Bobby Browne was given an emotional send off at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Laytown on Monday and the tributes continue to pour in for the much loved Laytown and Bettystown professional, who passed away on Christmas Day at the age of just 73.

Born in 1942, Bobby Browne grew up in the foothills of the Dublin mountains at Edmondstown and by the time he was ten years old, he was caddying regularly at the local club where characters such as Sydney Jackson, Maurice Cohen, Jackie Bloom and the pantomime baddie Vernon Hayden gave him regular employment.

Three handicapper Brendan O'Malley continued his good form with a victory in the Rabo Direct sponsored Hilary Golf Society outing at Laytown and Bettystown.

The Wickham sisters were at the centre of the enterprise once more as Laytown and Bettystown claimed the AIG Irish Senior Cup for only the second time in the club's history thanks to a 4-1 victory over a young Killarney side at Mount Wolseley

Beech Park's Christy Broe won the the RaboDirect Hilary Golf Society's season opener in testing conditions at Laytown and Bettystown.

Walker Cup star Gavin Moynihan might be missing the 2014 season as he chases the American  dream in Alabama, but his close pal Paul McBride will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of his Island clubmate when he makes his debut in the first RaboDirect sponsored Hilary Golf Society outing of the season.