The Irish Classic was an invitational professional

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tournament for Irish and

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players.

History

The event was first held in the 2007/2008 season in

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, and was organised by Fergal O'Brien. The event was last held at the Celbridge Snooker Club,

Kildare Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 8,634 making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional cen ...

, Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Winners

References

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