2005 Irish Masters

The 2005 Fáilte Ireland Irish Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 6–13 March 2005 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. This was the last time the tournament was run as a ranking event.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won the title by defeating Matthew Stevens 10–8 in the final.

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


 * Winner: £40,000
 * Runner-up: £20,000
 * Semi-final: £10,000
 * Quarter-final: £7,000
 * Last 16: £5,000
 * Last 32: £3,100


 * Last 48: £1,775
 * Last 64: £1,375
 * Stage two highest break: £2,000
 * Stage two maximum break: £20,000
 * Total: £250,000

Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 10 and 13 January 2005 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 141, 125, 110 – Ding Junhui
 * 138 – Mark Selby
 * 138 – Jamie Burnett
 * 132 – Barry Pinches
 * 130 – Gary Wilson
 * 128 – Sean Storey
 * 127 – Alfie Burden
 * 126 – Joe Delaney
 * 125, 114 – Dave Harold
 * 123, 104 – Michael Holt
 * 116 – Ali Carter


 * 115 – Robert Milkins
 * 115 – Sean O'Neill
 * 113 – Shokat Ali
 * 111 – Darren Morgan
 * 108 – Mark Davis
 * 108 – Brian Salmon
 * 103 – Liu Song
 * 103 – Joe Swail
 * 102 – Ryan Day
 * 100 – Barry Hawkins

Televised stage centuries

 * 141, 105 – Mark Williams
 * 140, 137, 128, 114, 108, 107, 104, 102 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 136 – Stephen Maguire
 * 135, 133 – Stephen Hendry
 * 135, 113, 101, 100 – Matthew Stevens
 * 135 – Chris Small
 * 132 – Paul Hunter


 * 128 – Barry Hawkins
 * 113 – Robert Milkins
 * 112 – David Gray
 * 110 – Peter Ebdon
 * 110 – Michael Judge
 * 105 – Jimmy White