| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9–12 February 1988 (1988-02-09 – 1988-02-12) |
| Venue | Antrim Forum |
| City | Antrim |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £14,000 |
| Winner's share | £5,000 |
| Highest break |  Dennis Taylor (NIR) (131) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Jack McLaughlin |
| Runner-up | Dennis Taylor |
| Score | 9–4 |
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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.
Jack McLaughlin won the title beating Dennis Taylor 9–4 in the final.
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
| First round Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | ||||||||||||||||
| Jack McLaughlin
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Pascal Burke
| 3 | Jack McLaughlin
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Watchorn
| 5 | Paul Watchorn
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eugene Hughes
| 2 | Jack McLaughlin
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe O'Boye
| 5 | Joe O'Boye
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dessie Sheehan
| 0 | Joe O'Boye
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Alex Higgins
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jack McLaughlin
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Taylor
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Kearney
| 5 | Tony Kearney
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Patsy Fagan
| 3 | Dennis Taylor
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paddy Browne
| 5 | Paddy Browne
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jackie Rea
| 0 | Paddy Browne
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Murphy
| 5 | Tommy Murphy
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Billy Kelly
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Big Two head for showdown". Belfast Newsletter. 5 February 1988. p. 30.
- "Another 'Big Two' final?". Ireland's Saturday Night. 6 February 1988. p. 7.
- ^ Smith, Terry, ed. (1988). "Irish Championship Results". Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Fifth Edition). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. p. 117. ISBN 0720718309.
- "Best of Irish at Forum". Belfast Newsletter. 22 January 1988. p. 30.
- "Irish Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 155.
- "1988 Irish Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2018.