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
Qualifying
Last 24 (Best of 9 frames)
*
David Morris 5–0
Mark Allen
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5–3
Tom Gleeson
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Robert Murphy 5–1
John Connors
*
Garry Hardiman 5–2
Alex Higgins
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Colm Gilcreest
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Career history
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5–4
Brendan O'Donoghue
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Career
O'Donoghue became the Irish nominee for 2009–10 season after he topped the Irish national standings by defeating John To ...
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Colin Bingham 5–3
Rodney Goggins
*
Robert McCullough 5–3
James Moore
* Joe Meara 5–1
Nigel Power
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Century breaks
*142, 129, 114, 102
Joe Swail
*124
Ken Doherty
*105
Fergal O'Brien
References
{{Snooker season 2005/2006
Irish Professional Championship
Irish Professional Championship
Irish Professional Championship
Irish Professional Championship