Ireland

Garrett's Irish Hidden Gems

Curated by Garrett MorrisonHead of Architecture Content

The Ireland trip for someone who has already done Ballybunion and wants the next level down.

Length7 nights
Golf7 rounds
Group8-16 golfers
SeasonMay through September
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The journey

7 waypoints · Two hotels
ArriveDublin
GolfBaltray
BaseRosapenna
GolfCarne
GolfEnniscrone
BaseSligo
DepartDublin

Day by day

Day 1
Arrive and warm upGolfCounty Louth (Baltray)StayDublin

Simpson at his most natural, twenty minutes from the airport — a proper first round.

Day 2
North to DonegalStayRosapenna

Three-hour transfer. Garrett's advice: don't rush this drive, the coastline earns it.

Day 3
Three courses, one peninsulaGolfRosapennaStayRosapenna

Play any two — each reads the same dunes completely differently.

Day 4
Hackett's wildest workGolfCarneStaySligo

The rawest duneland on the trip. Garrett calls it the closest thing Ireland has to a lost-world course.

Day 5
Authenticity over amenitiesGolfEnniscroneStaySligo

Big Atlantic dunes, now among the best-conditioned links in the region.

Day 6
Beneath BenbulbenGolfCounty SligoStaySligo

Colt with spectacular raw material. A quiet, complete round to close on.

Day 7
Depart

Transfer to Dublin or Knock, depending on flights.

Rosapenna Hotel3 nights
Downings, Co. Donegal

On property with three courses across the peninsula.

Sligo Park or Glasshouse3 nights
Sligo

Central for Carne, Enniscrone and County Sligo.

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