2005 Irish Professional Championship

Irish Professional Championship

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
Winner's share	€1,000[1]
Highest break	Joe Swail (142)
Final
Champion	Joe Swail
Runner-up	Ken Doherty
Score	9–7
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The 2005 Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in 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.^[2]

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
						0
		5
	Patrick Wallace	3
									Joe Swail	5
									Gerard Greene	3
	Gerard Greene	5
		2
					Gerard Greene	5
					Joe Delaney	3
	Joe Delaney	5
		4
													Joe Swail	9
													Ken Doherty	7
	Ken Doherty	5
	Colm Gilcreest	2
					Ken Doherty	5
					Leo Fernandez	3
	Leo Fernandez	5
		3
									Ken Doherty	5
									Fergal O'Brien	4
	Fergal O'Brien	5
		0
					Fergal O'Brien	5
					Michael Judge	2
	Michael Judge	5
	Joe Meara	3

Qualifying[]

Last 24 (Best of 9 frames)

Century breaks[]

• 142, 129, 114, 102 Joe Swail
• 124 Ken Doherty
• 105 Fergal O'Brien

References[]