MAURICE O’Meara grew up in Malahide, a mile and a half from the gates of Portmarnock Golf Club.

KILLARNEY and the 3 Irish Open in midsummer… it’s a mouth watering proposition and everything points to a great week on the shores of Lough Leane.

GOOD enough to host the Irish Open on a couple of occasions in the early 1990s, the Killeen Course at Killarney, as we used to know it, is no more.