Ireland's Ancient East Golf Trip ( Northern)

Golf in Ireland's Ancient East and you will enjoy a thrilling combination of world class golf courses and a history of over 5,000 years in the making. On the northern section of Ireland's Ancient East, you will play the great links course at Baltray in County Louth, together with nearby Seapoint, the traditional links at Laytown and Bettystown and the championship golf links at Portmarnock. There is an option to include The K Club Ryder Cup course as well as the Island golf course, just north of Dublin. All this immersed in the history of the nearby Boyne Valley as well as the ancient seat of Irish Kings at the Hill of Tara and the neolithic monuments and burial chambers at Newgrange.

You can view all Ireland's Ancient East Northern Golf Trip courses below:

Portmarnock Old
Portmarnock is arguably one of  the best championship Courses in Ireland. It has hosted all of Ireland’s major championships from the Irish Ladies Close to the Irish Open and also some of the world’s biggest events including the Canada Cup, now the World Cup, in 1960, won by Arnold Palmer and Sam Snead, and the Walker Cup in 1991. Amongst the winners of nineteen Irish Open Championships were Bobby Locke, Sam Torrance, Seve Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam, Bernhard Langer, Jose Maria Olazabal, Ben Crenshaw, Hubert Green, John O’Leary, Mark James, Ken Brown and Michael Campbell.
Portmarnock Links
Bernhard Langer chose this magnificent setting to design his first links course. Langer himself was a three time winner of the Irish Open at nearby Portmarnock Golf Club and The Royal Dublin Golf Club. Along with architect Stan Eby they designed a course that is a challenge for all golfers.

Set in the grounds of the old Jameson whiskey ,  the course has played host to professional and amateur events including 2008 and 2009 Ladies Irish Open.
Laytown and Bettystown
According to Irish golfer Des Smyth, "Laytown & Bettystown is a must play traditional links course, friendly and challenging, well worth a visit."

Laytown & Bettystown golf course is in existence for over 100 years. Historical records account for the fact that  W.C. Pickeman of Portmarnock fame  and Cecil Barcroft the designer of courses such as Carlow, The Castle and Skerries had a hand in the creation of the golf course which stands today as an excellent example of traditional links golf in Ireland.
The Island
The Island Golf Club was among the first twelve Golf Clubs to be founded in Ireland. The natural origin of the land which forms the Island Golf Club was a gift of nature laid down on a spur of gravel in glacial times.

The Golf Club has hosted the Irish Ladies Close Championship(1990), the Irish Close Championship(1997) and the Irish P.G.A. tournament for top professionals(1999).
SEAPOINT golf Links
Seapoint Golf Links is a beautiful course on the East Coast of Ireland in County Louth set on 260 acres of magnificent links land. The challenge begins from the first tee which embarks onto a testing 7,150 yard Par 72 course.
Seapoint Golf Links hosted the Irish PGA Championship in both 2010 and 2011.
According to Padraig Harrington,  “There is not a weak hole on the entire golf course”
The K Club
Ranked regularly in the top 3 parkland golf courses in Ireland, this Palmer designed golf haven is a must play 'badge of honour' that has hosted the top golf players in the world. The Ryder Cup in 2006 and 11 European Opens testify the importance of The Palmer Ryder Cup Course to European Golf.
The Palmer Course at The K Club is the venue for the Irish Open in 2016
County Louth ( Baltray)
County Louth has been described as one of the best kept secrets of Irish golf. Sometimes also referred to as Baltray this has to be one of the most enjoyable links in Ireland. There is not a weak hole on the course and some of the holes merit greatness.
​The present course was designed in 1938 by the renowned Tom Simpson. The course is laid out in two loops covering some 190 acres with no two holes running in the same direction.