Is a traditional home-from-home style hotel as well as a local landmark and popular meeting place among Dubliners and visitors alike. Situated right at the heart of the action, the hotel is within a moment's distance of the city's premier business and shopping districts.
Location 16 kms to Dublin airport.
Facilities The Mont Clare Hotel has 80 guestrooms. All bedrooms are air-conditioned and decorated in warm shades of red and cream. Individually controlled air-conditioning, Computer data port, Satellite television and in-house movies, Tea/coffee making facilities, Personal Safe, Trouser Press, Hairdryer, Non smoking rooms available.
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Adare Manor Golf Club was designed by legendary golf course architect, Robert Trent Jones Sr. and offers a magnificent parkland layout.
From his first perception of Adare Manor as having all the flavour of Augusta National, he has created a true masterpiece and one of the leading parkland courses in Ireland.
The Maigue River comes into play on three holes, meandering through the back nine and creating a special challenge, particularly on the par three 11th and the 18th.
6194 Yards Par 72.The Cashen Course at Ballybunion is more than entitled to share the same hallowed turf as the Old Course and is a superb test of links golf in every respect.
That some consider that the Cashen Course presents a stiffer challenge than the Old Course, speaks volumes for its quality.
The course was designed by Robert Trent Jones and enjoys the breath-taking scenery of the Atlantic coastline
This world famous golf course located on the Kerry coast has become a haven for tourists. It is consistently rated amongst the top ten courses in the world.
Over the years, a multitude of renown golfers have sung its praise. Tom Watson considers it "the best in the World".
This magnificent course has several holes right on the shore with massive dunes creating a very challenging experience."
Noted in Irish golfing circles for the quality of its greens, visitors to County Louth are often perplexed that a links of such quality should have a rather modest international profile.
The reason perhaps has more to do with the unpretentious attitude of the club, rather than its relatively secluded location at the mouth of the River Boyne.
This is Links golf at is very best, with only the muted murmur of a ships engine to break the sounds of nature, as it quietly wends its way up river to the port
Beaufort Golf Course has been carved from natural terrain and is suited to all standards of golfer. The course presents magnificent views of the McGillycuddy Reeks mountain range, while each hole asks serious questions of a golfers' ability, with lakes, mature trees and bunkers all lurking to punish the unwary.
The first nine holes are located to the west of the avenue while the back nine are nearer the mountains on the southern aspect.
The course has been carved out of natural woodland and eskers and provides a strong challenge for even the most accomplished golfers. Undulating fairways, ridges, hills and hollows represent the nearest inland equivalent to the links courses around our coast.
The combination of natural sweeps, hollows and hillocks along with the carefully designed course layout, provides an exciting challenge to golfers of all standards, while the fairways flow beautifully towards perfectly manicured greens. Truly, this is a superb golf course
Carlow Golf Club is a parkland course laid out in a former wild deerpark over undulating terrain with numerous elevated tees, several excellent dog-legs, and small slick putting surfaces.
Carlow is a parkland course but has been described as a natural inland links and is one of Ireland's leading courses.
It is laid out in a former wild deer park over undulating terrain with numerous elevated tees, several excellent doglegs, and small slick putting surfaces.
With sandy subsoil, Carlow is playable twelve months of the year.
Hidden on one of the most westerly points in Ireland, right on the Atlantic Ocean, the links at Carne was the last course designed by the late Eddie Hackett, who commented of Carne "if ever the Lord intended land for a golf course, Carne has it".
The natural shape of the terrain, with its large dunes, was kept intact by Hackett, resulting in a demanding yet truly 'natural' course.
This course affords spectacular views of Blacksod Bay and the Atlantic Coastline. Although established in 1925, this superb course has been virtually kept secret until recent years.
Par 72/72. The first of the two courses to hit the Irish golfing scene was the Mark O'Meara designed parkland layout, which opened for play in 2002, while the second course, and certainly a tougher proposition, was designed by Colin Montgomerie and opened for play in 2003.
Such is the difference between the two courses, it's hard to imagine that they occupy the same stretch of land but whichever course you play, it will be a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Ceann Sibeal, or Dingle Golf Club as it's also known, is the most westerly golf course in Ireland and for that matter, Europe. If Christy O' Connor Jr. was misguided in commenting "This course has everything that St. Andrews has to offer and more", then it wasn't by much.
