Quick viewing(Text Mode)

Sep07-Kildare-Golf Inside

Sep07-Kildare-Golf Inside

in County

Home of the 2006 Matches Play the , and the PGA National Ireland for just Û300!

DARREN CLARKE OPENING WORDS

Playing for Europe in the Ryder Cup has been K Club Carton House PGA National Ireland one of my most memorable golfing experiences. Darren Clarke with his prize for Leading Irish For just Û300, your Quality Golf Passport will give you access to Make sure to book your tee times at each course in advance and Since I first played in Valderrama in Spain back Player at the 2005 Smurfit European Open three of Ireland’s best courses, all located within 10 miles of each present your passport at each club you visit for stamping. in 1997, I have nothing but fond memories of Photo: Ray Kane other in beautiful . The passport is valid for one year from the date of purchase so you each contest - even when we lost in 1999! Here’s how it works. Our Passport to Quality Golf is as easy to have plenty of time to experience these three very different clubs, all The K Club in has been one of my happiest hunting grounds from a golf use as your own travel passport. regarded as among the best courses in the country. However, if you perspective and The Palmer is one of my favourite courses. I will always remember my You can buy the passport in any of the following ways: feel like treating yourself to a golf blitz, our participating hotels will offer Quality Golf Passport holders a preferential rate. round of 60 in 1999 but obviously my best moment was in 2001 when I won the Smurfit ✓ At any of the three participating golf clubs European Open. ✓ At Kildare Heritage Centre in Kildare Town (T: 045 530672) Three rounds of challenging golf later, you’ll have a passport ✓ Online at www.qualitygolfpassport.com stamped by the K Club, the PGA National Ireland and Carton House – the perfect souvenir of a wonderful golfing holiday! In recent years other European Ryder Cup players such as my good friend have tasted victory on the Palmer Course, where the Ryder Cup matches are being Participating hotels for Quality Golf Passport played, and this augurs well for Europe when the event is staged there in 2006. I for one

Glenroyal Hotel & Leisure Club, Straffan Road, , Co Kildare Osprey Hotel & Spa, Devoy Quarter, , Co Kildare am looking forward to qualifying and helping Europe win the cup outright for an 3 Star T: 01 6290909 4 Star T: 045 881111 unprecedented third consecutive occasion at the K Club. With the Ryder Cup coming to

Hazel Hotel, Road, , Co Kildare Ambassador Hotel, Kill, Co Kildare the K Club in Straffan, County Kildare, in 2006, Ireland has a fantastic opportunity to show 2 star T: 045 525373 3 Star T: 045 877064 golfers and tourists from around the world our fantastic golf courses, and also our

Clanard Court Hotel, Dublin Road, , Co Kildare Harbour Hotel & Restaurant, Newbridge Road, Naas, Co Kildare legendary hospitality, which is second to none. T: 059 8640666 2 Star T: 045 879145

Moyglare Manor Country House, Maynooth, Co Kildare The Stand House Hotel, The , Co Kildare 3 Star T: 01 6286351 T: 045 436177

Setanta House Hotel, Road, , Co Kildare The K Club, Straffan, Co Kildare 3 Star T: 01 6303200/6271111 5 star T: 01 6017200

Barberstown Castle, Straffan, Co Kildare Killashee House Hotel & Villa Spa, Killashee, Naas, Co Kildare T: 01 6288157 T: 045 879277 Darren Clarke

The Courtyard Hotel, Main Street, , Co Kildare Pending Registration T: 01 6295100

www.qualitygolfpassport.com 3 COUNTY KILDARE AND WORLD CLASS GOLF

County Kildare has had a meteoric rise to fame County Kildare has always had a brace of as a top golf destination since Dr Michael excellent parkland courses, ranging from the Smurfit opened the K Club in the tiny village of picturesque to the novel as well as one of Straffan, County Kildare, in 1991. Securing the Ireland’s oldest, The Curragh, dating from 1852. annual European Open was the first step on the At the other extreme, a new kid on the block is ladder. The Open has been played on the the PGA National, a gorgeous new course on original Palmer Course from 1995 to 2003 but the Demesne near Johnstown, to moved a few hundred yards within the K Club which the PGA Ireland has given its support and grounds to the brand new Smurfit Course for name. This Christy O’Connor Jnr-designed the 2004 competition. parkland course is destined for greatness.

