See main article: article and 2008 Shelbourne Irish Open.
Rohan Bopanna and Adam Feeney were the defending champions but Bopanna chose not to compete this year. Feeney instead partnered Andrew Coelho and lost in the quarterfinals to Prakash Amritraj and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.[1]
Amritraj and Qureshi went on to win the title, defeating Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen in the final, 6–3, 7–6(8–6).[2]