Dublin and East Ireland offer a strong mix of historic links and championship parkland golf, with Portmarnock, The Island and Royal Dublin the standout coastal golf courses. The courses in the region are not far from Dublin's restaurants, nightlife, hotels and cultural attractions.
Below you will find our recommended Top 10 courses to play in Dublin & East Ireland. Click on each club for further details.
Portmarnock Golf Club was founded in 1894 after William Chalmers Pickeman and George Ross identified the peninsula as an ideal location for golf. Mungo Park supervised the original nine-hole design, which officially opened in December 1894, before the course was extended to eighteen holes during ...
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County Louth Golf Club was founded in 1892 when a nine-hole course was established by Thomas Gilroy and George Henry Pentland. The layout developed considerably over the following decades before renowned architect Tom Simpson, assisted by Molly Gourlay, carried out a major redesign in 1938. In 20...
In 1890, ten founding members established the course on isolated linksland that for the first 83 years was only accessible by boat. The course was completely reorientated after a new clubhouse opened in 1973, with Fred Hawtree, Eddie Hackett and later Martin Hawtree contributing to the redesign b...
The Royal Dublin Golf Club was founded in 1885 and originally played in Phoenix Park before moving to Bull Island, its permanent home in 1889. The club received its royal title in 1891 by Queen Victoria. During the First World War the course was heavily damaged after being used as a military firi...
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Brittas Bay was formerly known as the European Club located in County Wicklow and has been a thrilling golfing experience since its opening in 1987. The course has previously seen Rory McIlroy win the Irish Amateur Open in 2006. In 2025, the club was purchased by Raymond and Nicky Colan and they ...
Golf on the Portmarnock Estate dates back to the 1850s when John Jameson created a private nine-hole course through the dunes. The modern links began construction in 1992 when Bernhard Langer and Stan Eby were commissioned to design a new championship course, which opened for play in 1995. A majo...
The Palmer North Course at The K Club was designed by legendary American golfer Arnold Palmer and developed as part of the luxury Kildare estate during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The course was created as a championship parkland layout following the River Liffey and has received considerable...
Druids Glen was created after the estate was purchased by Irish investors in 1990, with Pat Ruddy and Tom Craddock appointed to design a championship parkland course. The course officially opened in 1995 and quickly established itself as a professional venue. Significant upgrades was later comple...
The championship course at Mount Juliet was designed by legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus and officially opened in 1991 with an exhibition match between Nicklaus and Christy O'Connor Senior. It was created as a modern parkland course across the historic Kilkenny estate and has since developed into o...
Headfort Golf Club was founded in 1928 with the old course being constructed into a 18 hole layout by 1956. In 1998 the members purchased additional land beside the River Blackwater and commissioned Ryder Cup player Christy O'Connor Junior to create a second eighteen-hole layout. The new course o...
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