Irish History - "Spain and Ireland" Part 7 of 10

[belisariusorb]

Awful mishmash of real scholarship and urban myths here... golf, no Irish allowed, all total nonsense.

[AmericanPlatinum]

Pat did an excellent job, and I'm also coming from the Spanish side with an interest in paleoarcheology and anthropology, semiotics, language, and DNA studies. Excellent ! I'm sure the 'golf' joke' was purely a joke made much later. Funny, but not very important. Spanish monastic houses...Franciscans, YES. Ferdinand the 3rd (Saint Fernando, the Saint King was a Franciscan devotee !) YES YES YES....and my ancestor ! Great job Pat !!!!!

[akaikid]

No, "golf" is not an acronym for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden." Like most modern words, the word "golf" derives from older languages and dialects. In this case, the languages in question are medieval Dutch and old Scots.

The medieval Dutch word "kolf" or "kolve" meant "club." It is believed that word passed to the Scots, whose old Scots dialect transformed the word into "golve," "gowl" or "gouf."

By the 16th Century, the word "golf" had emerged.

[HergerSeamus]

@akaikid I believe that was a joke. I hope you took it as such.

[HergerSeamus]

@akaikid oops..I should have waited to listen a little further..guess it wasn't a joke..LOL~ wow.

[usulkane]

gimme a break.... there are NO clubs in the US that say "no irish allowed" ...