SNIPPET: Where religion and political allegiance divided many of their compatriots, Fred DALY and Harry BRADSHAW found a common bond in golf, right back to their start as caddies. Born in humble circumstances on either side of the border - Fred in Portrush, Co. Antrim in 1911, and Harry in the village of Killincarrig, Co. Wicklow in 1913, they went on to form one of the finest partnerships in the history of the game. The Ryder Cup gave them their greatest experience together, when they formed an unbeatable partnership in the matches at Wentworth in 1953, even though they had been keen rivals for a number of years prior to that, stretching back before WWII. In 1947, at the Royal Liverpool club, Hoylake, DALY achieved a distinction still unique in Irish golf, by becoming the only native of Ireland to capture the British Open crown. BRADFORD once commented, "Fred had nerves of steel when the crunch came and I could always manage to sink the odd putt." So it was that when his friend died in November 1990, Harry traveled north from his home in Raheny, Dublin, with fellow professional Paddy SKERRITT for DALY's funeral. Little more than a month later, The Brad himself was dead, and we could truly claim to have reached the end of an era. -- Excerpt, Dublin's "Ireland of the Welcomes" magazine.