All eyes were on Doonbeg, Co. Clare over the weekend, as the Amgen Irish Open took place at the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel.

Situated on the sand dunes of Doughmore beach, the course is renowned for its breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean, although a herd of black-and-white dairy cows in the background stole the show on more than one occasion.

The event saw the president of the United States, Donald Trump, in attendance, perched on a platform overlooking the 18th hole.

But it may be argued that the owner of the featured cows had an even better viewing platform than the president himself, as just off the 10th hole, the boom of a Kramer tele-porter could be seen with a group of local farmers enjoying their birds eye view.

Brian Shanahan, Joe Griffin, Francis Downes, James Hehir, and Josie McMahon all went to Athenry agricultural college together in 1991.

The group has been friends since, and when they heard the Irish Open was coming to Doonbeg, they began planning.

They decided they would put the safety cage on the tele-porter, and boom up for a view to be remembered, even enjoying a couple of cold beverages while doing so.

Shanahan did manage to get admission tickets for the Sunday.

He told Agriland: "You couldn't have been in in a better spot, inside in the middle of that crowd on the 18th fairway following up an Irish man winning it."

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Brian Shanahan is milking 80 cows alongside his wife Denise and his three children, Abbi, Lucy, and Rory.

The coastal dairy farm shares a boundary with the golf course.

In fact, holes 8, 9, 10, 11, as well as half of hole 12, would originally have been part of the Shanahans' farm.

Brian's father, Kevin, sold the bundle of land which now makes up the four and a half holes back in 1994 to the original developers.

After securing land from another three local farms, the golf course officially opened in 2002, before being sold to Trump in 2014.

To this day, the 'members bar' will raise a glass each evening in honour of the four farms which made the course possible.

Brian believed that the Open was "brilliant" for Doonbeg and the wider west Co. Clare region.

He also highlighted that there was no issues with security for the week, with even the milk lorry sailing in through on two separate nights.