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The All-Ireland Hillwalking Provinces Championship


​Does your province 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 Provinces 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 province'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 May and end on 31st August each year.

Winner selection


The following process is used to decide all province team placings in the All-Ireland Hillwalking Provinces Championship:
  1. All submitted Sport Hillwalking Entry Forms are checked as we receive them before the 30th June submission deadline.
  2. Based on the forms we receive, participants are sorted into the provinces they are representing.
  3. Each province represented by 2 or more registered participants who each score at least 100 points during the season qualifies as a team in the Provinces Championship.
  4. Each competitor's overall individual score is tallied in early September (i.e. Rounds 1 - 4 combined).
  5. The 5 highest individual scores from each province are added together to become that province's official team score.
  6. If a province team has 2 - 4 members, each of the 1 - 3 empty slots equates to an individual score of zero.
  7. Provinces are placed in order according to their overall team score, from the highest-scoring province to the lowest.
  8. The highest-scoring province team is the Champion.
  9. We aim to announce a full set of results across all categories by mid-September.

Previous results


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2024

Placing Team Score Award
1st MUNSTER 5,529 pts GOLD
2nd LEINSTER 4,425 pts SILVER
3rd ULSTER 1,375 pts BRONZE




2023

Placing Team Score Award
1st MUNSTER 10,594 pts GOLD
2nd LEINSTER 7,786 pts SILVER
3rd ULSTER 5,879 pts BRONZE




2022

Placing Team Score Award
1st MUNSTER 14,850 pts GOLD
2nd CONNACHT 11,561 pts SILVER
3rd LEINSTER 4,364 pts BRONZE




2021

Placing Team Score Award
1st MUNSTER 1,583 points GOLD
2nd ULSTER 485 points SILVER
3rd LEINSTER 175 points BRONZE




2020

Placing Team Score Award
1st MUNSTER - GOLD




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