It was not until the second half of the 19th century that the expansion of golf in Ireland truly took flight, writes Paul Rouse.

HAVE you ever wondered what it might have been like when banquets were held in fairytale castles, and the mead flowed freely for ladies and lords of the manor? 

FOR almost a hundred years, the famous 18th hole at Royal Dublin has been known simply as ‘The Garden’.

ONE of the two remaining ‘men only’ golf clubs in the country is being taken to court by the State’s equality watchdogs.