Where does the phrase"Goon"come from? is it to do with the Dragoons during the Irish famine?

Question

Where does the phrase"Goon"come from? is it to do with the Dragoons during the Irish famine?

Answer 1

what?? we never had dragons in Ireland  the only dragons in the famine days were the landlords

Answer 2

Goon comes from The Goons a group of comedians formed by Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers (regulars) and others (eg Michael Bentine)who performed on the radio in The Goon Show. The Goon Show was an English programme and the fore runner of the Monthy Python show but Spike Milligan was Irish.

Slim Trim needs to read the question! Dragoons were soldiers but this is an English term and not one used in Ireland.

Answer 3

It comes from Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe

The Goons and bye the bye,Not everyone had TV back in the Famine days Probabbilly only the Landlords did