The Day My Grandfather Didn’t Become a Golf Champion

by | Sep 8, 2021 | Cecil Leitch, Ernest Carter, Family History, Golf History, Great War, Hezlet Family, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Joseph Gorry, Kildare, Lionel Munn, Naas, Royal Co. Down, Vagliano Trophy, War of Independence | 0 comments

A hundred years ago this very day my grandfather, Joseph Gorry, reached the zenith of his amateur golfing career.  Very probably for him it felt like failure.  The events of that day became the stuff of golfing legend in the family.  His daughter, Joan Gorry, was...

Irish Golf in 1920

by | Dec 7, 2020 | Ernest Carter, Golf History, Hezlet Family, Irish Golf, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Janet Jackson, Jimmy Bruen, John Burke, Joseph Gorry, Lahinch, Michael Moran, Noel Martin, Pat Doyle, Pat O'Hare, Peter O'Hare, Philomena Garvey, South Of Ireland, Walker Cup, Zelie Fallon | 0 comments

The story of armed conflict often dominates and clouds our perception of the past.  When we read about a time of war it seems as if nothing but war was happening: as if normal life was suspended while shooting and killing were all pervasive.  The Great War of...