Dundalk’s Vincent Murphy to tee off alongside Shane Lowry in today’s Irish Open Pro-Am

Vincent Murphy

Dundalk man Vincent Murphy will be teeing off alongside Irish golfer Shane Lowry in today’s Irish Open Pro-Am competition.

The local man won a Discover Northern Ireland competition to partake in the prestigious event and will be joined at Royal County Down Golf Club by his brother Jim.

The pair will be with Offaly man Lowry for the day, who famously won the Irish Open as an amateur when it was held in Baltray six years ago.

Amongst the celebrities confirmed to play today include AP McCoy, Pat Jennings, Stephen Ferris, Shane Warne, James Nesbitt, Jamie Redknapp, Denis Taylor, Patrick Kielty and George Hook.

Vincent is likely to bump into a few of them as well as a list of golfers that includes the likes of Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Darren Clarke, Graeme McDowell, Padraig Harrington, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Robert Karlsson, Jose Maria Olazabal, Martin Kaymer, Luke Donald, Patrick Reed, Paul Lawrie and holder Mikko Ilonen.

Vincent is a member of Dundalk Golf Club in Blackrock and has a handicap of 15.

He will tee off from the tenth tee at 12.50pm.

Dundalk man Vincent to tee off with celebrities in Irish Open Pro-Am

Royal County Down Golf Club

Vincent Murphy

Dundalk man Vincent Murphy will be teeing off along some of the world’s best golfers after winning Discover Northern Ireland’s Irish Open Pro-Am competition.

That entitles him to a place in the annual Pro-Am event on Wednesday May 27^th, the day before the Irish Open gets underway at Royal County Down Golf Club.

Amongst the celebrities confirmed to play include AP McCoy, Pat Jennings, Stephen Ferris, Shane Warne, James Nesbitt, Jamie Redknapp, Denis Taylor, Patrick Kielty and George Hook.

Vincent could be playing alongside them as well as a list of golfers that includes the likes of Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler, Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Darren Clarke, Graeme McDowell, Padraig Harrington, Shane Lowry, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Robert Karlsson, Jose Maria Olazabal, Martin Kaymer, Luke Donald, Patrick Reed, Paul Lawrie and holder Mikko Ilonen.

Vincent is a member of Dundalk Golf Club in Blackrock and has a handicap of 15.

I’d Fight Gandhi songs to appear on new Irish film soundtrack

I’d Fight Gandhi

Two songs from local band I’d Fight Gandhi are set to appear in a new Irish film, which premieres in The Savoy in Dublin on Saturday as part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival.

‘Gold’ is directed by Niall Heery and features the likes of James Nesbitt (The Hobbit, TV’s Cold Feet), David Wilmot (Intermission, King Arthur) and Maisie Williams (TV’s Game of Thrones).

I’d Fight Gandhi are made up of vocalist/guitarist Sean McMahon, lead guitarist Ken Carroll, bassist Ian Hunt Duffy, drummer Alan Duffy and vocalist/guitarist Aidan Hunt Duffy.

In the film, wandering loner Ray (Wilmot) tries to track down his estranged ex-partner and teenage daughter so his dying father can see her one last time. Comedy ensues when, disguised in an outfit he sought from a charity clothing bank, he realises his daughter, and her mother, have built a new life with his former PE teacher.