The most westerly golf course in Europe (continue West for the U.S.A), this course affords a spectacular view of the Dingle Peninsula.
The challenging aspects of this course include the sweeping wind from the Atlantic Ocean and the "burn" that crops up frequently throughout the course. Christy O'Connor Jnr co-designed this wonderful links course.
Is located between the Twelve Bens Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, in one of the most splendid settings imaginable. According to renowned golf writer, James W. Finnegan, the golf links of Connemara is "a perfect reflection of the austere beauty that is the world of Connemara".
Another superbly designed Eddie Hackett course, this has been sited in an area of true natural beauty.
The Twelve Bens Mountains provide the backdrop for Connemara Golf Course as it looks out over the Atlantic Ocean toward the USA.
This demanding course culminates in a particularly tough series of holes from the 13th to the 18th
This championship parkland golf course is as graceful and mature as its age would suggest. Situated in the scenic Cork Harbour, the course has played host to many major amateur and professional events over the years.
It affords panoramic views across Cork Harbour and the Tower Castle at Glanmire. The course was designed by the noted British architect, Alister MacKenzie and his characteristic large tiered greens are present. Several International Championships have been held here.
Donegal Golf Links is often described as the Muirfield of Ireland and the course can provide a fearsome challenge when the wind rises, as is reflected in its standard scratch of 75.
This course is reached via a narrow passage through a national forest.
Donegal Bay and the Blue Stack Mountains compete as backdrops to this picturesque links course.
This challenging course favours big hitters of the ball and the famous 5th 'Valley of Tears' hole requires the utmost skill to master
Dooks offers the visitor a unique links experience in a majestic environment. Golf Course architect Donald Steele aptly assessed the course as follows "Dooks is a rare gem it has a special place in the annals of links golf and must be preserved at all costs.
The word 'Dooks' is in fact derived from the Irish for sand-bank 'dumhac'.
This area is one of the most beautiful and tranquil regions of the Ring of Kerry.
The course is a reasonably demanding traditional style course.
Doonbeg Golf Links opened for general play in 2002 and has already taken its place among the great courses of the Irish southwest.
Doonbeg is one of the worlds most picturesque golf links.
The beautiful setting combined with the design skills of Greg Norman result in a golfing masterpiece.
The new 18-hole championship layout now completely befits the elegance and traditional style of the 16th century house and deliberately complements the castle's 5-star sumptuous charms.
Situated in the grounds of Dromoland Castle, this is a course of character, with natural lakes and streams in a lush wooded parkland.
The concealed bunkers and water hazards will provide a challenge for golfers, as they soak up the incredibly scenic surroundings.
Druids Glen played host to the Irish Open Golf Championship from 1996 to 1999 and was voted European Golf Course of the year in 2000 at the prestigious Hertz International Travel Awards.
Referred to by many as the ' Augusta of Europe', this is a magnificent undulating and well-wooden parkland golf course nestling between the Irish Sea and the Wicklow Mountains in the Garden of Ireland.
It is a classic links with dramatic dune land, superb greens and breathtaking views. This is an experience that once savoured, should be repeated and will never be forgotten.
This testing course is located on the shores of Killala Bay, with the Ox Mountains providing the backdrop.
The recent addition of 9 holes, designed by Donald Steel, make this one of the foremost courses in the West of Ireland.
Esker Hills is a real parkland gem where no two holes are even remotely alike. During the construction stage, O'Connor insisted on minimum movement of soil, yet the craftsmanship is such that the driver remains very much a prerequisite.
It is neither parkland nor linksland giving it a very unique feel. As the name suggests it is an undulating golf course as each hole carves it's way over the sandy gravel base deposited by the glacier thousands of years ago.
European Club
The design of the European Club has attempted to modernize the traditional values of links golf and this has been achieved with magnificent results.
Exciting links style golf awaits playing through tumbling dunes with dramatic views of the Irish Sea from no fewer than sixteen of the holes. Handicaps retain their value around this marvellous links, where severe punishment awaits the wayward shot
Faithlegg golf course was designed by renowned Irish golf courses architect Paddy Merrigan. Boasting a superb setting on the banks of the River Suir, the course has been cleverly moulded into a wonderful landscape of mature trees, flowing parkland and some five lakes.
