2019 Seniors Irish Masters

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=Seniors Irish Masters

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|2019|01|5|2019|01|6|df=y}}

|venue=Goffs

|location=Kill

|country=Ireland

|organisation=World Seniors Snooker

|format=Seniors event

|Total prize fund=€14,000

|winners_share=€7,500

|highest_break={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White (101)

|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

|runner_up={{flagicon|IRL}} Rodney Goggins

|score= 4–1

|previous=2018

|next=2020

}}

The 2019 Seniors Irish Masters was a senior snooker tournament that took place from 5 to 6 January 2019 at Goffs in Kill, County Kildare, Ireland.{{cite web|title=World Seniors Calendar 2018/2019|url=http://www.snookerlegends.co.uk/docs/WORLD%20SENIORS%20CAL%204TH%20MAY%202018.pdf|publisher=Snooker Legends|accessdate=2 October 2018}} It was the second event on the 2018/2019 World Seniors Tour.

Patrick Wallace and Rodney Goggins qualified for the event through qualification tournaments in Celbridge and Dublin respectively. They took their places in the tournament alongside 2018 World Seniors Champion Aaron Canavan and five legends of the sport.

Steve Davis won the 2018 event, beating Jonathan Bagley 4–0 in the final, but chose not to defend his title.{{cite web|url= https://snookerhq.com/2018/01/08/steve-davis-crowned-seniors-irish-masters-champion/|title=Steve Davis Crowned Seniors Irish Masters Champion|date=8 January 2018|work=Snookerhq.com|accessdate=2 October 2018}}

Jimmy White won the event with a 4–1 victory in the final against Rodney Goggins.{{cite web |title=White Wins At Goffs |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/white-wins-at-goffs/ |date=8 January 2019|website=World Snooker |accessdate=9 January 2019}}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money is shown below:{{cite web|title=World Seniors Snooker Tour Prize Money Schedule 2018/19|url=https://seniorsnooker.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/world-seniors-tour-prize-money-schedule-2018-v-2-short.pdf|publisher=Snooker Legends|accessdate=2 October 2018}}

Winner: €7,500
Runner-up: €2,500
Semi-finals: €1,000
Highest break: €500
Total: €14,000

Main draw

{{cite web |url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=778 |title=Insuremyvan.ie Seniors Irish Masters |website=www.snooker.org |accessdate=5 January 2019}}

{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3

|bold_winner=high

|RD1 = Quarter-finals|RD2 = Semi-finals

|3rdplace=no|RD3 = Final

|| {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty|1|{{flagicon|IRL}} Rodney Goggins|3

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Johnson|3|{{flagicon|NIR}} Dennis Taylor|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White|3|{{flagicon|ENG}} Willie Thorne|0

|| {{flagicon|JER}} Aaron Canavan|0|{{flagicon|NIR}} Patrick Wallace|3

|| {{flagicon|IRL}} Rodney Goggins|3|{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Johnson|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White|3*|{{flagicon|NIR}} Patrick Wallace|2

|| {{flagicon|IRL}} Rodney Goggins|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White|4

}}

All matches played with a 30-second shot clock, with players having two time-outs per match
*Re-spotted black replaced final frame deciders

Final

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"

colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.
Goffs, Kill, County Kildare, Ireland, 6 January 2019.

width="230" align="right" | {{IRL}}
Rodney Goggins

| width="100" align="center" | 1–4

| width="230" | {{ENG}}
Jimmy White

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" |59–46 (52), 1–71, 25–83, 3–103 (96), 1–67

align="right" | 52

| align="center" | Highest break

| 96

align="right" | 0

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 0

align="right" | 1

| align="center" | 50+ breaks