by Paul Gorry | 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 |
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...
by Paul Gorry | Nov 14, 2014 | Delgany, Eamonn Darcy, Golf, Golf History, Greystones, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Irish Professional Championship, Michael Moran, Pat Doyle, Wicklow
Mark Frost’s 2002 book The Greatest Game Ever Played (later made into a film) is a somewhat fictionalised account of the 1913 US Open at Brookline, where the American amateur Francis Ouimet beat Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in a play-off. Hidden in the background of this...
by Paul Gorry | Jun 20, 2014 | Bray, Christy Greene, Eamonn Darcy, Family History, Golf, Golf History, Greystones, Harry Bradshaw, Irish Golf History, Irish Golfers, Irish Professional Championship, Martin Family, Pat Doyle, Ryder Cup, Wicklow, Woodenbridge |
When the golf craze really got going in Ireland in the last years of the nineteenth century it took root in Belfast, Dublin and pockets of activity mainly in coastal areas. Clubs that could afford to engage professionals had to entice them over from...
