Castleknock College Union

Union Golf Society

97 years of Golfing

Jul 17, 2017
Union Golf Society - KnockUnion.ie

Dr. Peter J. Keogh, class 1903

The emergence of golf is well documented in the early chronicles and in 1920 that led to the formation of the Union Golf Society. The 1921 Chronicle reports:

Just on our way to press we hear that our Old Boys are contributing fresh laurels to our sporting successes. At the Competition held in Delgany, on 1 June 1920, between the Old Boys of Blackrock, Belvedere, C.U.S., Clongowes and Castleknock, we read that Castleknock. with an aggregate of 307, finished second to C.U.S.(298).

Pastmen desirous of taking part should communicate with ..... We hope that this contest will become an annual event.

That it did for the 1924 Chronicle reports:

At a meeting of the committee, Dr. P. J. Keogh graciously presented a solid silver cup as a perpetual challenge cup to be played for by the golfing members of the Union. The committee bound itself to present each year to the winning member a replica. The first name to be inscribed on the Cup was that of J . D. Egan. A word of sympathy must be added on behalf of J . M. Hickey who, tying with J . D. Egan in the competition, only lost on a toss!

The Keogh Cup has been played for every year since, and was joined in 1930 by the President's Cup, which initially was awarded to the member who returned the best card in the Schools Union Golf Cup, but it then evolved that the Keogh Cup was played for at the autumn outing and the Presidents Cup during the summer outing. The autumn outing then fell out of favour so the plan going forward the plan is to host two summer outings, one primarily senior based and the other junior focused, but neither exclusively so.

Subject to gaps when not played for in recent years, winners engraved thereon are as follows:

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50 Dr. PJ Keogh Cup   50 Presidents Cup
KEOGH CUP PRESIDENTS CUP
  YEAR  
Morrison, Paul '96 2017 Lavery, Conall '72
Connolly, Stephen '04 2016 <not played>
<not played> 2015 <not played>
<not played> 2014 <not played>
Byrne, Simon '83 2013 <not played>
TBC 2012 Fourball Scramble
TBC 2011 Fourball Scramble
Duffy, Colin '87 2010 <not played>
Morrison, Paul '96 2009 <not played>
Reynolds, Dermot '61 2008 <not played>
Hill, Niall '86 2007 Walsh, Barry '83
O'Rourke, Fergus '01 2006 Donegan, John '80
Peters, John '80 2005 Mallaghan, Conor '88
Nagle, Cormac '68 2004 Byrne, Edward '84
MacDonagh, John '71 2003 Costello, Paul '72
Kearney, Paul '81 2002 McAlister, Conor '74
<not played> 2001 Mongey, David '77
O'Reilly, Jack '61 2000 Kearney, John '77
Osborne, David '89 1999 Winston, John M. '70
Brereton, Diarmuid '63 1998 Lynch, Leo '48
Grant, Terry V. '66 1997 Carroll, Ray '82
Grant, Sean '74 1996 Lynch, Leo '48
Morgan, Ricky '86 1995 Morgan, Ricky '86
Killen, Gerard '71 1994 Cleary, Gerard A. '77
Cleere, John '61 1993 Lynch, Leo '48
Davitt, Maurice '52 1992 Hannan, Karl '80
Egan, Oliver '62 1991 Maher, P. '73
Hamilton, Jim '90 1990 Delaney, Nial P. '48
Maher, P. '73 1989 Lyons, Peter J. '63
Lyons, Peter J. '63 1988 Nestor, Martin P. '58
McGovern, J. Niall '39 1987 Palmer, Robin H. '59
Devlin, Dermot F. '44 1986 Winston, John M. '70
Fanagan, Jody '83 1985 Gaynor, Joseph N. '75
Bell, David '38 1984 McElhatton, Noel '47
McElhatton, Noel '47 1983 Lynch, Leo '48
McGeough, Thomas '55 1982 Coleman, Roger J. '69
Britton, Derry '81 1981 Bell, David '38
Sullivan, Donal '56 1980 Coleman, Roger J. '69
Lyons, Anthony K '60 1979 O'Hanrahan, Sean '40
Lyons, Peter J. '63 1978 Cunningham, Peter J. '73
Fitzpatrick, John P. '63 1977 Smyth, Brian F. '40
Cleary, John '50 1976 Stuart, Donal D. '53
Grant, Terry V. '66 1975 Hutch, Barry '66
Lyons, Peter J. '63 1974 Delaney, Nial P. '48
Cooney, Fintan '56 1973 Harrington, Stewart '61
Lyons, Peter Robert '57 1972 Carbery, Maurice '25
Winston, Declan F. '53 1971 Fearon, Declan '69
Cleary, John '50 1970 Downes, Joseph H. '44
Murray, John '60 1969 Delahunt, Tom A. '45
Loftus, Leo '50 1968 Downes, Joseph H. '44
Nestor, John '48 1967 O'Shea Colm D. '54
Moran, Jim '25 1966 O'Hegarty, Brian K. '50
MacQuillan, Noel A. '44 1965 Duggan, Donal P. '56
Rowe, John '57 1964 Hickey, Donald V. '42
Brereton, Brian '59 1963 Sheedy, Donal J. '46
Lyons, Peter Robert '57 1962 McIlvenna, John '58
Murphy, Paddy J. '56 1961 Crowley, Roderic '47
Lyons, Robert V. '56 1960 O'Reilly, Tommy '56
Devlin, Dermot F. '44 1959 Nestor, John '48
Cuddy, Bobby '52 1958 Smyth, Brian F. '40
Lyons, Peter V. '28 1957 Carroll, Ray '44
Moran, Jim '25 1956 Doyle, Noel '53
O'Flynn, Stephen '46 1955 Carroll, Ray '44
Brereton, Lorcan '26 1954 MacQuillan, Noel A. '44
Cussen, John '36 1953 MacQuillan, Noel A. '44
MacMorrow, Desmond '36 1952 Cleere, Desmond '38
MacMorrow, Desmond '36 1951 McDonnell, Kevin '20
Johnston, Frank '42 1950 MacMorrow, Desmond '36
Hickey, Donald V. '42 1949 Downes, Desmond V. '46
Grant, Jimmy '39 1948 Treanor, Walter '40
Collins, Maurice '23 1947 Roe, Patrick J. '43
Murphy, Joseph J. '38 1946 Byrne, Andrew '45
Cremin, Con '42 1945 Cremin, Con '42
Doyle, Michael C. '21 1944 Tierney, Michael H. '41
O'Gorman, Michael '29 1943 Smyth, Brian F. '40
Ryan, Charles M. '29 1942 Cremin, Con '42
Ryan, Willie J. '21 1941 Ryan, Charles M. '29
O'Reilly, Thomas A. '25 1940 Healy, Ray '38 & Keogh, Peter '03
Doyle, Michael C. '21 1939 Ryan, Charles M. '29
Long, Francis.J. '13 1938 Brophy, Charles '34
Toner, Jack '24 1937 Ryan, Willie J. '21
Early, Thomas P. '34 1936 Donovan, Thomas K. '10
Carbery, Maurice '25 1935 O'Farrell, Joseph '17
Lavery, Cecil '11 1934 Downes, Vincent J. '09
Brereton, Lorcan '26 1933 Waller, Thomas P. (PTA)
Donovan, Thomas K. '10 1932 Ryan, Richard H. '27
Keogh, Peter J. '03 1931 Ryan, Richard H. '27
Donovan, Thomas K. '10 1930 Brereton, Lorcan '26
Cooney, James '31 1929
Cooney, James '31 1928
Hickey, John J. '00 1927
O'Meara, Thomas J. '10 1926
O'Meara, Michael J. '16 1925
O'Meara, Michael J. '16 1924
Egan, John D. '15 1923