Irish Professional Championship 1992
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Irish Professional Championship 1992 Murphys Irish Professional Championship 1992 
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| Tournament type: | Non-ranking tournament |
| Attendees: | 34 |
| Venue: | Jury's Hotel , Cork |
| Opening: | May 18, 1992 |
| Endgame: | May 21, 1992
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| Defending champion: |
 Alex Higgins
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| Winner: |
Joe Swail
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| Finalist: |
Jason Prince
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The 1992 Murphys Irish Professional Championship was a professional snooker tournament in the 1991/92 season without affecting the world rankings. The tournament was held to determine the all-Irish professional champions from May 18 to 21, 1992 at the Jury's Hotel in the Irish city of Cork . The winner in an all-Northern Irish final was Joe Swail with a 9-1 win over Jason Prince . There are no records of any high breaks.
Prize money
The tournament was sponsored by Murphys . However, compared to the previous edition, there was only a fraction of the prize money, which was now just £ 3,000 , all of which went to the winner of the tournament.
Tournament course
The Irish Professional Championship was first held in 1947 and was held up to and including 1981 on a challenge basis. Since then, all tournaments have been played with several participants in the knockout system . In the mid-1980s, the World Federation began to subsidize the tournament, but when the subsidies ended in 1989, the tournament was also discontinued. The last title holder at the time was Alex Higgins , who decided not to participate in 1992. Only after Murphys had found a sponsor, the tournament could be revived. In 1992, 34 Irish and Northern Irish players took part in the tournament, eight of whom were seeded for the main round and there met eight qualifiers in the round of 16. In the knockout system, the winner was played out. The mode remained the same until the finale with Best of 9 Frames , only in the endgame was another mode used with the Best of 17 Frames mode.
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Round of 16 best of 9 frames |
Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames |
Semi-final Best of 9 frames |
Final Best of 17 frames |
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| Joe Swail
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5 | |||||||||||||
 Darren Lennox
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| Joe Swail
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Jack McLaughlin
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Jack McLaughlin
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony O'Connor
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| Joe Swail
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Dermot McGlinchey
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Murphy
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Murphy
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen O'Connor
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Swail
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9 | |||||||||||||
| Jason Prince
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Jason Prince
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Paul Watchorn
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Jason Prince
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Paddy Browne
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Paddy Browne
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Donegan
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4th | |||||||||||||
| Jason Prince
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Ken Doherty
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Fergal O'Brien
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Eugene Hughes
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Eugene Hughes
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5 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Kearney
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0 | |||||||||||||
final
The final was ultimately decided between two Northern Irish players: Joe Swail and Jason Prince . The last player from the Republic of Ireland had failed with qualifier Fergal O'Brien in the semifinals to Jason Prince. Joe Swail, on the other hand, had his ticket to the final with a victory over former world champion Dennis Taylor . There are no frame results from the final itself, but Swail dominated the game and won 9-1.
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Jury’s Hotel , Cork , Ireland , May 21, 1992 |
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Joe Swail
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9 : 1 |
Jason Prince
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| unknown | ||
| - | Highest break | - |
| - | Century breaks | - |
| - | 50+ breaks | - |
qualification
A qualification for the unset players took place beforehand. In a total of three rounds, the players tried staggered to qualify for the main round. All games took place in the best of 9 frames mode .
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Round 1 best of 9 frames |
Round 2 best of 9 frames |
Round 3 best of 9 frames |
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| Michael Judge
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5 | Darren Lennox
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5 | Joe Delaney
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| Martin O'Neill
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1 | Michael Judge
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4th | Darren Lennox
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5 | ||||||
| Anthony O'Connor
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5 | Dessie Sheehan
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0 | ||||||||
| Barry O'Loughlin
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3 | Anthony O'Connor
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5 | ||||||||
| Damien McKenna
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5 | Dermot McGlinchey
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5 | Terry Murphy
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2 | ||||||
| Joe Canny
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3 | Damien McKenna
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3 | Dermot McGlinchey
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5 | ||||||
| Stephen O'Connor
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5 | Kieran McAlinden
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2 | ||||||||
| John Benton
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3 | Stephen O'Connor
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5 | ||||||||
| Gay burns
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5 | Paul Watchorn
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5 | ||||||||
| John Mulready
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1 | Gay burns
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4th | ||||||||
| Peter Donegan
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5 | Tommy Murphy
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2 | ||||||||
| Tim Dunphy
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3 | Peter Donegan
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5 | ||||||||
| John Leahy
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5 | Fergal O'Brien
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5 | ||||||||
| Karen Corr
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1 | John Leahy
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0 | ||||||||
| Richard McHugh
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5 | Tony Kearney
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5 | ||||||||
| Gerry Jones
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1 | Richard McHugh
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0 | ||||||||
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ron Florax: 1992 Irish Professional Championship. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Chris Turner: Irish Professional Championship - Non Ranking Event open to professionals from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland only. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on July 16, 2020 (English).
- ^ Ron Florax: 1992 Irish Professional Championship - Finishes. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 16, 2020 .