The 8th Blind Olympiad was held in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, April 17-30, 1988. In all 23 teams competed, and Ireland finished in the middle, fifth out of eight teams in the second of the three final groups.
Philip Doyle, author and compiler of the B.C.A.I. History pages, has kindly provided several photos of Irish teams down the years, that have not appeared anywhere else. Here is one from this event, at the start of Ireland’s match against Great Britain.
Ireland v. Great Britain, 8th Blind Olympiad, Hungary 1988
Ireland, L.-R.: Ernie McElroy, Seán Loftus, Philip Doyle, Michael Keating.
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Ireland’s captain and guide was Gerard MacElligott, who is partially hidden here, between Philip Doyle and Michael Keating.
No games from the event appear in the ICU games archive at the time of writing, but they’re all available at the always excellent OlimpBase site. All Irish games have now been added to the collection here.