The Terenure Golf Invitational

 

was founded in 2002 by five ex pupils as a way of giving something back

to society for the affluent lives they had led. The founding members

were Shane Comer, Fergus Joyce, Aidan Murphy, Donal Murphy

& RW. The founding five decided to take less fortunate

people out of their miserable lives for just one day over Christmas

to show them how good life could actually be. The five got to work

on the idea immediately. They knew they needed financial backing

and luckily it was found in the shape of the philanthropist businessman

“The Big Show”. “The Big Show” very generously provided financing for

a day out in the Irish Open venue Druids Glen Golf and Country Club.

Now, it was time to find someone who needed that break from reality.

They needed someone so destitute and lonely that one day outside

his miserable existence might change his life forever. And so the hunt

for a suitor began. College annuals from as far back as the 1970’s

were trawled through for many weeks but one name kept coming to

the forefront,  Donal “The Double” Dunlop. Double was a young lad

with lots of ability but he always had trouble trying to overcome his

publicly schooled Childhood. Aidan Murphy was the chief proposer

as he could relate with Donal’s publicly schooled upbringing as

he himself had the same unfortunate start to life but had seen

the errors of his ways and righted his wrongs. All that was needed

was a date and what better than the 23rd of December, it would

be a celebration of the birth of Shane “Golfy” Comer.

And so the Christmas Invitational was born...

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