Eastern Ireland Golf Course Directory

County Louth Links at Baltray

County Louth, also known as Baltray, is a premier links course on the east coast of Ireland and visitors must wonder as to how such a great links can have been missed for so long by travelling golfers. The Irish Open staged here in 2004 may have exposed the secret to some degree, but there is no doubt that Baltray belongs in the upper ecehelons of Irish links courses. Sitiuated on the north bank of the River Boyne as it flows to the sea 4 miles east of Drogheda, Baltray is bounded by the Boyne to the >>>

Druids Glen Course

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Druids Heath Course

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East Course at Powerscourt

Powerscourt Golf Club is located in the grounds of the 1,000 acre Powercourt Estate. Powerscourt House and Gardens are a national heritage site. Both golf courses are spectacularly scenic, with the Irish Sea and the Sugarloaf Mountain providing the backdrop to undulating terrain blessed with mature trees, water features and a peaceful atmosphere that belies the busy city and suburbs just to the north. Powerscourt is undoubtedly a stiff challenge, especially to the first time visitor. However you are always left with the feeling that you have played a great golf course and >>>

Killeen Castle

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Montgomerie Course at Carton House

Carton Demesne is one of Ireland's great estates comprising a magnificent stately home, once home to the Earls of Kildare (who used to holiday at another house that is now also a golf club), and 1,100 acres of magnificent land around the River Rye. Located 14 miles east of Dublin just outside the university town of Maynooth, these two new courses have quickly established a reputation amongst golf lovers everywhere. The stunning surroundings and the contrasting nature of two fine golf courses have met with universal acclaim. The Montgomerie course hosted >>>

New Course at Headfort

Headfort Golf Club was established in 1928 on rolling countryside that was formerly part of the Headfort Estate. It is located in the scenic Boyne Valley area of County Meath, not too far from the ancient sites at Newgrange and Knowth and from the pretty and historic village of Slane. The Old course is well established as a leading golf venue and is a mature, tree-lined course that has several very narrow fairways through magnificent specimens of oak and beech. The greens are always a treat to putt on. The New course, designed >>>

O'Meara Course at Carton House

Carton Demesne is one of Ireland's great estates comprising a magnificent stately home, once home to the Earls of Kildare (who used to holiday at another house that is now also a golf club), and 1,100 acres of magnificent land around the River Rye. Located 14 miles east of Dublin just outside the university town of Maynooth, these two new courses have quickly established a reputation amongst golf lovers everywhere. The stunning surroundings and the contrasting nature of two fine golf courses have met with universal acclaim. The Montgomerie course hosted >>>

Old Course at Headfort

Headfort Golf Club was established in 1928 on rolling countryside that was formerly part of the Headfort Estate. It is located in the scenic Boyne Valley area of County Meath, not too far from the ancient sites at Newgrange and Knowth and from the pretty and historic village of Slane. The Old course is well established as a leading golf venue and is a mature, tree-lined course that has several very narrow fairways through magnificent specimens of oak and beech. The greens are always a treat to putt on. The New course, designed >>>

Palmer Course at the K-Club

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Portmarnock

Portmarnock golf links is unquestionably one of the finest golf links in the world. Although visually less dramatic than its famous peers at Ballybunion, Royal Portrush or Royal County Down, Portmarnock's design probably makes the best golf links in Ireland from a pure golfing perspective. The golf course occupies a small peninsula of links land to the north of the Howth peninsula. Indeed the Scottish businessman W.C. Pickeman and his friend George Ross rowed here from Sutton on their initial scout of the land in 1893. They found small sand dunes defining long valleys and small green >>>

Portmarnock Links (New)

Portmarnock Golf Links is a Bernhard Langer designed championship course on the same stretch of coastline as its more famous neighbour, Portmarnock Golf Club. The links is part of the Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links, a superb 4**** facility that was once the abode of the Jameson whiskey family. Reflecting the golfing style of its creator, Portmarnock Links is a high-quality golf course that flows naturally through the seaside duneland. A prominent feature is the quality of the many bunkers, deep and penalising but always visible. Indeed the golf course is presented in such a >>>

Rathsallagh Golf Club

Rathsallagh Golf Club is located in the west of the beautiful county of Wicklow on 250 acres of superbly natural terrain dotted by mature oak and beech trees. Opened in 1994, the golf course has quickly taken its place amongst the leading parkland courses of Ireland. The quality of the greens at Rathsallagh is remarkable. Built to USPGA standards, they are immaculately maintained and are always a joy to putt on. The course itself, designed by Christy O'Connor Jnr. and Peter McEvoy, makes full use of the natural and beautiful countryside and the several natural lakes and >>>

Smurfit Course at the K-Club

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The European Golf Links

The European Club is the creation of Pat Ruddy, Ireland's foremost golf architect. Stunningly situated on the east coast of Ireland at Brittas Bay, this links is demanding but thoroughly enjoyable. While linksland on the east coast tends to be less spectacular than in the north or west, the European nonetheless is sited amongst high dunes, with a number of natural watercourses and the traditional riveted bunkers that are a feature of Ruddy's designs. Several holes run alongside the magnificent beach at Brittas Bay. Course description to be completed... >>>

The Island Golf Links

The Island is a traditional links in splendid isolation surrounded by the Irish Sea, Donabate beach and the Broadmoor estuary. Undoubtedy one of the most underrated links courses in Ireland, The Island has been selected to host the Irish qualifying section of the British Open from 2005-2010. Although there are several short par-4s, the Island always presents a challenge to find the fairway from the tee and then to find the traget. A variety of shots are required and the wind will add to the difficulty. The pick of the holes on the >>>

The Links at Royal Dublin

The Royal Dublin Golf Club is one of Ireland's oldest and most prestigous golf clubs. Founded in 1885, Royal Dublin is a classic golf links located just north of Dublin city centre on the famous Bull Island nature reserve. The course plays in the tradtional links manner of nine holes out and nine holes back. The outward half plays towards the northeast and has the advantage of being downwind in the prevailing southwesterly wind for most of its holes. Host to the Irish Open from 1983-1985, Royal Dublin is as fine a >>>

Tulfarris Golf Course

Tulfarris Golf Club is part of the Wingate Tulfarris Hotel and Golf Resort. The complex is based in the grounds of the old Tulfarris Castle and the manor house, built in 1760 is now part of the resort. Tulfarris golf course is an exciting and imaginative design by Patrick Merrigan. It is built on three peninsulas that jut into the Blessington Lakes in northwestern County Wicklow. Water is therefore the dominant feature although there are several large copses of trees and the greens are well bunkered. Perhaps most noticeable on this golf course >>>

West Course at Powerscourt

Powerscourt Golf Club is located in the grounds of the 1,000 acre Powercourt Estate. Powerscourt House and Gardens are a national heritage site. Both golf courses are spectacularly scenic, with the Irish Sea and the Sugarloaf Mountain providing the backdrop to undulating terrain blessed with mature trees, water features and a peaceful atmosphere that belies the busy city and suburbs just to the north. Powerscourt is undoubtedly a stiff challenge, especially to the first time visitor. However you are always left with the feeling that you have played a great golf course and >>>

Eastern Ireland Golf Courses