| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 6–13 March 2005 (2005-03-06 – 2005-03-13) |
| Venue | Citywest Hotel |
| City | Dublin |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £250,000 |
| Winner's share | £40,000 |
| Highest break |  Mark Williams (WAL) (141) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Matthew Stevens (WAL) |
| Score | 10–8 |
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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:
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Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 19 frames Citywest Hotel, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, 13 March 2005. | ||
| Matthew Stevens (7) Wales
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8–10 | Ronnie O'Sullivan (2) England
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| Afternoon: 77–22, 2–66 (57), 0–81 (61), 24–73 (51), 27–74 (74), 0–87 (87), 12–68 (67), 84–13 Evening: 70–58 (O'Sullivan 58), 135–0 (135), 77–0 (65), 65–27 (57), 0–108 (108), 123–0 (61, 62), 6–93 (87), 74–19, 25–90 (59), 68–69 (68, 69) | ||
| 135 | Highest break | 108 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 11 |
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 10 and 13 January 2005 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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References
- ^ "2005 Citywest Irish Masters – Information". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "Rocket masters rivals". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Fáilte Ireland Irish Masters 2005". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- Turner, Chris. "Irish Masters". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ "2005 Fáilte Irish Masters". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 18 December 2006.
- "2005 Irish Masters results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 21 April 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
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