The Island Golf Club, situated 15 miles from Dublin Airport, is a beautiful links course set in splendid isolation. Founded in 1890 and originally requiring golfers to take a ferry across the estuary, the golf club enjoys a unique setting, surrounded by the sea on three sides. Completely in harmony with its surroundings, the course abounds with flora and fauna, including skylarks – also found on The Island Club’s emblem. The course has recently played host to several important tournaments including Regional Qualifying for The Open, the Irish PGA and will host The Amateur Championship with Portmarnock in 2019.
Situated to the south of Royal Dornoch, Tain is a heathland/links hotels with spectacular views. Designed originally by Old Tom Morris as a fifteen-hole hotels in 1890, it was extended to eighteen holes in 1894; eleven Morris holes are still in play today. This is an easy walking hotels with the river meandering through three of the holes. Always presented in beautiful condition, Tain is a good test of golf, with clever bunkering and natural water hazards. Tain is located 35 miles north of Inverness.
