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Round 8
16 July 1988
| Short (5½) |
1-0 |
McMahon (4½) |
| Ryan (4½) |
0-1 |
Dunne (5) |
| Orr (4½) |
1-0 |
MacElligott (4) |
| Carton, N. (4½) |
½-½ |
O'Reilly (4) |
| Palmer (3½) |
½-½ |
Carton, P. (3½) |
| Brady (3½) |
1-0 |
Clarke (4) |
| McDaid (3½) |
0-1 |
Redmond (3½) |
| Reynolds (3) |
0-1 |
Crichton (3) |
| Ludgate (3) |
1-0 |
Colhoun (3) |
| Scarry (2) |
½-½ |
MacDonagh (1) |
| Fox (3) |
1 |
Bye |
Scores after round 8
| Short | 6½ |
| Dunne | 6 |
| Orr | 5½ |
| Carton, N. | 5 |
| Brady | 4½ |
| McMahon | 4½ |
| O'Reilly | 4½ |
| Redmond | 4½ |
| Ryan | 4½ |
| Carton, P. | 4 |
| Clarke | 4 |
| Crichton | 4 |
| Fox | 4 |
| Ludgate | 4 |
| MacElligott | 4 |
| Palmer | 4 |
| McDaid | 3½ |
| Colhoun | 3 |
| Reynolds | 3 |
| Scarry | 2½ |
| MacDonagh | 1½ |