1-Act Final Winners
2019
St. Mary's Hall, Rossmore, Co Cork with Anna Walker Adjudicating
Open Moat Club, Naas - Nine by Jane Shepard
Confined New Ross Drama Workshop - Notes on Falling Leaves by Ayub Khan-Din
2018
Kilmuckridge Memorial Hall, Co Wexford with Imelda McDonagh Adjudicating
Open Moat Club, Naas - What's Left of the Flag by Jimmy Murphy
Confined Gunpowder Productions, Co Cork - Wittgenstein in the West by Stephen Toomey
2017
An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny with Padraic McIntyre Adjudicating
- Open Palace Players, Fermoy – The Quiet Land by Malachy McKenna
- Confined Coolgreany ADS , Wexford – Something Unspoken by Tennessee Williams
2016
Mill Theatre, Dundrum with Tom Byrne Adjudicating
- Open Moat Club, Naas – Plaza Suite: A Visitor from Hollywood by Neil Simon
- Confined Blue Hat Productions, Cork – Two by Jim Cartwright
2015
Town Hall Theatre, Galway with Tony Rushforth adjudicating
- Open Bradán Players Leixlip - Power Lunch by Alan Ball
- Confined Fr Mathew Players Tipperary – A Galway Girl by Geraldine Aron
2014
Abbey Centre, Ballyshannon with Martin Maguire Adjudicating
- Open Kinnerton Players – The Seduction of Chaos by Kent R Brown
- Confined Compantas Lir – Nine by Jane Shepard
2013
Roscommon Arts Centre with Geoffrey O’Keeffe Adjudicating
- Open Prosperous Dramatic Society - Lovely Head by Neil Labute
- Confined D.A.D.S. Dunmore - A Galway Girl by Geraldine Aron
2012
St Michael's Hall, Ballyduff with Walker Ewart Adjudicating
- Open Prosperous Dramatic Society - Bobby Gould In Hell by David Mamet
- Confined Breffni Players - Scarecrow by Don Nigro.
2011
Glor, Ennis with Anna Walker Adjudicating
- Open Kilmeen Drama Group – Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh.
- Confined Corofin Dramatic Society – What's For Pudding? by David Tristram.
2010
Mill Theatre, Dundrum with Paul Brennan Adjudicating
- Open Bradán Players – A Number by Caryl Churchill
- Confined Shannonside Drama Group – Landscape by Harold Pinter
2009
Backstage Theatre, Longford with Padraic McIntyre Adjudicating
- Open Bradan Players – The Quality of Boiled Water by Jason Milligan
- Confined Backstage Theatre Company – Small Box Pyschosis by Barry McKinley
2008
Tubbercurry with Tony Rushforth Adjudicating
- Open Causeway Productions – Address Unknown by Taylor Kressman
- Confined Camross Drama Group – A Family Affair by Derek O’Gorman
2007
St. Mary’s Theatre, Rossmore with Colin Dolley Adjudicating
- Open Balally Players – Riders to the Sea by J. M. Synge
- Confined Cookstown Drama Group – Ruby of Elsinore by Bruce Kane
2006
The Patrician Theatre, Carrickmore with Tom Doherty Adjudicating
- Open Balally Players – Melody by Deirdre Kinahan
- Confined Malthouse Players – The Extraordinary Revelations of Orca the Goldfish by David Tristam
2005
Moat Theatre, Naas with Michael O’Hara Adjudicating Open Bradan Players – Small Box Pyschosis by Barry McKinley Confined Barrymore Drama Group – A Family Affair by Derek O’Gorman
2004
Cornmill Theatre Carrigallen with Scott Marshall Adjudicating
- Open Ennis Players – The Dandy Dolls by George Fitzmaurice
- Confined Tullamore AD Society – Three More Sleepless Nights by Caryl Churchill
2003
Glor Theatre, Ennis with Walker Ewart Adjudicating
- Open Crois Dearg Drama Group – After Magritte by Tom Stoppard
- Confined Baileborough Drama Group – The Henhouse by Tara Maria Lovett
2002
Ramor Theatre, Virginia
- Open St. Patrick’s Dramatic Society, Dalkey – The Pushcart Peddlars by Murray Schisgall
- Confined Timeless Players - Virtual Reality by Alan Ayckbourn
2001
Dunamaise Theatre, Portlaoise with Scott Marshall Adjudicating
- Open Estuary Players – Five Kinds of Silence by Sheelagh Stephenson
- Confined Ennis Players – Lone Star by James McClure
2000
Siamsa Tire, Tralee with Pat Burke, Brid Mc Bride and Michael Twomey Adjudicating
- Open Olivian Players – Never Swim Alone by Daniel Mc Ivor
- Confined Ballyshannon Drama Society – The Extraordinary Revelations of Orca the Goldfish by David Tristam
1999
Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny with Patrick Sutton Adjudicating
- Open Moat Club, Naas – A Bench at the Edge by Luigi Jannuszi
- Confined City Limits – The Lords of Love by Eoin Colfer
1998
Backstage Theatre, Longford with Irene Rostron Adjudicating
- Open Estuary Players – Chamber Music by Arthur Kopit
- Confined Carrig Players – PVT Wars by James McClure
1997
Belltable Theatre Limerick with Michael Vernon Adjudicating
- Open Carlow Little Theatre – Tadhg O’Cathain and the Corpse by Douglas Hyde
- Confined Malthouse Players – What’s for Pudding by David Tristram
1996
Abbey Centre, Ballyshannon with Patsy Croal Adjudicating
- Open Donegal Drama Circle – Donalbain by Soinbhe Lally