The next step was the development of an And now the greatest honour of all, the equally prestigious venue only six miles away at selection of the Palmer Course at the K Club as Carton House, Maynooth. With the opening of the host course of the 2006 Ryder Cup, a feat The O’Meara and The Montgomerie (which achieved in no small part by the work of Dr hosts the Nissan in 2005 and 2006), Michael Smurfit and his team. The event itself you can select from four excellent tests of golf, will bring 40,000 spectators per day of play and which can be ranked amongst the best courses will be broadcast to millions of homes across in Ireland, within a couple of miles of each other. the world. It is our golden opportunity to cement Kildare’s position in the hall of fame of the great golfing destinations of the world.

The 36th Ryder Cup Matches will be played at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 22nd - 24th September 2006.

K Club 2 Edenderry Golf Club NORTH KILDARE No. of Holes 18 Kishawanny, Edenderry, Co Offaly T: 046 9731072 F: 046 9733911 How to Use This Guide Course Type Parkland Nearest Town: Edenderry E: [email protected] For the purposes of this guide, County Kildare has been divided into three geographical areas; north, central and south. W: www.edenderrygolfclub.com Course Length 5,899 m Since its establishment in 1940, the club has built a solid tradition Within each section, clubs and ranges are listed alphabetically. Where a club has two courses, each course is upheld by its strong membership community. Continued 73 listed separately. development has ensured that the course is in excellent condition all year round. It remains a challenge to the serious golfer but is Buggy Hire ✓ Green fees are 2006 rates but where these were not available, 2005 rates are given. also a friendly prospect for the less experienced. Trolley Hire ✓ Directions: From M50, take M/N4 in the direction ‘The West’. At We have also included a limited directory of accommodation and dining options as well as a detailed county map, so ✗ Enfield roundabout, take the first exit and at the next set of traffic Club Hire you have everything you need to plan your golfing trip to County Kildare, the Ryder Cup County. lights, turn left. Drive straight through the village of Club Professional ✗ Johnstownbridge and continue until you reach Carbury. Turn right ✓ The telephone numbers printed in this guide include the local code which is the number you should dial within Ireland. If you are calling for Edenderry. Turn right after second traffic calming sign on Visitors Welcome approach to Edenderry. After 0.25 miles/0.5 km Edenderry Golf Tuition ✓ from abroad, or using a cell phone you have brought from abroad, then you should dial the international access code applicable in your Club is located on the left hand side. ✗ country, followed by 353 (the international code for Ireland) followed by the number printed in this guide, omitting the first 0, for example, Green Fees: Mon-Fri Û30; Weekend Û35 Pro Shop to phone the K Club from abroad, dial: your international access code 353 1 6017300 Catering Facilities: Yes Accommodation ✗

