The sundayworld.com website reports that emergency services were alerted to the Corrstown golf course, at Kilsallaghan, between Ashbourne and St Margarets, overnight following reports of a firearm being discharged.
A man, aged in his 40s, suffered an apparent gunshot wound and Gardaí are carrying out inquiries into the incident.
He was later transferred to the Mater Hospital in the city where he is being treated for what are understood to be serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The website is reporting that the firearm may have been discharged accidentally by a person known to the injured party
