1986 Irish Professional Championship

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Irish Professional Championship

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1986|05|20|1986|05|23|df=y}}

|venue=Maysfield Leisure Centre

|location=Belfast

|country=Northern Ireland

|organisation=

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=£21,500{{cite news |title=Higgins outplays Hughes |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=23 May 1986 |page=4}}

|winners_share=£8,000{{cite news |title=Taylor beats Higgins for title |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=24 May 1986 |page=3}}

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Alex Higgins|NIR}} (96)

|winner={{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

|runner_up={{flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins

|score=10–7

|previous=1985

|next=1987

}}

The 1986 Strongbow Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 20 and 23 May 1986 at the Maysfield Leisure Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001730/19860410/386/0052|url-access=subscription|title=National snooker test on |date=10 April 1986|work=Evening Herald (Dublin)|page=52}}{{cite web|title=Irish Professional Championship|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishpro.html|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155813/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishpro.html|accessdate=8 February 2018|archive-date=2012-02-16}}

Dennis Taylor won the title beating Alex Higgins 10–7 in the final.{{cite book|last=Hayton|first=Eric|title=Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker|page=153}}

Main draw

{{cite web|title=1986 Irish Professional Championship Results Grid|url=http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=577|publisher=Snooker Database|accessdate=8 February 2018|archive-date=8 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208124212/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=577|url-status=dead}}

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes

| RD1=First round
Best of 9 frames

| RD2=Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames

| RD3=Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames

| RD4=Final
Best of 19 frames

| RD1-team03={{Flagicon|IRL}} Billy Kelly

| RD1-score03=5

| RD1-team04={{Flagicon|NIR}} Jackie Rea

| RD1-score04=0

| RD1-team05={{Flagicon|NIR}} Tommy Murphy

| RD1-score05=5

| RD1-team06={{Flagicon|IRL}} Joe O'Boye

| RD1-score06=0

| RD1-team07={{Flagicon|IRL}} Tony Kearney

| RD1-score07=5

| RD1-team08={{Flagicon|IRL}} Patsy Fagan

| RD1-score08=0

| RD1-team11={{Flagicon|NIR}} Jack McLaughlin

| RD1-score11=5

| RD1-team12={{Flagicon|IRL}} Paul Watchorn

| RD1-score12=0

| RD1-team13={{Flagicon|IRL}} Eugene Hughes

| RD1-score13=5

| RD1-team14={{Flagicon|IRL}} Dessie Sheehan

| RD1-score14=0

| RD1-team15={{Flagicon|IRL}} Pascal Burke

| RD1-score15=5

| RD1-team16={{Flagicon|IRL}} Paddy Browne

| RD1-score16=4

| RD2-team01={{Flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD2-score01=6

| RD2-team02={{Flagicon|IRL}} Billy Kelly

| RD2-score02=1

| RD2-team03={{Flagicon|NIR}} Tommy Murphy

| RD2-score03=6

| RD2-team04={{Flagicon|IRL}} Tony Kearney

| RD2-score04=2

| RD2-team05={{Flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins

| RD2-score05=6

| RD2-team06={{Flagicon|NIR}} Jack McLaughlin

| RD2-score06=2

| RD2-team07={{Flagicon|IRL}} Eugene Hughes

| RD2-score07=6

| RD2-team08={{Flagicon|IRL}} Pascal Burke

| RD2-score08=3

| RD3-team01={{Flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD3-score01=6

| RD3-team02={{Flagicon|NIR}} Tommy Murphy

| RD3-score02=3

| RD3-team03={{Flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins

| RD3-score03=6

| RD3-team04={{Flagicon|IRL}} Eugene Hughes

| RD3-score04=2

| RD4-team01={{Flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor

| RD4-score01=10

| RD4-team02={{Flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins

| RD4-score02=7

}}

References

Category:Irish Professional Championship

Irish Professional Championship