Previous Winners
The RTÉ Years :
2013: Kllmeen Drama Group 'The Playboy of the Western World' (By John Milington Synge)
2012: Kllmeen Drama Group 'The Weir' (By Conor McPherson)
2011: Kllmeen Drama Group 'A Whistle in the Dark' (By Tom Murphy)
2010: Silken Thomas Players 'The History Boys' (Alan Bennett)
2009: Estuary Players 'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot' (Stephen Adly Guirgis)
2008: Estuary Players; 'The Price' (Arthur Miller)
2007: Silkeen Thomas Players; 'Normal Heart' (Larry Kramer)
2006: Kilmeen Drama Group; 'A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant' (Tom Murphy)
2005: Corn Mill Theatre Company, Carrigallen; Stolen Child (Yvonne Quinn
and Bairbre Ni Chaoimh)
2004: Ballyduff Drama Group; On Raftery's Hill (Marina Carr)
The Ericsson Years :
2003: KATS,Galway; Rashomon (Fay & Michael Kanin)
2002: Ballymoney Literary & Debating Society; The Odd Couple (Neil Simon)
2001: No Festival (due to outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease)
2000: The Moat Club, Naas; By the Bog of Cats (Marina Carr)
Introducing the All-Ireland Drama Festival Perpetual Trophy:
The Esso Trophy Years :
1999: Enniscorthy Theatre Group; The Cripple of Inishmaan (Martin McDonagh)
1998: Corn Mill Theatre Company, Carrigallen; Belfry (Billy Roche)
1997: Enniscorthy Theatre Group; Moonshine (Jim Nolan)
1996: Enniscorthy Theatre Group; Poor Beast in the Rain (Billy Roche)
1995: The College Players, Limerick; Metamorphosis (Stephen Berkoff from Kafka)
1994: Sundrive Players, Dublin; A Month in the Country (Brian Friel from Turgenev)
1993: Scariff Drama Group; Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward)
1992: Newpoint Players, Newry; Marat-Sade (Peter Weiss)
1991: Charlestown Theatre Group; Buried Child (Sam Shepherd)
1990: Clarence Players, Belfast; A View from the Bridge (Arthur Miller)
1989: Pegasus Players, Headford; The Last Burning (Patrick Galvin)
1988: Temple Players, Dublin; Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
1987: The Lifford Players; Translations (Brian Friel)
1986: Temple Players, Dublin; Private Lives (Noel Coward)
1985: The Lifford Players; The Wood of the Whispering (M J Molloy)
1984: Temple Players, Dublin; Philadelphia Here I Come (Brian Friel)
1983: Headford Drama Group; I Do Not Like Thee Dr Fell (Bernard Farrell)
1982: The Lifford Players; MacCook's Corner (George Shiels)
1981: The Strand Players, Dublin; I Do Not Like Thee Dr Fell (Bernard Farrell)
1980: The Hacklers, Cavan; Waiting For Godot (Samuel Beckett)
1979: The Moat Club, Naas; The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
1978: Club Players, Dublin; How the Other Half Loves (Alan Ayckbourn)
1977: Larne Drama Circle; Children (A R Gurney)
1976: The Olivian Players, Dublin;
The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds (Paul Zindel)
1975: Sundrive Players, Dublin; The Voices of Shem (James Joyce)
1974: The Moat Club, Naas; Abelard and Heloise (Ronald Miller)
1973: Claremorris Players; The Black Stranger (Gerard Healy)
1972: The Strand Players, Dublin; Marat-Sade (Peter Weiss)
1971: Sundrive Players, Dublin; Stephen D (James Joyce)
1970: Sligo Drama Circle; A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennesse Williams)
1969: The Strand Players, Dublin; The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertold Brecht)
1968: Sundrive Players, Dublin; Red Roses For Me (S O'Casey)
1967: The Guinness Players, Dublin; All My Sons (Arthur Miller)
1966: Arklow Parish Drama Group; The Field (J B Keane)
1965: Tuam Theatre Guild; The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
1964: The Strand Players, Dublin; Ring Round the Moon (Jean Anouilh)
1963: Tuam Theatre Guild; The Rainmaker (Richard J Nash)
1962: Newpoint Players, Newry; Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
1961: Premier Players, Ballyshannon; Old Road (M J Molloy)
1960: Limerick Studio Group; School for Wives (Moliere)
1959: Listowel Drama Group; Sive (J B Keane)
The Early Years :
1958: Newpoint Players, Newry; Arms and the Man (G B Shaw)
1957: The Runners, Tullamore; Man on Trial (Diego Fabbri)
1956: The Runners, Tullamore; Christmas in the Market Place (Henri Gheon)
1955: Mt Lourdes PPU DG, Enniskillen; Today and Yesterday (W D Hampenstall)
1954: Clones Drama Society; Mungo's Mansion (Walter Macken)
The First Festival :
1953: 3Act Open: St. Philomena's Drama Society; Tolka Row (Maura Laverty)
3Act Rural: Portumna Players; Nano (Sigerson Clifford)
1Act Open: Ballina Drama Society; The Paddy Pedlar (M J Molloy)
1Act Rural: Charlestown Drama Society; Dark Brown (Philip Johnson)
Verse: The Runners, Tullamore; The Dreaming of the Bones (W B Yeats)
