Irish Mathematical Olympiad: Index of Team Members
Ireland has been taking part in the International Mathematical Olympiads
since 1988. A list of those who have represented Ireland or acted as Leader, Deputy Leader or Observer at these
events are given below.
- Peter Bourke (2001)
- Chrysztof Bryla (2006)
- Jerry Buckley (2002)
- Eoghan Burns (1991 and 1992)
- Nick Byrne (2008)
- Stephen Casey (2004)
- Kevin Colgan (2004)
- David Conlon (1999 and 2000)
- Patrick Connolly (1990)
- Gareth Cosgrave (1996)
- Stephen Craddock (1989)
- EJ Daly (2001 and 2002)
- Fergal Daly (1992)
- Jillian Delaney (1988 and 1989)
- Neil Dobbs (1997)
- Stephen Dolan (2006 and 2007)
- Cian Dorr (1990)
- Mark Dukes (1994)
- Diarmuid Early (2002 and 2003)
- Richard Ellard (2005)
- Damien Fennell (1991)
- Eoghan Flanagan (1993 and 1994)
- Mark Flanagan (1994)
- Ciaran Flynn (1998)
- Maeve Flynn (1988)
- David Galvin (1990)
- Galin Ganchev (2005, 2006,2007 and 2008)
- David Geraghty (2001)
- Barrie Gilligan (1991 and 1992)
- Micheál Griffin (1999)
- Joseph Gubbins (2000)
- Robert Hayes (1995 and 1996)
- Evelyn Hickey (1999)
- John Holland (1996 and 1997)
- Aidan Hollinshead (1990)
- Conrad Hughes (1989)
- Gavin Hurley (1995 and 1996)
- Hugh Hurley (2003)
- Brian Jones (1995)
- Jamie Judd (2006 and 2007)
- Raymond Kinane (2000 and 2001)
- Fiachra Knox (2003 , 2004 Bronze Medal and 2005 Silver Medal)
- Eamonn Long (1996 and 1997)
- Julian MacRae (1990)
- Eamon Maher (1988)
- David Malone (1991 and 1992)
- Diarmuid Manning (1989)
- Richard Martin (2005)
- David McCarthy (2008)
- Kate McCutcheon (2007 and 2008)
- Felim McGabhann (1993)
- Kevin McGerty (1992 and 1993 Bronze Medal)
- Niall McIntyre (1996)
- Jack McKenna (2008)
- Andrew McMurry (1989 and 1990 Bronze Medal)
- Peter McNamara (1995)
- Raja Mukherji (1997, 1998 Bronze Medal and 1999 Bronze Medal)
- Eoin Murphy (2008)
- Richard Murphy (1994)
- Sean Murphy (2000)
- Simon Murphy (1988)
- David Murray (2001 and 2002)
- Oliver Nash (1998)
- Seamus O'Boyle (2004 and 2005)
- Deirdre O'Brien (1994 and 1995)
- Derek O'Brien (2006 and 2007)
- Simon O'Callaghan (1993)
- Feargal O'Donnchu (1991)
- Brendan O'Dowd (2004)
- Darren O'Driscoll (1998 and 1999)
- Stephen O'Driscoll (1997)
- Marty O'Leary (2000 and 2001 Bronze Medal)
- Luis O'Shea (1988)
- Cormac O'Sullivan (1988)
- Brendan Quigley (1998)
- Declan Quinn (1993)
- Eoin Quinn (2003)
- Finian Raftery (1989)
- Gavan Reilly (2003)
- David Ryan (1997)
- MJ Ryan (1999 and 2000)
- Stephen Ryan (2004 and 2005)
- Michael Sharpe (1992)
- John Sullivan (1993 and 1994)
- James Wall (2002)
- Gregory Wall (1995)
- Anthony Walsh (2006)
- Cathal Walsh (1991)
- Yuecong Wang (2007)
- Michael White (2002 and 2003)
- Benedict Williams (2000)
The following persons have been involved as Leaders, Deputy Leaders or Observers
at these Olympiads:-
- Professor Tom Laffey (UCD) L 1988,1989,1991,1993,2001,2008 Ob 1987
- Professor Finbarr Holland (UCC) L 1997 DL 1988,1991,1993 Ob 1987,2001
- Dr Fergus Gaines (UCD) L1990,1992,1994,1996,1998,2000 Ob 1995, 1997
- Dr Kevin Hutchinson (UCD) L 1999 DL1992 Ob 1998
- Dr Donal Hurley (UCC) L 2003 DL 1994 OB 2000
- Dr Eugene Gath (UL) L 2002 DL 1995
- Gordon Lessells (UL) L 1995 DL 1990 and 1996-2008
- Dr Pat McCarthy (NUIM) Ob 1999
- Dr Rachel Quinlan (UCD) Ob 2002 L2006
- Dr James Cruickshank (NUIG) Ob 2003-2004 L 2005 L2007
- Dr Emil Skoldberg (NUIG) Ob 2005
- Dr Richard Watson (NUIM) Ob 2006
Dr Bernd Kreussler (MICE] Ob 2008
The following questions proposed by Ireland have been chosen for the IMO.
- 2003 Question 5
- 1988 Question 4
Prove that the set of solutions of the inequality
\sum_{k=1}^{k=70} \frac{k}{x-k} \geq \frac{5}{4}
is the union of non-intersecting intervals whose lengths have sum equal to
1988.
- 1993 Question 1
Let f(x) = x^n +5x^(n-1)+3 where n>1 is an integer.
Prove that f(x) cannot be expressed as the product of two polynomials, each
of which has all its coefficients integers and degree at least 1.
Angus Rodgers from the Royal Belfast Academic Institute won a Bronze medal in
1971 representing the United Kingdom. In 2000 in Korea, David Knipe from Sullivan Upper School, Northern Ireland
won a Bronze medal representing the United Kingdom.
In 2003 in Japan, Martin Orr from Methodist College, Belfast representing
the United Kingdom won a Silver Medal and in 2004 won a Bronze Medal.
Galin Ganchev won a Silver Medal at the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad in 2008
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