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Ireland | Courses & Resorts

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Enniscrone

Enniscrone

Back toward the west coast again, you are likely to stumble across the quaint Enniscrone Golf Club. The course does not have the same high profile as a few of its neighbours but the club, in County Sligo, can certainly…

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Rosapenna

Rosapenna

The Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort is home to two outstanding links golf courses and it too is notable for a super blend of the old and new to create the complete links golf package.

Old Tom Morris –…

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Ballyliffin

Ballyliffin

All around Ireland, there is links golf to be found, not just on the west coast. Dwelling on the northernmost tip of the country is the town and golf club of Ballyliffin.

The club is home to two…

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Carne

Carne

An hour or so west of Lough Erne lies Carne Golf Links, a relatively new course which emerged in the early 90s as a means of promoting the tourist industry in County Mayo. It is a beautiful area, which the…

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Loch Erne

Loch Erne

If you are fortunate enough to experience some of Ireland's majestic courses you will begin to understand the true meaning of the phrase the ‘luck of the Irish’ as they depict the Emerald Isle in all its glory. You may…

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Lahinch

Lahinch

Drive up the coast and spurn the delights of the Shannon and Limerick if only to get to County Clare and Lahinch, one of the world’s great links courses. Lahinch is often called an Alister Mackenzie course, but his 1927…

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Dingle

Dingle

The quite breathtaking scenery of a journey around Dingle Bay, with small, hidden coves and fishing villages continues until you arrive at Dingle itself. Dingle’s reputation for fantastic seafood is well-founded, and almost as good as a night in one…

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Dooks

Dooks

Along the south-west coast, golf has been played in Dingle Bay since the 1800s and in 1889, Dooks, a nine-hole course, was opened. The members designed and built a further nine holes which opened in 1970.

Martin Hawtree carried…

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Tralee

Tralee

On the majestic Atlantic coast there’s no better place to start than Tralee – whether you’re intending to play golf or not.

Arnold Palmer can’t claim responsibility for the glorious beach at Tralee, as featured in David Lean’s Oscar-winning…

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Fota Island

Fota Island

Like Old Head, Fota Island is also within easy reach of Cork airport, in the heart of a 780-acre estate which includes 27 holes configured in three challenging lay-outs with a superb woodland setting. Designed by Christy O’Connor Jnr and…

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