Description
For the first time ever, OUT OF SIGHT! explores the rich history of sport and leisure as experienced by Ireland’s blind and vision impaired athletes, their families, friends, and coaches, as recounted in interviews with Joe Geraghty, a hugely important figure in helping to establish ways these sportspeople could pursue their dreams in these sports over several decades.
Dance along with Paralympics gold star Jason Smyth; swim along with teenage sensation Róisín Ní Ríain; spin along in tandem with Katie-George Dunlevy, cycling’s most successful Paralympian ever; swing along with ex-NYPD captain Paul McCormack who lost his sight after 9/11 before turning to blind golf. Jump into the world of multi-sport with seven-times Paralympian Catherine Walsh.
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.