1 Carton House Golf Club - The O’Meara NORTH KILDARE 3 Highfield Golf Club No. of Holes 18 No. of Holes 18 Maynooth, Co Kildare T: 01 5052000 F: 01 628 6555 Course Type Parkland Carbury, Co Kildare T: 046 973 1021 F: 046 973 1021 Course Type Parkland Nearest Town: Maynooth E: [email protected] Course Length 7,006 yds Nearest Town: Edenderry E: [email protected] Course Length 6,007 yds W: www.carton.ie Par 72 A fine example of the best in traditional parkland Par 70 An impeccable parkland spread, splendidly design tucked away in the rolling Kildare countryside. ✓ ✓ incorporating the historic demesne's rolling hills, Buggy Hire The clubhouse, built in 2003 from over 700 cedar Buggy Hire meandering river and specimen trees. Venue for the Trolley Hire ✓ trees, is a Canadian log cabin, the first of its kind in Trolley Hire ✓ Irish Amateur Open Championship 2005. Club Hire ✓ Ireland. The first tee-box is actually on the roof! Club Hire ✓ Directions: From Dublin, take the M/N4 westbound. Club Professional ✓ Directions: From Dublin take the main Galway road Club Professional ✓ Take the Leixlip West exit and follow the signs to Visitors Welcome ✓ (N4/M4) to Broadford Village. Turn left and Highfield is Visitors Welcome ✓ Carton House Golf Club. signposted (approx. 10km). The town of Edenderry is ✓ ✓ Tuition just 3km away. Naas is approx. 26km away. Tuition Green Fees: Û75 - Û135 (excluding Ryder Cup period) Pro Shop ✓ Pro Shop ✓ Green Fees (2005/2006): Mon-Fri Û30; Weekend Û40 Catering Facilities: Full catering facilities Accommodation (2006) ✓ Accommodation ✓ Catering Facilities: Steakhouse restaurant

1 Carton House Golf Club - The Montgomerie 4 The K Club – Palmer Course No. of Holes 18 No. of Holes 18 T: 01 6017300 E: [email protected] W: www.kclub.ie Maynooth, Co Kildare T: 01 5052000 F: 01 628 6555 Course Type Inland Straffan, Co Kildare Course Type Parkland Nearest Town: Maynooth E: [email protected] Course Length 7,301 yds Nearest Town: Celbridge The Palmer Course, Ireland's first Ryder Cup venue, is no Course Length 7,337 yds W: www.carton.ie ordinary . It has been acknowledged as the Par 72 country's most challenging inland layout. The calm and Par 72 Intelligent bunkering, intricate green complexes, peaceful surroundings reveal nothing of the fierce battles contoured fairways weaving through fields of tall Buggy Hire ✓ played out annually during the Smurfit European Open, nor Buggy Hire ✓ fescue grasses - this links style creation is Trolley Hire ✓ of the revenge that may be wreaked on Europe by America Trolley Hire ✓ in the 2006 Ryder Cup. championship stuff. Venue of the Nissan Irish Open Club Hire ✓ Club Hire ✓ 2005 and 2006. Directions: From Dublin, take the N7 (Naas Road) to ✓ ✓ Club Professional intersection at Kill (village on left). Exit for Straffan. After Club Professional Description: Directions: From Dublin, take the M/N4 Visitors Welcome ✓ approximately 5km turn right at the T junction. Approximately Visitors Welcome ✓ westbound. Take the Leixlip West exit and follow the 800 m later turn left (signpost for Kildare Hotel & Country Club). Tuition ✓ Tuition ✓ signs to Carton House Golf Club. Green Fees: From Û150 - Û350 (non resident) Pro Shop ✓ Pro Shop ✓ Green Fees: Û75 - Û135 (excluding Ryder Cup period) Catering Facilities: Bar snacks and full catering Accommodation (2006) ✓ Accommodation ✓ 6 Catering Facilities: Full catering facilities available in hotel or either of the clubhouses 7 4 The K Club – Smurfit Course NORTH KILDARE 7 Millicent Golf Club NORTH KILDARE No. of Holes 18 No. of Holes 18 Straffan, Co Kildare T: 01 6017300 E: [email protected] W: www.kclub.ie Millicent Road, Clane, Co Kildare T: 045 893279 E: [email protected] Course Type Inland Links Course Type Parkland Nearest Town: Celbridge The K Club's second course, The Smurfit, is an inland Nearest Town: Clane F: 045 868369 W: www.millicentgolfclub.com links characterized by dramatic dune-type mounding Course Length 7,277 yds Described as the driest course in , Millicent golf course Course Length 7,045 yds providing excellent vantage points from which spectators Par 72 offers spectacular views of the Dublin and Wicklow mountains. Par 73 can watch the professionals at work, and the 14 acres of Although Millicent has many daunting hazards, including well water which have been worked into the design especially Buggy Hire ✓ placed bunkers, the and internal lakes, it provides Buggy Hire ✓ through the final phase, holes 13 to 18. enjoyable golf for both accomplished and high handicap golfers. Trolley Hire ✓ Trolley Hire ✓ Directions: From Dublin, take the N7 (Naas Road) to Directions: From M/N4, exit for Maynooth and follow signs for intersection at Kill (village on left). Exit for Straffan. After Club Hire ✓ Naas (R407). At T junction, turn right onto the R403 in the Club Hire ✓ approximately 3 miles/5km turn right at the T junction. Club Professional ✓ direction of Clane. Drive right into the village and, heading Club Professional ✗ Approximately 1/2 mile/800m later turn left (signpost for towards Naas, take right turn after The Corner House pub. ✓ ✓ Kildare Hotel & Country Club). Visitors Welcome Golf club is 1 mile down this road (Millicent Road) on left. Visitors Welcome Green Fees: From Û105 - Û225 (non resident) Tuition ✓ Green Fees: Midweek Û35; Weekend Û45 Tuition ✗ Catering Facilities: Bar snacks and full catering Pro Shop ✓ Catering Facilities: Sandwiches and soup. Full facilities Pro Shop ✗ available in hotel or either of the clubhouses Accommodation ✓ by 2006. Accommodation ✗

