The 2026 AC Irish Croquet Championships took place in Carrickmines over eight days, culminating in a grand finals day on Saturday 8th August.

 The event took place in largely glorious weather the sunniest in recent memory.

There were 9 trophies to be won, catering for all handicap levels.

Carrickmines had its own marathon this weekend with the Co. Dublin AC Croquet Championships.
There were 7 graded events with Carrickminers winning 5 of them, with one going overseas to a regular visitor and ex-pat Irishman David Beddy from the UK and one to Irish International Russell Harris, Newcastle Croquet Club, Co. Wicklow.

The Irish team of Nathaniel Healy, Russell Harris, Brian Havill, Alan Looney, Huw Spiers and Debutant Henry Bagwell travelled as holders to the new Scottish National Croquet centre at Balgreen in Edinburgh. However, Russell did a little unintended detour to say goodbye to the old venue at Meadows.

The CAI Association Croquet Silver Medal was held at Carrickmines on 25/26 April, featuring 8 of the top AC players in Ireland. The lawns were in excellent condition, the weather was warm and dry, and there was some top-hquality croquet with 9 triple peels.