The untold Johnny Farrell story - an Irish golfing great we hardly knew 

Shane O'Donoghue exclusively tells the story of a hidden Irish golf legend whose rise was testament to an enduring spirit and determination.

Screencap from Johnny Farrell, an Irish golfing legend. Video: Shane O'Donoghue.

James Charles Farrell and Catherine Breen were from Borris-in-Ossory and Mountrath, they eloped and emigrated to the United States in 1890 in search of a better life. This week, their son Johnny Farrell, born in New York in 1901, was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame at Pinehurst village, North Carolina.