Union Golf Society

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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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