1988 Irish Professional Championship

Irish Professional Championship 1988 02 9 1988 02 12 y Antrim Forum Antrim Northern Ireland Non-ranking event £14,000Big Two head for showdown 30 5 February 1988 Belfast Newsletter £5,000https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/19880206/108/0007 subscription Another 'Big Two' final? Ireland's Saturday Night 6 February 1988 7 Dennis Taylor NIR (131)Smith, Terry 1988 Benson and Hedges Snooker Year Aylesbury Pelham Books 0720718309 Irish Championship Results 117 Fifth NIR Jack McLaughlin NIR Dennis Taylor 9–4 1987 1989 The 1988 Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 9 and 12 February 1988 at the Antrim Forum in Antrim, Northern Ireland.Best of Irish at Forum 30 22 January 1988 Belfast NewsletterIrish Professional Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishpro.html Chris Turner's Snooker Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155813/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishpro.html 8 February 2018 2012-02-16 Jack McLaughlin won the title beating Dennis Taylor 9–4 in the final.Hayton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 155 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £5,000 Runner-up: £2,750 Semi-final: £1,250 Quarter-final: £625 Round 1: £150 Highest break: £350 Total: £14,000 Main draw 1988 Irish Professional Championship Results Grid http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=579 Snooker Database 8 February 2018 22 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160422115507/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=579 dead First roundBest of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 11 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames NIR Jack McLaughlin 5 IRL Pascal Burke 3 IRL Paul Watchorn 5 IRL Eugene Hughes 2 IRL Joe O'Boye 5 IRL Dessie Sheehan 0 IRL Tony Kearney 5 IRL Patsy Fagan 3 IRL Paddy Browne 5 NIR Jackie Rea 0 NIR Tommy Murphy 5 IRL Billy Kelly 1 NIR Jack McLaughlin 6 IRL Paul Watchorn 5 IRL Joe O'Boye 6 NIR Alex Higgins 4 NIR Dennis Taylor 6 IRL Tony Kearney 3 IRL Paddy Browne 6 NIR Tommy Murphy 5 NIR Jack McLaughlin 6 IRL Joe O'Boye 1 NIR Dennis Taylor 6 IRL Paddy Browne 5 NIR Jack McLaughlin 9 NIR Dennis Taylor 4 References Category:Irish Professional Championship Irish Professional Championship Irish Professional Championship Irish Professional Championship