The superb parkland layout, with tricky doglegs, blind tee shots and strategically positioned sand traps, represents a stiff challenge for even the most accomplished golfers.
Fota Island has won universal praise from many quarters. It has joined the list of great golf courses that have hosted the Irish Open a list that includes Ballybunion, Portmarnock, Druids Glen, the Killeen Course at Killarney and Mount Juliet.
The golf course is literally peppered with historic remains including the mystical Rathnapours ring fort, an ancient fairy fort and ruins dating back to the 16th century.
Christy O'Connor Jr. carried out the design of the course with the aim of preserving and highlighting such ancient sites, high on his agenda.
Located on the West Coast of Ireland, overlooking Galway Bay and surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean, this picturesque course is a favourite of many golfers.
The wild Atlantic winds are an important factor in this exposed and highly demanding course.
The Glasson experience. It has the capacity to overwhelm in many different ways – firstly, there is the setting – it is simply sublime. Secondly, the welcome is one of the warmest you are every likely to receive.
Thirdly, there is the course itself – one of the most interesting you are ever likely to play, and perhaps no golf club in the world offers the opportunity to roll up it's gates in quite so stylish a manner.
If ever a golf course reflected the personality of its architect, it is surely this Arnold Palmer designed course.
It may seem odd to describe a golf course as charismatic and cavalier but from the instant you arrive at the first tee, you are enveloped by a unique atmosphere.
The venue for the 2006 Ryder Cup and home to the Smurfit European Open Championship, this beautiful and challenging course is a fitting stage for the biennial match between the United States and Europe which is the ultimate test of a golfer's nerve and skill.
The Kclub is set in 210 acres of prime Kildare woodlands in the grounds of Straffan House, which had its orgins around AD550.
Nestled amidst the splendour of the Lakes of Killarney in the shadow of the majestic Macgillycuddy's Reeks mountain range, the Killeen Course is consistently rated amongst the world's top courses and has hosted many major championships including the 1991 & 1992 Irish Open Golf Championship
This beautiful parkland golf course is situated in one of the most scenic areas of Ireland, beside Lough Leane.
This course is more demanding than 'Mahony's Point' and the main characteristics are narrow, tree-lined fairways with several holes adjacent to the lake.
This parkland golf course is situated in one of the most scenic areas of Ireland, which include the famous Lakes of Killarney and the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Irelands highest mountains.
Mahony's Point is the oldest of the group of three courses and is a firm favourite of tourists.
The beautiful setting of the famous do-or-die par-three 18th hole is unparalleled.
Lahinch, with its towering sand dunes, undulating fairways, rolling greens and fair share of blind shots, is the perfect natural golfing terrain a true links in the traditional meaning of the word.
The 'Old Course' of Lahinch is situated on the rugged West Coast of Ireland, facing the moody Atlantic Ocean.
This course, often referred to as the 'St. Andrews' of Ireland, plays host to several National Championships.
The famous 'Klondyke' and 'The Dell' holes will prove challenging to even the most experienced of golfers.
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Limerick County
Limerick County is situated in the heart of the Shannon Region just 27km from Shannon Airport.
The course, designed by Des Smyth and Associates, meanders over undulating, sand-based terrain and provides firm footing for the golfer throughout the year. Des has made excellent use of the landscape and this provides for some spectacular second shots, particularly on the front nine holes.
Limerick Golf Club
The course starts off benignly enough with a couple of shortish opening holes. Any sense of security that may have set in from playing these is quickly dispelled as the third hole is negotiated.
This is a monstrous hole and demands two big shots to a well protected green.
After this, the golfer is well and truly into the round at Limerick.
The course is a mix of demanding holes interspersed with some good birdie chances, notably the short eighth and the thirteenth.
The long sixth is an outstanding hole, with a stream meandering its way through it, coming into play for all shots to a severely sloping green.
Another notable hole is the fifteenth, one of the surviving McKenzie holes, a downhill, sharp dogleg
The 18 hole championship golf course is unique, not only because we are so close to the city, but because we had an amazing parkland palette from which to work - gentle rolling countryside with lakes and ancient trees that make this an incredible course
The course presents an exciting challenge for golfers of all abilities. Visitors will enjoy many of the estates beautiful features, particularly the rolling landscape, the parkland setting, the water bodies and wildlife
Mount Juliet lies like a jewel among 1500 walled acres of woodland and rolling green landscapes alongside the River Nore.
