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, 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
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 10–13 January 2005 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.Century breaks
- 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