Enjoy the Quiet Beauty of Pristine Links on Northwest Ireland Golf Holidays

There is much to be discovered outside the gravitational pull of world-renowned courses such as Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, and Portstewart to the east in Northern Ireland. These high-up northwest shores are where links enthusiasts who prefer to stray off the beaten track come to find old-fashioned, unpretentious links golf on courses presented in stunning surroundings, with layouts that have altered little since they were laid.

There’s a lot to enjoy. This is the childhood countryside of W.B. Yeats, and in terms of northwest Ireland’s golf opportunities, there’s plenty to wax lyrical about. Here you’ll find a trove of courses designed by one of the country’s great golfing heroes, Eddie Hackett. Often referred to as the “father of Irish golf course design”, much of his work can be found along these shores, from the stunning links set over the Murvagh peninsula at the Donegal Golf Club to the dunes at Enniscrone behind one of Ireland’s most beautiful beaches, or the links at Carne in Sligo, where you’ll find Hackett’s final design; a course which many consider his finest work.