Donna Armstrong
Current President 2025-26
Belfast-born Armstrong was capped 29 times for Ireland between 1983 and 1991, playing in Ireland Women’s inaugural international match against Netherlands.
She went on to become a cricket coach, national selector and Team Manager of Ireland Women post-playing.
Armstrong becomes the third woman to assume the Cricket Ireland Presidency, following Aideen Rice (2018-19) and Stella Downes (2024-25).
Cricket Ireland Presidents' Honour Roll (1946- )
- 1946 SH Jackson (NCU)
- 1947 RH Lambert (CL)
- 1948 W Andrews (NCU)
- 1949 JG Oulton (CL)
- 1950 JC Picken (NCU)
- 1951 JG Oulton (CL)
- 1952 W Andrews (NCU)
- 1953 L Amoroso (CL)
- 1954 J Macdonald (NCU)
- 1955 WP Hone (CL)
- 1956 W Pollock (NCU)
- 1957 TH McVeagh (CL)
- 1958 TG McVeagh (CL)
- 1959 C Nicholson (NWCU)
- 1960 C Nicholson (NWCU)
- 1961 JR Gill (CL)
- 1962 Sir R Kinahan (NCU)
- 1963 CCG O’Donnell (MCU)
- 1964 TW Grainger (NCU)
- 1965 JB Ganly (CL)
- 1966 EDR Shearer (NCU)
- 1967 KP Tanham (CL)
- 1968 AH Montgomery (NWCU)
- 1969 TA Doyle (CL)
- 1970 D Moreland (NCU)
- 1971 AP Harris (MCU)
- 1972 W Ritchie (NCU)
- 1973 AB Robertson (CL)
- 1974 J Hunter (NWCU)
- 1975 BE Kernan (CL)
- 1976 CS Cave (NCU)
- 1977 TA Dunlop (CL)
- 1978 M Nicholson (NWCU)
- 1979 NC Mahony (MCU)
- 1980 JS Pollock (NCU)
- 1981 HD Cashell (CL)
- 1982 DW Todd (NWCU)
- 1983 JD Caprani (CL)
- 1984 AD Rose (NCU)
- 1985 FA Malin (CL)
- 1986 M Bannigan (NWCU)
- 1987 PJ Dineen (MCU)
- 1988 C Walker (NCU)
- 1989 WI Lewis (CL)
- 1990 GS Craig (NWCU)
- 1991 KF O’Riordan (CL)
- 1992 HC McCall (NCU)
- 1993 AJ Linehan (NCU)
- 1994 E de’H Dexter (CL)
- 1995 AJ O’Riordan (CL)
- 1996 M Rea (NCU)
- 1997 JP Wright (CL)
- 1998 EA McDermott (CL)
- 1999 JD Monteith (NCU)
- 2000 R Torrens (NWCU)
- 2001 D Scott (CL)
- 2002 E McCann (MCU)
- 2003 SC Corlett (NCU)
- 2004 RJL Kerr (NWCU)
- 2005 JSL Mitchell (CL)
- 2006 R Harrison (NCU)
- 2007-08 T Prior (CL)
- 2008-09 JH Caldwell (NCU)
- 2009-10 Arthur Vincent (CL)
- 2010-11 Dr Basil McNamee (NCU)
- 2011-12 Richard Johnson (NCU)
- 2012-13 Jimmy Joyce/Arthur Vincent (CL)
- 2013-14 Robin Walsh (NCU)
- 2014-15 Joe Doherty (NWCU)
- 2015-16 Dr Murray Power (NCU)
- 2016-17 Henry Tighe (CL)
- 2017-18 Brian Walsh (NWCU)
- 2018-19 Aideen Rice (CL)
- 2019-20 David O’Connor (CL)
- 2020-22 Philip Black (NCU)
- 2022-23 David Griffin (MCU)
- 2023-24 William Wilson (NWCU)
- 2024-25 Stella Downes (NCU)