Kilkenny golfer is among Ireland’s most talented blind and vision impaired athletes

A new collection of stories of blind and vision impaired sportspeople, features a Kilkenny man who has represented Ireland at blind golf for 20 years!

OUT OF SIGHT! features lighthearted personal anecdotes collected by the author from some of Ireland’s most talented blind and vision impaired athletes. 

Author Joe Geraghty is a founding member of Vision Sports Ireland and has tirelessly dedicated his life after his own sporting career to supporting and uplifting his community, all culminating this wonderful piece of writing!

Among the inspiring and entertaining stories features Kilkenny born Jimmy Murray, a representative for Ireland in blind golf for two decades.

OUT OF SIGHT! explores, for the first time ever, the rich history of sport  and leisure as experienced by Ireland’s blind and vision impaired athletes, their families, friends, and coaches, recounted in interviews with athlete and Vision Sports co-founder Joe Geraghty. 

Dance along with Paralympics gold star Jason Smyth; swim with teenage sensation Róisín Ní Ríain; spin in tandem with Katie-George Dunlevy, cycling’s most successful Paralympian ever; swing with ex-NYPD captain Paul McCormack  who lost his sight after the 9/11 attacks before turning to blind golf; and jump into the world of multi-sport with seven-times Paralympian Catherine Walsh.  

You’ll meet these sportspeople and many more who were struck down with sight loss but kicked on in sports including blind football, adapted rugby, tennis,  or picked up the pieces with braille chess. In a “can’t see, can do” world, anything goes.