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The All-Ireland Hillwalking Counties Championship


​Does your county have what it takes to become an Irish hillwalking team champion? If so, we are delighted to offer you that chance. The All-Ireland Hillwalking Counties Championship is the ultimate outdoor sports competition contested in the Irish uplands. It is free to enter and is open to all experienced hillwalkers.

Take part


For a chance to become a member of your county's Sport Hillwalking team, you must compete in the All-Ireland Hillwalking Championships as an individual (click here for participation instructions).

Find out when the current or upcoming championships are taking place by visiting our sports competition status page. The Sport Hillwalking season is scheduled to start on 1st March and end on 31st October each year.

Winner selection


The following process is used to decide all county team placings in the All-Ireland Hillwalking Counties Championship:
  1. All submitted Sport Hillwalking Entry Forms are checked as we receive them between 1st February and 30th June.
  2. Based on the forms we receive, participants are sorted into the counties they are representing.
  3. Each county represented by 2 or more registered point-scoring participants qualifies as a team in the Counties Championship.
  4. Each competitor's overall individual score is tallied in early November (i.e. Rounds 1 - 8 combined).
  5. The 5 highest individual scores from each county are added together to become that county's official team score.
  6. If a county team has 2 - 4 members, each of the 1 - 3 empty slots equates to an individual score of zero.
  7. Counties are placed in order according to their overall team score, from the highest-scoring county to the lowest.
  8. The highest-scoring county team is the Champion.
  9. We aim to announce a full set of results across all categories by mid-November.

Previous results


  • The 2024 All-Ireland Hillwalking Counties Championship will take place between 1st May and 31st August.
  • The results will be announced in September 2024.

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2023

Placing Team Score Award
1st COUNTY TIPPERARY 7,827 pts GOLD
2nd COUNTY ARMAGH 5,359 pts SILVER
3rd COUNTY CORK 4,913 pts BRONZE




2022

Placing Team Score Award
1st COUNTY MAYO 11,561 pts GOLD
2nd COUNTY CORK 9,929 pts SILVER
3rd COUNTY TIPPERARY 5,957 pts BRONZE




2021

Placing Team Score Award
1st COUNTY CORK 955 points GOLD
2nd COUNTY TIPPERARY 324 points SILVER
3rd COUNTY MEATH 175 points BRONZE




2020

Placing Team Score Award
1st COUNTY CORK - GOLD




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