The Northern Ireland Trophy was a professional snooker tournament.

It was an invitational event held at Ulster Hall, Belfast, and Jimmy White beat Steve Davis in the final.

From the 2006/07 season, it became a full ranking event, attended by the world's top 32 players plus 16 qualifiers.

[2] The event was the first ranking tournament to be held in Northern Ireland and has been staged as part of World Snooker's continuing efforts to popularise the game in more territories.

In the 2006 event Ronnie O'Sullivan broke a world record during his semi-final against Dominic Dale; he won the match in 53 minutes of play, which was the fastest ever time in a best-of-11 match.