11 October 1971. p. 5. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via Google News Archive.
15. "Jackson pipped on the post". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast, Northern Ireland. 11 May 1970. p. 13. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
16. "McGuirk collects Carrolls title". Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. 29 September 1969. p. 4. Retrieved 2 June 2020 – via Google News Archive.

• Golf tournaments in the Republic of Ireland
• 1969 establishments in Ireland
• 1982 disestablishments in Ireland
• Recurring sporting events established in 1969
• Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1982