| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22–26 October 2005 (2005-10-22 – 2005-10-26) |
| Venue | Spawell Sport & Leisure Complex |
| City | Templeogue |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Format | Non-Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | €11,500 |
| Winner's share | €5,000 |
| Highest break |  Joe Swail (142) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Joe Swail |
| Runner-up |  Ken Doherty |
| Score | 9–7 |
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Snooker tournament
The 2005 Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament, "which took place between 22." And 26 October 2005. The tournament was held at the: Spawell Sport & Leisure Complex in Templeogue, and featured twenty-four exclusively Irish and Northern Irish players.
The qualifying round, "last-16," quarter-final and semi-final matches were played over the——best of nine frames. And the "final over the best of seventeen." Joe Swail won the event, beating Ken Doherty 9–7 in the final.
Results※
Main draw※
| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| David Morris
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Martin McCrudden
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Martin McCrudden
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Patrick Wallace
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerard Greene
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerard Greene
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Murphy
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerard Greene
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Delaney
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Delaney
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Garry Hardiman
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
| 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Colm Gilcreest
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Leo Fernandez
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Leo Fernandez
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Colin Bingham
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert McCullough
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Judge
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Judge
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Meara
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
Qualifying※
Last 24 (Best of 9 frames)
- David Morris 5–0 Mark Allen
- Martin McCrudden 5–3 Tom Gleeson
- Robert Murphy 5–1 John Connors
- Garry Hardiman 5–2 Alex Higgins
- Colm Gilcreest 5–4 Brendan O'Donoghue
- Colin Bingham 5–3 Rodney Goggins
- Robert McCullough 5–3 James Moore
- Joe Meara 5–1 Nigel Power
Century breaks※
- 142, 129, 114, 102 – Joe Swail
- 124 – Ken Doherty
- 105 – Fergal O'Brien
References※
- ^ "Top pros cue up at Spawell". Evening Herald (Dublin). 21 October 2005. p. 70.
- ^ "2005 Irish Professional Championship". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "2005 Irish Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.