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Irish Championship 2004
Dates	July 10-18, 2004
Venue	Kilmurry Lodge Hotel, Dublin Rd, N7, Castletroy, Limerick
Tournament Organiser	Michael Crowe
Arbiter	Gerry Graham
Players participating	20
Games played	90
Competition format	9-round Swiss. Rating requirement '1900+'. Open to non-Irish players but only Irish players eligible for title of Irish champion.
Tie break	Title of Irish champion available only to Irish players. Tie-break would apply for title in case of a tie between three or more players; otherwise none.
Time control	Unknown (7-hour session scheduled; FIDE report iisted "standard")
Prize fund	1st €1500; 2nd €1000; 3rd €500; 4th €200; 5th €100
Entry fee	€50
FIDE rated?	Yes (event ID 28972)
Sponsor	Rooney's Cranes, of Dublin and Limerick / Clare
Extra information	See Gerry Graham's round 9 bulletin for photos of (most of) the players, Gordon Freeman / Gawain Jones, John S. White (intermediate champion), and Steven Hanly. Above: Joe Ryan.
Concurrent events	Irish championship (Intermediate) 2004, 1st-4th John S. White (Kilkenny) (champion on tie-break), Paul Carey (Sarsfield), Pete Morris (Galway), Brian Galligan (Cork) Irish championship (Junior) 2004, 1st-2nd Daniel Lynch (–) (champion on tie-break), Andrew Rodger (Inchicore) Irish championship (Weekender) 2004, 1st Maxime Sorin (FRA)
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