- Confined St. Patrick’s Dramatic Society, Dalkey – Say Something Happened by Alan Bennett
1995
Watergate Theatre Kilkenny with Tommy McArdle Adjudicating
- Open Prosperous Dramatic Society – Faint Voices by John MacKenna
- Confined Trim Dramatic Society – The Donahue Sisters by Geraldine Aron
1994
Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork with Betty Ann Norton Adjudicating
- Open Olivian Players – To by Jim Cartwright
- Confined Drumshanbo Community Players – Bedtime Story by Sean O’Casey
1993
Ballinasloe with Scott Marshall Adjudicating
- Open Terenure Players – Small Box Psychosis by Barry McKinley
- Confined Corofin Dramatic Society – Three’s A Crowd by Earl Derr Biggers and Christopher Morley
1992
Belltable Arts Centre Limerick with Tom Doherty Adjudicating
- Open TBC
- Confined Insight Theatre – A Cut In The Rates by Alan Ayckbourn
1991
Enniskillen with Russell Boyce Adjudicating
- Open Strand Players, Dublin – 27 Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams
- Confined Camross Drama Group – Birthright by T. C. Murray
1990
Malahide with Ron Whetton Adjudicating
- Open Bangor Drama Club – The Donahue Sisters by Geraldine Aron
- Confined Donegal Drama Circle, Rosencrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
1989
Carrick-On-Shannon with Scott Marshall Adjudicating
- Open Moat Club, Naas – Stygian Cherubim by Pat Kinnevane
- Confined Kilmeen Drama Group – Bar and Ger by Geraldine Aron
1988
Carlow with Betty Ann Norton Adjudicating
- Open Pegasus Drama Group, Headford – Death of Pilate
- Confined Ballyhaunis Drama Society – The Time of the Whitehorn
1987
Mullingar with Hugh Lovegrove Adjudicating
- Open New Theatre Group, Kilkenny – Ritual for Dolls by George MacEwan Green
- Confined Mountmellick Pioneer Group – Professional Help
1986
Carlow with Tom Doherty Adjudicating
- Open New Theatre Group Kilkenny – The Interview by Octave Mirbeau
- Confined North West AIB Drama Group – The Late Arrival of the Incoming Aircraft by Hugh Leonard
1985
Carrick On Shannon with Scott Marshall Adjudicating
- Open Granary Players Limerick – Gum and Goo by Howard Brenton
- Confined Ballymahon Drama Group, Conscience Stricken by Neil Fitton
1984
Wexford with Ron Wheaton Adjudicating
- Open New Theatre Group Kilkenny – A Galway Girl by Geraldine Aron
- Confined Prosperous Drama Group – The Later Days Are Cold by Colman O’Shannon
1983
Newcastle with Tommy McArdle Adjudicating
- Open Moat Club, Naas – A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry
- Confined Cloonclare Players – Spreading The News by Lady Gregory
1982
Carrick On Shannon with Scott Marshall Adjudicating
- Open Carlow Theatre Group – Croker/The Young Piper by William Butler Yeats
- Confined Mullingar Theatre Group – The Lady Aoi by Yukio Mishima
1981
Talbot Hotel, Wexford with Paul Hadfield Adjudicating
- Open Carlow Little Theatre - The Apollo of Bellac by Jean Giraudoux
- Confined Corn Mill Theatre - The Workhouse Ward by Lady Gregory
1980
One Act Finals Not Held – TBC
1979
Moat Club Naas with Sam McCready Adjudicating
- Open Drumlin Players Cavan - Riders To The Sea by John Millington Synge
1978
- Open Sligo Drama Circle – The Cat and the Moon by William Butler Years
- Rural Kilcullen Drama Group – The Toothache by George Fitzmaurice
1977
Barry Cassin Adjudicating
- Open Companions Drama Group – The Later Days are Cold by Colman O’Shannon
- Rural Kilcullen Drama Group – MeMcKenna by Don Shaw
1976
Sam McCready Adjudicating
- Open Strand Players, Dublin – Fando and Liz by Fernando Arrabal
- Rural Kilcullen Drama Group – Bedtime Story by Sean O’Casey
1975
Barry Cassin Adjudicating
- Open Olivian Players – The Dandy Dolls by George Fitzmaurice
- Rural Neal Players, County Mayo – Riders to the Sea by J. M. Synge
1974
Dan Treston Adjudicating
- Open Scariff Drama Group – The Resurrection by George Watson
- Rural Kilcullen Drama Group – The Workhouse Ward by Lady Gregory
1973
Barry Cassin Adjudicating
- Open Bangor Drama Club – Rainbows is the Boys by Pauline McGonigle
- Rural Wayside Players, Wexford – The Bishop’s Candlesticks by Victor Hugo
1972
Gerda Redlich Adjudicating
- Open Sligo Drama Circle – Pot of Broth by William Butler Yeats
- Rural Scariff Drama Group – Dreaming of the Bones by William Butler Yeats
1971
Anthony Thomas Adjudicating
- Open Bangor Drama Club – Bedtime Story by Sean O’Casey
- Rural Camross Drama Group – Spring by T. C. Murray
1970
Dan Treston Adjudicating
- Open Armagh Theatre Group – Adam’s Children by Seamus Mallon
- Rural TBC
1969
Graham Suter Adjudicating
- Open Sacred Heart College Cork – Children in Uniform by Christa Winsloe
- Rural Kilmeen Macra na Feirme – They Also Serve by Sandy Taylor