Ireland & Northern Ireland
Ireland golf. The Open, the Ryder Cup, and Tom Morris.
Royal County Down. Royal Portrush. Ballybunion. Lahinch. Old Head. Waterville. Adare Manor in the Ryder Cup build-up. Ireland and Northern Ireland are the most concentrated links destination in the world.
The destination
The most concentrated links destination in the world.
Ireland and Northern Ireland together hold thirty of the world’s top hundred links courses. That density doesn’t exist anywhere else on the planet. The trip is about routing them into one week.
The northern loop runs Belfast, Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, the Causeway Coast. The southern loop runs Dublin, Druids Glen, Adare Manor, Ballybunion, Lahinch and Waterville on the western coast. Most GB golfers fly into one and out the other. We organise transfers and tee times so the routing actually works.
Adare Manor will host the Ryder Cup in 2027. From the autumn of 2026 onwards, demand for Ireland golf will accelerate. Booking lead time is already pushing eighteen months on the headline courses. We have the supplier relationships to lock tee times for the GB customer base.
The Ireland golf brand is correctly understood by travelling golfers. What changes the booking conversion is the package: which courses in which week, which hotels between them, transfers. We build the trip end to end.
How to package it
Two loops, one trip.
Most Ireland golf weeks run either northern (Down + Portrush + the Causeway) or southern (Adare + west coast). We can route a single trip across both.
Northern Ireland
Royal County Down
Tom Morris design from 1889. World Top 10. The benchmark for links golf.
Northern Ireland
Royal Portrush
Dunluce Links, host of The Open in 2019 and again in cycle. Calamity at the 16th.
Republic, west coast
Ballybunion
Old Course, Tom Watson’s favourite. Built on a cliff edge above the Atlantic. Cashen Course alongside.
Before you write
What to put in your message.
Include these in your message so we can quote quickly:
- Property preference: tell us which courses are on your wish list, we’ll route the trip and lock the tee times
- Dates: e.g. “first week of October” or “third week of March”
- Group size: e.g. 4 golfers, 6 golfers
- Nights: e.g. 5 nights, 7 nights
- Anything else: board basis, room category, how much golf you want playing
Good to know
The small print
About the trip. Bookings cover accommodation, tee times and transfers. We tailor to dates, group size and budget. Tee times subject to availability, advance booking essential for the headline courses.
Cover. Full IAGTO and PTS members.
Enquire
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Tell us your dates, group and what you want from the week. A golf travel expert will come back with a tailor made plan and a sharp price, usually within a day.