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Louis Donohoe presenting the Cup to

 John Buckley (Cork) in 1982

 

Cork had it´s first winner in 1982 when the elegant John Buckley defeated Jack McKenna in the final in the Ashford Tavern, Wicklow, and the ´Rebel County´ retained the title when John Joe O´Shea was triumphant on home soil in Connolly Hall the following year. 

 

John Joe won a second title in 1987 in the Grand Hotel, Malahide.

 

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