5 Golf Club 8 Pine Trees Golf Course No. of Holes 18 No. of Holes 18 Gallow, Kilcock, Co Kildare T: 01 628 7592 / 628 4074 F: 01 628 7283 Course Type Parkland Kilmurray, Clane, Co Kildare T: 045 869525 Course Type Parkland Nearest Town: Kilcock E: [email protected] Course Length 5,812 m Nearest Town: Clane E: [email protected] / [email protected] Course Length 5,592 yds W: www.kilcockgolfclub.com Par 72 The course provides an interesting challenge with Par 71 An undulating 18 hole course, spotted with mature hazards of trees, bunkers and two dykes which trisect ✓ ✗ trees and some water hazards. Very fast greens with Buggy Hire the course offering you the choice of ‘laying up’ or Buggy Hire subtle breaks test the best. Trolley Hire ✓ ‘going for it’ on plenty of occasions. Pine Trees has Trolley Hire ✓ Directions: Kilcock golf club is situated just 2 miles from Club Hire ✗ been described as an “undiscovered oasis”. Club Hire ✗ Kilcock just off the N4 (main Dublin to Galway road). Club Professional ✗ Directions: From Dublin, take the M/N4 exit for Maynooth, Club Professional ✗ From the M4, take the exit for Kilcock. After 200 yards Visitors Welcome ✓ follow signs for Naas (R406). At the T junction, turn Visitors Welcome ✓ take a right and then the first left. Golf course is on this right onto the R403. Continue into the village of Clane. ✗ ✗ road approx 1 mile from the crossroads. Tuition At the Mace supermarket, turn right (there is a sign for Tuition Green Fees: Mon-Thu Û25; Fri Û32; Sat-Sun Û35 Pro Shop ✗ Pinetrees). Golf club 4.4 km along this road. Pro Shop ✗ ✗ ✗ Catering Facilities: Full catering and bar facilities Accommodation Green Fees: Weekday Û12; Weekend Û15 Accommodation

