1904–05 Irish League

The 1904–05 Irish League was the 15th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Irish football.

The league comprised 8 teams, and Glentoran won the championship after winning a play-off with Belfast Celtic by a score of 3–1.

Belfast

Dublin

Derry Celtic

Belfast teams Belfast Celtic
Cliftonville
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

Dublin teams Bohemians
Shelbourne

Location of teams in the Irish League 1904-11

Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1904-05

Location of the Dublin-based teams in the Irish League 1904-05

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Glentoran (C)	14	9	3	2	22	12	1.833	21	Champions
2	Belfast Celtic	14	9	3	2	21	10	2.100	21
3	Linfield	14	6	4	4	18	12	1.500	16
4	Distillery	14	6	3	5	16	11	1.455	15
=5	Cliftonville	14	6	1	7	17	17	1.000	13
=5	Shelbourne	14	5	3	6	15	17	0.882	13
7	Derry Celtic	14	1	5	8	12	31	0.387	7
8	Bohemians	14	2	2	10	15	26	0.577	6

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Home \ Away	BCE	BOH	CLI	DCE	DIS	GLT	LIN	SHE
Belfast Celtic		3–1	2–0	3–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–1
Bohemians	0–1		3–1	4–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2
Cliftonville	0–1	5–0		2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–2
Derry Celtic	2–4	3–3	0–0		0–3	0–2	0–0	3–1
Distillery	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–0		2–0	0–2	0–0
Glentoran	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–1		1–0	2–0
Linfield	0–1	3–2	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–2		2–0
Shelbourne	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	0–1

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.