GOLF CLUB

January 28, 2026
Ballina Golf Club
Ballina Golf Club offers one of the most scenic parkland courses in the West of Ireland. It is situated in the heart of the unspoilt Moy Valley region and very close to Ballina town centre. Set against the backdrop of the majestic Ox Mountains, this challenging 18 Hole Course offers lush fairways, carefully manicured greens and strategically placed water hazards. It offers the golfer variety, a fair test of golf and most important of all, good value for money.
March 31, 2026
Clonmel Golf Club
Founded in 1911, Clonmel Golf Club is one of the oldest golf clubs in Munster. A rolling parkland layout designed by the renowned course architect Eddie Hackett, it is a mature 18-hole par 71 course measuring 6,365 yards. A friendly and welcoming club always open to societies and casual golfers alike.
October 9, 2025
Castle Golf Club
Established in 1913 and designed by the renowned Harry Colt on the beautiful grounds of Rathfarnham Castle, the Castle Golf Club is one of Dublin’s best-kept secrets. Located just 10 km from the city, the picturesque and immaculately presented course, with views of the Dublin mountains is a commanding test of golf for players regardless of ability levels.
November 13, 2025
Portmarnock Golf Club
Within a picturesque curve of coastline, 10 miles to the north of Dublin City and only a 15-minute drive from Dublin Airport, Portmarnock Golf Club sits majestically on a narrow tongue of shallow duneland. And as a measure of its enduring quality, it remains one of the most respected venues in world golf. No other Irish course has been graced by so many distinguished players in a rich history encompasing a broad sweep of significant events. It is where Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead successfully followed its serpentine route through classsic linkland on their way to victory in the 1960 Canada Cup. And it is where another generation of Americans, including Phil Mickelson and David Duval, secured a memorable Walker Cup triumph in 1991. These events, along with 19 stagings of the European Tour's Irish Open Championship, reflect the quality of a searching examination across the link's 27 holes. We look forward to warmly welcoming you to play our Championship links, which are rated consistently at the top of national polls, including the Golf Digest rankings.
September 2, 2025
Gracehill Golf Club
Situated seven miles from the North Antrim town of Ballymoney in Northern Ireland, set on 210 acres of mature parkland lies the beautiful 18 hole Gracehill Golf Course. Now accepting new members for the 2025 / 2026 season. Email ivor@gracehillgolfclub.com for more info. Regardless of your ability, Gracehill Golf Course will provide you with a true test of your golfing skills and if you have a bad golfing day you will still surely enjoy the walk because the abundance of wildlife the natural beauty of the lands and the friendly members who will always make you feel most welcome.
November 18, 2025
Roganstown Golf Club
Roganstown Hotel & Country Club is home to two 18-hole acclaimed championship golf courses, Swords Open Golf Course and Roganstown Championship Course. Roganstown, designed by the great Christy O’Connor Jnr., is a challenging course set on a beautiful landscape with meandering water hazards adding an aesthetic quality to the course. Roganstown plays as well as it looks with a variety of holes that have been designed to put golfers of all abilities to the test and to maximize your overall golfing experience. Swords Open Golf Course is an 18-hole parkland course on relatively flat terrain. The Broadmeadow River flows through the course and the naturally occurring water has been well used in the design of the course and the provision of strategically placed water hazards and features.
February 16, 2026
Loughrea Golf Club
Loughrea Golf Club is long recognised as one of the finest Parkland courses in the country. We have a proud tradition of providing a warm welcome to all our visitors and societies. We offer a challenging course – always in excellent condition, and an opportunity to socalise with our members in our friendly lounge and restaurant. The members and committees have continued to improve the length, layout and conditioning of their course over the years and have hosted many GUI events including the Connacht Junior Cup provincial qualifiers and the Connacht Cups and Shields Finals. The Connacht Branch’s Championship Committee voted the golf course the ‘Best presented course in Connacht of 2011’ and presented an award to Captain Pat Hynes
November 18, 2025
Rathsallagh Golf Club
Rathsallagh Golf Club reopened in June 2016 having been brought back to its previous splendour after 18 months of hard work and investment under new ownership. The magnificent course, which first opened in 1995, was designed by Peter McEvoy and the late Christy O’Connor Jnr. It sits in beautiful parkland near Dunlavin Co Wicklow with mature woodland lining all the fairways.