6 Knockanally Golf Club 9 Woodlands Golf Course No. of Holes 18 No. of Holes 18 T: 045 869322 F: 045 869322 T: 045 860777 E: [email protected] Course Type Parkland Course Type Parkland , Co Kildare E: [email protected] W: www.knockanally.com Cooleragh, , Naas, Co Kildare E: www.woodlandsgolf.ie Nearest Town: Enfield This championship golf course stands on 120 acres of parkland Course Length 6,424 yds Nearest Town: Naas Kildare's best kept secret! Play challenging golf in a warm Course Length 5,924 m with many water hazards and stately, mature trees. Christy Par 72 and friendly atmosphere. Our picturesque course includes a Par 72 O'Connor Snr once described the opening hole here as 'the diversity of lakes, trees, and hillocks and is only 15 minutes most difficult opening hole in golf'. Knockanally hosted the Irish Buggy Hire ✓ drive from the K Club. Buggy Hire ✗ International Professional Matchplay Championship 1987-89 ✓ ✓ and the Irish Club Professional Championship in 1994. Trolley Hire Directions: From Dublin, take the M/N4 and exit at Kilcock. Trolley Hire Follow signs for Clane (R407) and in Clane, turn right before Directions: From Dublin, follow signs for the N4/M4 to Galway Club Hire ✓ Club Hire ✗ The Corner House pub, following signs for Prosperous and and the West. The motorway ends after Kilcock is bypassed, ✓ ✗ Club Professional Allenwood. Go straight through Prosperous. Turn right at Dag Club Professional but stay on the road (now N4) and approximately 7 km later, ✓ ✓ Knockanally will be signposted to the left. From the west, Visitors Welcome Weld's pub. Woodlands golf club is on the left approximately Visitors Welcome 1 mile from the crossroads in the village of Coill Dubh. traveling on N4, shortly after the roundabout on the Dublin side Tuition ✓ Tuition ✗ of Enfield, look out for the golf club sign on your right. Green Fees: Mon-Wed Û25; Thur-Fri Û30; W/ends & BH Û35 Pro Shop ✓ Pro Shop ✓ Û Û Green Fees (2005): Weekday 35; Weekend 50 ✗ Catering Facilities: Catering available weekends, snacks ✗ Accommodation mid-week. New clubhouse opening end 2005. Accommodation 8 Catering Facilities: Bar and restaurant 9 10 Bodenstown Golf Club - The Bodenstown Course CENTRAL KILDARE 12 Cill Dara Golf Club CENTRAL KILDARE No. of Holes 18 No. of Holes 9 Bodenstown, , Co Kildare T: 045 897096 F: 045 898126 Course Type Parkland Little Curragh, Kildare, Co Kildare T: 045 52129 T: 045 531 749 Course Type Parkland Nearest Town: Naas E: [email protected] Course Length 6,132 m Nearest Town: Kildare E: [email protected] Course Length - Bodenstown consists of two superb 18-hole courses. Par 72 A nine hole, flat, parkland course with 18 tees, 35 par Par 71 The Bodenstown Course, measuring 6,132 metres is front nine, 36 par back nine, friendly, hospitable staff, ✓ ✓ one of the finest inland tests of golf in Leinster. The Buggy Hire excellent catering and a genuine golf challenge. Buggy Hire Ladyhill Course measuring 5,618 metres is a little Trolley Hire ✓ Trolley Hire ✓ shorter but still affords a fair challenge. Directions: On the M7, exit at junction 10 for Club Hire ✓ Newbridge and The . Follow Club Hire ✓ Directions: From Dublin, follow signs for N7 to Limerick Club Professional ✗ R413 in the direction of Rathangan and follow signs Club Professional ✓ and Cork. On the N7, at the intersection at Kill, take the ✓ for Cill Dara Golf Club from the T junction. ✓ right turn for Straffan and the first left turn. The golf club Visitors Welcome Visitors Welcome is 4km along this road on the right hand side. Tuition ✗ Green Fees (2005): Û20 weekdays; Û25 weekend Tuition ✓ ✗ ✓ Green Fees: Û20 Pro Shop Catering Facilities: Full catering facilities Pro Shop ✗ ✗ Catering Facilities: Full bar and catering facilities Accommodation Accommodation

