Donegal and the North West are home to some of Ireland's wildest links, with towering dunes, breathtaking views of the Atlantic coastline and spectacular courses such as Ballyliffin, Rosapenna, Carne and Enniscrone.
Below you will find our recommended Top 10 courses to play in Donegal & North West Ireland. Click on each club for further details.
Rosapenna – St Patrick's Links St Patrick’s Links is one of Ireland’s newest major golf courses, opening in 2021 after renowned American architect Tom Doak completely reworked the land south of the original Rosapenna resort. Doak began work in 2018, using sections of two earlie...
County Sligo Golf Club was established in 1894 when George Combe designed the original nine-hole course at Rosses Point. The course was extended to eighteen holes in 1906 by Willie Campbell before renowned architect Harry Colt was brought in to completely redesign the layout in 1927. The Champio...
Credit: Photography by Kevin Diss
Carne Golf Links was originally designed by renowned Irish architect Eddie Hackett, with the first eighteen-hole course opening during the early 1990s after years of development across the enormous dunes. A further nine holes were later created by Ally McIntosh and Jim Engh in 2013 and In 2020 th...
As visitor numbers increased at Ballyliffin, the club decided to build a second championship course during the early 1990s. Pat Ruddy and Tom Craddock were appointed to design the new layout, with construction beginning in 1993 and the Glashedy Links officially opening in August 1995. The Glashe...
The Ernniscrone Golf Club was founded in 1918 by a group of local golfers and extended to a 18 hole layout by 1930. The course was significantly expanded and redesigned under renowned Irish architect Eddie Hackett during the 1970s. Donald Steel later added more holes through the largest dunes, he...
Narin and Portnoo was established in 1930 by a group of local residents with a 9 hole course in the dune filled land. The course was later extended to a 18 hole layout in 1965 followed by the clubhouse being rebuilt and open for members in 2008. After new ownership took over, architects Gil Hanse...
Portsalon Golf Club was founded in 1891 and is one of the oldest clubs in Ireland, a founding member of the Golf Union of Ireland which is the oldest golfing union in the world. The original course was laid out by Charles Thompson before major changes were made by Pat Ruddy around the turn ...
Ballyliffin Golf Club was founded in 1947 and originally opened as a modest local course before the present Old Links began taking shape during the early 1970s. Eddie Hackett, Charles Lawrie and Frank Pennink all contributed ideas to the extension and improvement of the layout, while further impr...
Photography Credit: Donegal Golf Club
Donegal Golf Club was originally established near Donegal Town in 1960 before moving to the Murvagh Peninsula during the early 1970s. Irish architect Eddie Hackett was commissioned to design the new eighteen-hole course, which opened to the public in 1973. Pat Ruddy later carried out several alte...
Strandhill Golf Club was founded in 1931 and originally opened as a nine-hole course beside the Atlantic coast in County Sligo. John McAlister redesigned the nine-hole layout in 1939, with the new course opening the following year. The club eventually expanded to eighteen holes in 1973, while fur...
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