Known as the Augusta of Europe, the resort offers many golfing facilities including a three-hole academy and an 18-hole putting course, where the series of par 3's, 4's and 5's are complete with lakes and bunkers.
The golf course is a fair challenge, which rewards good play but punishes errors. Water is in play in a serious way on seven holes, while the bunkers throughout the course are positioned to ensure that the golfer thinks their way around.
Mature parkland opened in 1995, with picturesque lakes filled with wildlife and fish. Water comes into play on eleven of the 18 holes. The Bent grass greens generous in size but are strategically framed by bunkers.
Fairways have good landing areas, however approach play must be accurate. Our signature holes are the par three 11th which is 207yds from the championship tees, this shot requires you to hit an accurate long iron or wood across water to a two tier green.
The 18th is a fantastic finishing hole, the fairway is lined with mature oak trees, then a second shot up hill across a water hazard to a green which is overlooked by the gallery of the hotel.
Mullingar
The course plays annual host to the highly regarded Mullingar Scratch Cup and over the years, the cream of amateur talent throughout Ireland and Britain has each discovered the menace that lurks beyond the gentle opening hole.
It is said that every great course produces great champions and if this is the case, then Mullingar is right up there with the very best.
The course runs to 6458 yards with a classic par 72 balance of 10 par4's, 4 par 5's and 4 par3's evenly distributed over both out and inward 9's. It's routing is player friendly, returning to the club house at 4, 7, and 10 giving opportunities to restock as required.
All four par 3 's are feature holes, but the 182 yard second in particular, with its elevated tee and green is considered one of the toughest one shotters in Irish golf.
Old Head Kinsale
It is quite simply one of the most remarkable developments ever conceived in the history of golf, an Atlantic promontory that will never be rivaled in terms of drama and beauty.
The course rises hundreds of feet above dramatic cliffs, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean on all sides and commanding the most spectacular views from almost every part.
You may have walked the fairways of Augusta, manoeuvred around the cliffs of Pebble Beach or witnessed the history of the Old Course at St. Andrews but rest assured that you have never seen a golf course as overwhelmingly striking as the Old Head of Kinsale.
The 220 acre site of five par 3's, five par 5's and eight par 4's is configured as two returning loops of nine holes. Eight of the holes play directly along the cliff tops, providing an exhilarating test of golf and concentration
Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links is a superb links course, essentially fashioned from the same dune land as Portmarnock and deserves its growing international reputation.
Like Portmarnock Golf Club, Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links is a superb links course, essentially fashioned from the same dune land as Portmarnock and deserves its growing international reputation.
If anything in fact, the Links at Portmarnock (as it's also known) is an even tighter layout, distinguished by some wickedly difficult pot bunkers.
Opened in 1996 the East course quickly gained a reputation as one of the finest golf courses in Ireland. Just 2 years after opening, it hosted the Smurfit Irish PGA championship and in 2001 was the venue for the AIB European senior tour.
Features of the course include its contoured undulating greens, the different moods it possesses on different days and how bravery is rewarded for those who take risks.
No more apparent is this than on the par 4 fourth, where an accurate tee shot is imperative, or the par 4 seventh where the green is split into no less than four separate levels.
The 252-acre lush parkland layout follows the lie of the natural rolling terrain while many fine trees were preserved and are integral to the course today.
The result is a classic parkland stretch, which rises and falls among the shadows of giant oak, beech and lime trees. Water, which first comes into play at the short fourth hole, plays an important role at Rathsallagh, while the multilevel putting surfaces are regarded as some of the finest greens in the country.
Overlooking beautiful Kenmare Bay, the golf course nestles between the towering MacGillycuddy Reeks and the Caha Mountains. Majesty alone of course does not make a great golf course.
The scenery helps but it's the layout, stiff challenge and excellent greens that make Ring of Kerry Golf Club one of the finest new golf courses in Ireland.
Two of ‘The Ring’s’ signature holes lie on the back 9. Hole 13, ‘An Neidin’, is a 200 + yd Par 3 from an elevated tee which provides fabulous views of Kenmare Bay.
The green slopes heavily from left to right and is protected by water. Par is a good score for this hole. Hole 14 ‘Tahilla’ is ‘The Ring’s’ number 1 index hole.
