by Paul Gorry | Mar 4, 2016 | Baltinglass, Family History, Graveyards, Local History, Wicklow |
One of the most recognisable structures in Baltinglass is the tower in St. Joseph’s Graveyard on Chapel Hill. Standing almost alone beside the central pathway, it evokes thoughts of times gone by. There is a haunting picturesque quality about it. Familiar as it is,...
by Paul Gorry | Nov 2, 2015 | Genealogy, McDermott, Rootsireland.ie, Roscommon, Tulsk |
In the 1911 Census my great-grandmother, Bridget McDermott, was stated as having had 11 children born alive and 9 still living. I accounted for 10 of these children and, over the years, I tried to find the missing one. The parish register was patchy to say the...
by Paul Gorry | Oct 9, 2015 | Golf, Golf History, Golf Internationals, Great War, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Lionel Munn, Michael Moran, South Of Ireland, Walker Cup |
Photo © The University of St Andrews The 45th Walker Cup match, held in September, saw five Irishmen on the GB&I team for the first time ever. Gavin Moynihan had already played in the 2013 match, but the first appearances for Dunne, Hume, Hurley and Sharvin...
by Paul Gorry | Aug 28, 2015 | Golf History, Golf Internationals, Gwen Brandom, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Philomena Garvey |
The performance of Stephanie Meadow since turning professional bodes well for her future. She and Alison Walshe, the Galway-born American, have made it through to the final day’s play in a number of LPGA ‘majors’. Walshe was the first Irish-born player to do...
by Paul Gorry | Jun 19, 2015 | Fred Ballingall, Golf, Golf History, Irish Golf History, Irish Professional Championship, John Burke, Lahinch, Lionel Munn, Walker Cup |
In recent years the South of Ireland championship has suffered because of the changing nature of amateur golf. It’s important to remember that most tournaments have ups and downs in their fortunes. The Open Championship itself has had peaks and troughs. So...
by Paul Gorry | Mar 20, 2015 | Golf, Irish Golf, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Joe McCartney |
In May 1965 Joe McCartney suffered a stroke at Cliftonville Golf Club in Belfast. He died afterwards at the Royal Victoria Hospital, just a few weeks before his 58th birthday. McCartney had been professional at Cliftonville for many years but before that he...
