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The Irish International or Irish Open in badminton is an international open held in Ireland since 1902 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. It was however interrupted by the two World Wars. This tournament is currently a part of the European Badminton Circuit and takes place at the end of November every year as part of the home nations loop of international tournaments that include the Scottish Open and the Welsh Open in consecutive weeks. The tournament for most part and in recent years has been an International Challenge rated event. The recent exception was in 2012, 2017 & 2018 when the tournament was downgraded to International Series due to funding. Recent editions have been held in the Baldoyle Badminton Centre except for 2007 and 2011 tournaments which were held in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

In 2016 the Irish Open moved to the new National Indoor Arena in Blanchardstown, Dublin, as the first ever event in the new state of the art arena before its official opening in January 2017. The December 2017 edition reverted to an International Series level tournament which saw three Irish players/pairs reach the final.

Notable past winners of the Irish Open are Carolina Marin(multiple Olympic and World Champion in women's singles) and multiple All England winner Tina Baun(nee Rasmussen). Marin's win in 2009 was the Spanish player's first senior international win while still a junior.

Írske otvorené majstrovstvá v bedmintone sú prestížny bedmintonový turnaj, ktorý sa koná každoročne v Írsku. Turnaj je zaradený do série Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour a je považovaný za jeden z najdôležitejších bedmintonových turnajov v Európe.

Turnaj sa prvýkrát konal v roku 1902 a odvtedy sa každoročne koná v rôznych mestách Írska. V roku 2023 sa turnaj bude konať v Dubline od 14. do 21. januára.

Na turnaji sa zúčastňujú najlepší bedmintonisti sveta, ktorí súťažia v piatich disciplínach: dvojhra mužov, dvojhra žien, štvorhra mužov, štvorhra žien a zmiešaná štvorhra.

Írske otvorené majstrovstvá v bedmintone sú skvelou príležitosťou pre fanúšikov bedmintonu vidieť najvyššiu úroveň hry a povzbudiť svojich obľúbených hráčov. Turnaj je tiež dôležitou udalosťou pre írsky bedminton, pretože pomáha zvyšovať popularitu tohto športu v krajine.