1979 Irish Masters
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{{Use Irish English|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
|tournament_name=Irish Masters
|logo=
|dates={{Start and end dates|1979|02|1|1979|02|3|df=y}}
|venue=Goffs
|location=Kill
|country=Ireland
|organisation=WPBSA
|format=Non-Ranking event
|winners_share=£2,000{{cite news |title=Generosity proved Ireland's undoing |work=Irish Independent |date=6 February 1979 |page=9}}
|highest_break={{flagathlete|John Spencer|ENG}} (121)
|winner={{flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy
|runner_up={{flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon
|score=6–5
|previous=1978
|next=1980
}}
The 1979 Irish Masters was the fifth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 1 to 3 February 1979.{{cite news |title=Snooker stars at Goff's |newspaper=The Irish Press |date=25 January 1979 |page=12}} The tournament was played at Goffs in Kill, County Kildare, and featured four professional players.
Doug Mountjoy won the title for the first time, beating Ray Reardon 6–5 in the final.
Main draw
{{cite web|title=Irish Masters|url=http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071613/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=25|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 January 2013|publisher=Snooker Scene|accessdate=21 November 2017}}{{cite web|title=1979 Irish Masters Results|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=524|publisher=Snooker Database|accessdate=21 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035233/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=524|url-status=dead}}
{{4TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
| RD1=Semi-finals
Best of 5 frames
| RD2=Final
Best of 11 frames
| RD1-team1={{Flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy
| RD1-score1=3
| RD1-team2={{Flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins
| RD1-score2=1
| RD1-team3={{Flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon
| RD1-score3=3
| RD1-team4={{Flagicon|ENG}} John Spencer
| RD1-score4=2
| RD2-team1={{Flagicon|WAL}} Doug Mountjoy
| RD2-score1=6
| RD2-team2={{Flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon
| RD2-score2=5
}}
References
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{{Irish Masters}}
{{Snooker season 1978/1979}}