10 Bodenstown Golf Club - The Ladyhill Course 13 Craddockstown Golf Club No. of Holes 18 No. of Holes 18 T: 045 897610 F: 045 896968 Bodenstown, Sallins, Co Kildare T: 045 897096 F: 045 898126 Course Type Parkland Blessington Road, Naas, Co Kildare Course Type Parkland E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Nearest Town: Naas Course Length 5,618 m Nearest Town: Naas W: www.craddockstown.com Course Length 6,133 m Bodenstown consists of two superb 18-hole courses. Par 72 Par 72 The Bodenstown Course, measuring 6,132 metres is 18 parkland holes with four challenging par 3’s. Each hole has its own feature and shape which provides an enjoyable Buggy Hire ✓ Buggy Hire ✓ one of the finest inland tests of golf in Leinster. The challenge to all golfers. Ladyhill Course measuring 5,618 metres is a little Trolley Hire ✓ Trolley Hire ✓ shorter but still affords a fair challenge. Directions: Craddockstown Golf Club is situated on the Club Hire ✓ Blessington Road (R410) just outside the town of Naas. Club Hire ✗ Directions: From Dublin, follow signs for N7 to Limerick Club Professional ✗ From Dublin, take the N7 in the direction of Limerick and Club Professional ✗ and Cork. On the N7, at the intersection at Kill, take the Cork and take the first exit for Naas. Follow signs for Naas, ✓ ✓ right turn for Straffan and the first left turn. The golf club Visitors Welcome but get into the left filter lane at the first set of traffic lights, Visitors Welcome is 4km along this road on the right hand side. Tuition ✗ turn left onto Blessington Road. Golf club on right, Tuition ✓ approximately 1.5 km from the lights. Û Pro Shop ✗ Pro Shop ✗ Green Fees: 17 Green Fees: Mon–Thu Û38; Fri Û40; Sat-Sun Û45 Accommodation ✗ Accommodation ✗ Catering Facilities: Full bar and catering facilities Catering Facilities: Full catering facilities

11 Castlewarden Golf & Country Club 14 Curragh Golf Club No. of Holes 18 No. of Holes 18 T: 01 4589254 F: 01 4588972 Course Type Parkland T: 045 441714 F: 045 442476 Course Type Heath Castlewarden, Straffan, Co Kildare E: [email protected] The Curragh, Co Kildare Nearest Town: Kill Course Length 6,690 yds Nearest Town: Newbridge E: [email protected] Course Length 6,035 m W: www.castlewardengolfclub.com W: www.curraghgolf.com A well-respected 18 hole golf course set in 150 acres of fine Par 72 Par 72 Undulating parkland course located three miles south of parkland. With 6,690 yards of length and a par of 72, this ✓ ✗ course offers a fair challenge to all golfers. Conveniently Buggy Hire Newbridge on County Kildare's unique plain, the Buggy Hire located just off the N7 on the way to the village of Straffan, it Trolley Hire ✓ Curragh. The club was founded in 1883, and the course Trolley Hire ✓ is easily accessible to visitors from all parts of Dublin and is the oldest in Ireland, dating from 1852. Club Hire ✓ Club Hire ✓ surrounding counties. Club Professional ✓ Directions: From the N/M7 Dublin to Cork/Limerick Club Professional ✓ Directions: From Dublin, take N7 in the direction of Limerick/ motorway, exit at Newbridge/Curragh Racecourse Visitors Welcome ✓ Visitors Welcome ✓ Cork and exit at the Castlewarden interchange, following interchange. Take left exit at roundabout then right at the signs for . Golf club situated close to interchange. Tuition ✓ first junction (Lumville). Signposted from the motorway. Tuition ✓ Green Fees (2005): Mon-Fri Û35, Weekends Û45 ✓ ✓ Pro Shop Green Fees (2005): Weekdays Û30; W/end & BH Û40 Pro Shop Catering Facilities: Full bar & catering Accommodation ✗ Accommodation ✗ 10 Catering Facilities: Bar and restaurant 11 15 Dunmurry Springs Golf Club CENTRAL KILDARE 18 Naas Golf Range CENTRAL KILDARE No. of Holes 18 No. of Holes - T: 045 531400 F: 045 521595 Dunmurry Hill, Kildare, Co Kildare E: [email protected] W: www.dunmurrysprings.ie Course Type Parkland Kerdiffstown, Sallins, Co Kildare Course Type - T: 045 874489 Nearest Town: Kildare This impressive championship level golf course is Course Length 7,000 yds Nearest Town: Naas Course Length - characterised by movement through variety in direction, Par 72 Fabulous driving range with floodlighting, covered bay, Par - changes in elevation and spectacular views, enhanced by outdoor bays, practice area, putting green, and pitch water, no penal rough and great scenery. Buggy Hire ✓ and putt. Three professionals attached. Buggy Hire ✗ ✓ ✗ Directions: From Dublin, follow the M7 by-passing Naas and Trolley Hire Directions: Situated beside Naas Golf Club, 3 miles Trolley Hire Newbridge. Leave the M7 at exit 10 following signs for The Club Hire ✓ from Naas, I mile from Johnstown, I mile from Sallins Club Hire ✓ Curragh Racecourse. Follow the road (R413) behind the and 7 miles from the K Club. racecourse stands into Kildare Town. On reaching a set of Club Professional ✓ Club Professional ✓ traffic lights continue straight through following the R401. Visitors Welcome ✓ Visitors Welcome ✓ Dunmurry Springs is 2 miles from this point. Tuition ✓ Tuition ✓ Green Fees: Û40 - Û80 Pro Shop ✓ Cost: Automatic Û2 coin ball dispenser. Pro Shop ✗ Catering Facilities: Clubhouse opening Spring 2006 ✗ ✗ Accommodation Catering Facilities: Snacks available. Accommodation

