Two years ago, the little nine-hole Spanish Point links in West Clare didn’t have a pennant of any kind.

Spanish Point gave Munster golf another reason to cheer at the AIG All-Ireland Cups & Shields National finals when they lifted the Pierce Purcell Shield at Royal Tara Golf Club.

IT’S still May, but it feels like Christmas for 24 lucky golfers who will tee it up with the biggest names in the game at the JP McManus Invitational pro-am in a few weeks.

Percy French immortalised the unreliability of the West Clare Railway with his song, Are You Right There Michael? The railway company has long since gone, but the rail line and the unreliability remain.