Links to the Past: Golf from Scotland to Ulster and Beyond

Links to the Past: Golf from Scotland to Ulster and Beyond

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Location

Ardglass Golf Club, Belfast, Greyabbey, Kinnegar, St. Andrews, Strangford Lough, The Royal Belfast Golf Club, The Royal County Down Golf Club, The Royal Portrush Golf Club

Year

2019

Date

Length

59min 20sec

Audio

sound

Format

Digital

colour

Source

NPE Media

Courtesy

BBC NI, NPE Media, USBF

Rights Holder

NPE Media

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Description

Broadcaster Gerry Kelly looks into the history of his favourite pastime, golf, and asks how it found its way over to Northern Ireland. Who brought, who shaped the courses we play on and can it be true that Ulster is actually the cradle of golf on Ireland?

Credits

Presenter - Gerry Kelly

Additional Voiceover - Mark Thompson

Thanks to: Philip Robinson, William Roulston, Brian Fleming, Roger Anderson, Naomi Montgomery, Alistair Smith, Bill Gibson, William Montgomery, Lady Rose Lauritzen, The National Trust, Kathleen Sinclair Wood, St.Andrews Links Trust, Amanda Blackmore, Daphne Montgomery.

Executive Producer for BBC NI - Fiona Keane, William Johnston 

Executive Producer - Trevor Birney

Written and Produced by Graham Little

Archive: Faulkner's Dublin Journal, The Navy and Army Illustrated, The Newsletter, The Northern Whig, Royal Belfast Golf Club, University of St.Andrews Library, The Irish Golfing Guide, National Museums Northern Ireland Collection, Royal County Down Golf Club, Royal Portrush Golfglub, Alistair Smith, Golf Monthly Magazine 

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