The following is a list of the top 100 rated Irish active Players on 1/1/98 who have played at least one rated game in the last Year  Top 100 - 1 January 1998 * 1 7085 ALEXANDER BABURIN GM 2510 51 1321 RAY O'ROURKE 1931 2 1350 MARK ORR IM 2332 52 1186 JOE NOONE 1930 3 1402 MARK QUINN FM 2328 3820 PAUL WALSH 1930 4 90 STEPHEN BRADY FM 2317 54 1354 BERNARD PALMER 1924 5 295 COLM DALY 2309 55 7193 MARTIN OLSSON 1918 6 4017 MARK HEIDENFELD FM 2286 56 1028 PAT MCCARTHY 1916 7 1557 PHILIP SHORT FM 2256 57 887 BRENDAN MEGHAN 1914 8 1525 JOE RYAN 2249 58 464 MICHAEL GAFFNEY 1913 9 720 MEL O'CINNEIDE 2244 59 1239 EDDIE O'CONNOR 1912 10 484 ADRIAN GILLEN 2236 60 152 RAY BYRNE 1909 11 33 COLM BARRY NM 2164 61 1430 PAT REYNOLDS 1906 12 644 KILIAN HYNES 2162 62 3549 RONAN DUNNE 1904 13 1243 JONATHAN O'CONNOR 2160 2271 SEAN O'CEARNAIGH 1904 14 1139 DAIRE MCMAHON 2150 64 764 JOHN LANE 1901 15 1231 GERRY O'CONNELL 2145 65 1529 DAVID SALTER 1898 16 1263 RICHARD O'DONOVAN 2143 66 1328 KEVIN O'SHEA 1892 17 4581 STEPHEN SCANNELL 2142 67 611 PAT HOGAN 1886 18 487 STEPHEN GILLEN 2137 68 1409 CORMAC BRADY 1885 19 1358 ALAN PEART 2120 69 9 JOHN AHEARNE 1880 20 1140 ERIC MCMAHON 2112 70 282 HUGH CUMMINS 1879 21 1890 STEPHEN MORRIS 2111 733 NOEL KERINS 1879 22 541 TIM HARDING 2107 72 817 BRENDAN LYONS 1878 23 208 TOM CLARKE 2102 73 3185 BRIAN GALLIGAN 1876 658 JOHN JOYCE 2102 1215 LIAM O'BRIEN 1876 25 1110 KEVIN MCHUGH 2068 4811 JACK SHORT 1876 979 JOHN MURRAY 2068 76 3373 DANNY ROBERTS 1871 27 1177 MICHAEL NEVILLE 2060 77 740 JACK KILLANE 1862 28 929 KIERAN MOYNIHAN 2057 78 117 COLM BUCKLEY 1859 29 456 ANTHONY FOX 2056 79 650 KEVIN JAMES 1858 30 731 EAMON KEOGH NM 2042 80 1070 NIALL MCDONNELL 1856 31 636 JOHN HURLEY 2040 2809 MAIREAD NI'SIOCHRU 1856 32 1078 GERRY MCELLIGOTT 2038 82 482 JOHN GIBSON 1854 33 1391 COLM QUIGLEY 2029 1164 PAUL MCSWEENEY 1854 34 1182 JOHN NOLAN 2028 3263 PETER RYAN 1854 35 141 KEVIN BUTLER 2003 3418 JEROME N SHEEHAN 1854 36 194 PAUL CASSIDY 1995 86 1829 MARTIN WALLACE 1853 37 1398 CIARAN QUINN 1993 87 812 LAURENCE LYNCH 1848 38 3197 PHILIP REILLY 1983 88 2887 KIERAN O'DRISCOLL 1847 39 324 TONY DENNEHY 1966 89 1270 FERGAL O'DWYER 1846 40 159 PETER CAFOLLA 1959 90 1417 PATRICK J REA 1845 41 43 BRIAN BECKETT 1957 91 249 JOHN COSTELLO 1836 42 327 RAY DEVENNEY 1950 92 21 FRED ARMSTRONG 1831 43 3279 DANIELLE COLLINS 1949 93 2034 DONAL O'BOYLE 1829 1383 LIAM PORTER 1949 94 374 STEPHEN DUFF 1828 45 3661 PAUL DEMPSEY 1947 95 1288 CHRIS O'KEEFFE 1823 46 1022 JIM MCCARTHY 1946 96 2741 ERIC BENNETT 1822 47 240 SUZANNE CONNOLLY 1945 438 COLM FITZPATRICK 1822 48 1837 ANTHONY MOONEY 1940 98 1276 MARTIN O'GRADY 1821 49 2108 MAURICE KENNEFICK 1938 99 2296 FRANK DEVLIN 1814 1646 JIM WALSH 1938 100 1144 PAT MCMAHON 1812 * active players only - at least one rated game in 1997