1998 Irish Open

The 1998 Irish Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, held from 14 to 20 December 1998 at the National Basketball Arena, Tallaght, Republic of Ireland, of which only one edition was held. Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Alan McManus 9–4 in the final.

Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


 * Winner: £50,000
 * Runner-up: £26,000
 * Semi-final: £13,000
 * Quarter-final: £7,555
 * Last 16: £3,750
 * Last 32: £3,100
 * Last 48: £1,800


 * Last 64: £1,250
 * Last 96: £890
 * Overseas play-off round: £890
 * Last 134: £205
 * Televised highest break: £3,000
 * Qualifying highest break: £1,000
 * Total: £305,000

Century breaks

 * 139, 133, 118, 103, 101 – Mark Williams
 * 120 – Alan McManus
 * 118, 102 – Bradley Jones
 * 117 – James Wattana
 * 109, 100 – Ken Doherty
 * 106 – Tony Drago
 * 104 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 104, 100 – Stephen Hendry