A long par 4, it requires length and accuracy off the tee. The fairway narrows all the way to the green and is surrounded by trees with a huge bunker in front
Roe Park
Roe Park has a charming setting within the long encircling arm of the Sperrin Mountains, the spectacular Eagle Rock to the north and the Inishowen peninsula in the distance.
In an area that is infamous for its links courses this provides a challenge of a different kind and is known as one of the finest inland courses in the north of Ireland.
Rosslare
Rosslare Golf Links is the hidden gem of Irish Links Golf Courses.
Situated in the sunniest part of the country, on the extreme south-east coast, it stands on a narrow peninsula with the Irish sea on one side
and the huge expanse of Wexford harbour on the other.
The dog-leg par 4 first begins a round that has many golfing highlights, the par 5 seventh, the famous “Barber’s Pole” index 1 par 4 eleventh, the short par 4 thirteenth and the devilish par 4 sixteenth eventually leading to the long narrow eighteenth are just some of the highlights.
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.
The Slieve Russell Golf & Country Club, which takes its name from the nearby Slieve Rushen, is set amidst 300 acres of magnificently landscaped gardens including 50 acres of lakes, which play a significant role in the challenge of the golf course.
The Slieve Russell course was built to the very highest standards, while the rolling parkland layout is notable for the strategic use of water hazards and the undulating nature of the manicured sand based greens. Slieve Russell is fast gaining an excellent worldwide reputation
Superb holes abound at the Slieve Russell and however impressed you are with the outward journey; the experience will be surpassed on the closing nine.
St. Helens Bay
Philip Walton here, visibly had the amateur golfer in mind. On St Helens Bay Golf Course there is water on six holes which is more psychologically scaring than terribly dangerous, additionally the fairway bunkers are on the lenient side and the greens which are moderately sized are well defended but leave a way open for rolled approach shots.
The layout gives variety to each hole and makes the most of the prevailing southwesterly wind, while the water features and some 5,000 trees are employed to strategic effect.
St. Margaret's Golf & Country Club is acknowledged as one of Ireland's finest new parkland golf courses. The course designers took a couple of hundred acres of farmland and moulded it into a magnificent expanse of parkland with rolling hills and huge undulating greens.
The modern design makes wide use of water hazards and this adds to the picturesque rural setting. Given the quality of St. Margaret's, it is no surprise that the course has already hosted three international golfing events.
Representing the first European design of Arnold Palmer, Tralee Golf Club in southwestern Ireland is one of the most spectacularly beautiful golf courses you will ever encounter
While it always boasted a magnificent setting, with the course settling down and the greens thriving over time, Tralee has now joined the elite group of Irish links. With views of the Atlantic and white sandy beaches from almost every hole
Tralee is one of those courses where it is difficult to concentrate on your game due to the breathtaking nature of the scenery but you will nevertheless note that the course offers countless superb holes
The golf course is located on a 200 acre site, some five miles from Blessington and overlooking the Poulaphuca Lake, which itself is an integral part of the course. In short, this is an absolutely stunning location, matched only by the quality of the golf course.
The natural terrain of Tulfarris, the beauty of the landscape, the wild grasses of the lakeshore and the haunting presence of the mountains, portrays the unique magical quality that is inherent at Tulfarris.
After five years in the making, Tulfarris stands today as a demanding but fair golf course, where no two holes are remotely similar.
Completely detached from the mainland yet ideally located for an Irish golfing vacation or exploring the many Irish golf courses nearby.
Being an island course, Waterford Castle is certainly unique and the course is laid out on gently undulating land and offers stunning views from all parts of the course
The layout is excellent and requires a wide variety of shots over the course of eighteen holes. Each hole offers a different challenge, while club selection is an important issue at all times. Like most golf courses, straight hitters with reasonable length have little to fear but be assured that an abundance of hazards wait to punish any wayward strokes.
Waterville
Make no mistake about it; Waterville Golf Links in Kerry is one of the finest links golf courses in the world, never mind Ireland
Waterville will continue to provide the visiting golfer with one of the highlights of an Irish golf trip. The course is popular with American professionals who practice for the Open the week before the tournamentt starts
Westport
7072 Yards Par 73. Westport Golf Club is the finest parkland golf course in the west and northwest of Ireland.
