2005 Irish Professional Championship

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.

Qualifying
Last 24 (Best of 9 frames)


 * 🇮🇪 David Morris 5–0 Mark Allen
 * 🇮🇪 Martin McCrudden 5–3 Tom Gleeson 🇮🇪
 * 🇮🇪 Robert Murphy 5–1 John Connors 🇮🇪
 * 🇮🇪 Garry Hardiman 5–2 Alex Higgins
 * 🇮🇪 Colm Gilcreest 5–4 Brendan O'Donoghue 🇮🇪
 * Colin Bingham 5–3 Rodney Goggins 🇮🇪
 * Robert McCullough 5–3 James Moore 🇮🇪
 * Joe Meara 5–1 Nigel Power 🇮🇪

Century breaks

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