Irish meet, your suggestions please

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As above, ideally we want it near a port/airport so some of the guys from across the water may be tempted.
My suggestion is Baltray, just off the motorway from Belfast to Dublin, former Irish open course, decent grub. Only downside i can think of is accommodation which would be a few miles away for somewhere that could accommodate plenty of us.

Rcd is still on winter rates iirc in April so also could be a possibility, plenty of hotels etc within walking distance too. Downside is 45-50 mins out of belfast. Ardglass could be a possibility if it was to be a two dayer and is very affordable as an extra bonus.

Anyway, there are loads of courses, get your suggestions and reasons. In fact anyone interested mention here so we can get very rough numbers.
 
Im in for an April meet brendy although i wont be making a couple of days of it as im off to St Andrews in May for 4 days so gotta watch the pennies and the brownie points with the War Office.

Baltray sounds good for me as does any of the courses in or around the Belfast area, dont mind a couple of hours drive.
 
All,

as a native of the Baltray area I would suggest Seapoint, a sterner challenge, although not as traditional links course as Baltray, but a lot cheaper. Baltray dont do "deals" although they might next year.

Another option is play 36 holes (Baltray and Seapoint) the same day.

Another highly rated course is Cronkerwood near Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, a Christy O Connor designed course. Slightly over an hour from Dublin airport.

As for accom, Baltray has 14 rooms, recently refurbished, but Drogheda is only 4 miles away.

If you do decide on Baltray or Seapoint I will gladly help out with any organisation, and can even bring people from Dublin airport in the evening if required as I work their.
John
 
Thanks for the offer bayjon, this thread is for suggestions, so whichever gets the most mentions will be the venue unless they price themselves out of it. I havent played seapoint, the day we played Baltray it was blustery, dry and damn hard in the back 9, if seapoint is harder, that sounds like a challenge! haha, could make it a 2 dayer.
 
Hey Brendy,

Im from the West coast of the country and winter Golf is normally pretty cheap over here at this time of year....Societies are well catered for and will usually get good deals.......Waterford would be a close enough Port to The U.K......As far as i know there are still crossings from Rosslare to Holyhead and Fishguard......
Here's a link to the courses at the South East side of the country.......http://www.golfeurope.com/clubs/waterford.htm


Failing that Shannon Airport is only 20 minutes from where i live and from there you could have your pick of this lot.............http://www.ireland.com/activities/golf/clare/results
All the courses in the Clare region which is in the West of the country are within a 30 mile radius of each other.....
 
Would Portmarnock Hotel course be available at a deal rate?

Supposed to be good and would be ideal for an invasion point of view.

Others,Headfort,Palmerstown(pricey tho I think from memory?),Castlerock,Portrush??
 
Kid, the more options the merrier.

Dodger A very quick look shows Portmarnock Hotel doing a deal for 159 euros for a twin room b&b and one round of golf per person, I looked up two sharing and the price never changed, that works out at 80 euros per person for room, breakies and golf. £70 quid? seems too cheap...
I put in the 28/29th april for reference.
https://secure.portmarnock.com/bookings/reservationform
 
Im sure they could throw in the odd bottle of champers!
Did you try the reservation page?
For that sort of money, Id certainly stay over rather than drive the 100 miles or so back home.
 
If this is true, Id say it'd be hard to find a better deal. That would work out almost the same price as the caravans we had in Nairn as the golf is worth around 40 yoyos.
Plenty of other courses in the area too.
 
Depending on dates, work, getting the Mrs on one of her good days which is usually once every purple and pink pokadot moon, I would love to come over the water for a knock with my Celtic cousins!
 
Might fancy the trip depending on where and when as I was planning to take a trip to Donegal next year, but might join you instead.
 
Depending on dates, work, getting the Mrs on one of her good days which is usually once every purple and pink pokadot moon, I would love to come over the water for a knock with my Celtic cousins!
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Ill get me Kilt Craw, and a barrel of Guiness :cool: :D
 
Brendy,
portmarncok sounds good and you might be able to get some form of rate in the Island for the second day.

Seapoint is a tougher course than Baltray as is has water in play on 4 holes and a lot more out of bounds. Baltray is a fantastic course though, the back 9 is a killer.

mid april sounds good, most will probably have the winter blues gone by then.
 
I cant do a two day meet in april brendy, got st andrews in may.

Would be up for it later in the year especially if we could get Druids Glen as one of the courses

I think april would be best for a semi-local meet then maybe try to arrange a bigger two day event for later in the year. There seems to be quite a bit of interest from the mainland for a big name course meet and most seem to prefer later in the year.

Might be worth considering??
 
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