16 Killeen Golf Club 19 Newbridge Golf Club No. of Holes 18 No. of Holes 18 Kill, Co Kildare Course Type Parkland Tankardsgarden, Newbridge, Co Kildare T: 045 486110 F: 045 446840 Course Type Parkland T: 045 866003 F: 045 875881 Nearest Town: Naas Course Length 6,732 yds Nearest Town: Newbridge E: [email protected] Course Length 5,960 m E: [email protected] Par 72 W: www.newbridgegolfclub.com Par 72 Killeen is set on 110 acres of beautiful, flat pastureland. A challenging and picturesque course known for its wildlife. The use of water in seven holes makes this course, created Buggy Hire ✓ Enjoy the peaceful and relaxed atmosphere. The course has Buggy Hire ✓ to meet full USPGA specifications, a challenge for all golfers. Trolley Hire ✓ USPGA sand greens in place and is affiliated with the Golfing Trolley Hire ✓ Union of Ireland. Directions: From Dublin, take the N7 in the direction of Club Hire ✓ Club Hire ✓ Limerick/Cork. Exit at the Kill intersection and follow signs for Directions: From Dublin, follow signs for N/M7 Limerick, Straffan. Killeen Golf Club is signposted off this road. Club Professional ✗ Cork. Exit for Naas/Newbridge and take the R445 to Club Professional ✗ Visitors Welcome ✓ Newbridge. At junction on bridge on approach to town, turn Visitors Welcome ✓ right and follow the road around Newbridge College for a Tuition ✗ Tuition ✗ mile. Take the second left, over the railway bridge. Pro Shop ✓ Û Û Pro Shop ✓ Green Fees (2005): Mon-Thu Û35; Fri Û40; W/end Û50 Green Fees: Weekday 22; Weekend 24 Accommodation ✗ Accommodation ✗ Catering Facilities: Restaurant Catering Facilities: Bar facilities. Catering by arrangement.

17 Naas Golf Club 20 PGA National Ireland No. of Holes 18 No. of Holes 18 Kerdiffstown, Naas, Co Kildare Course Type Parkland Palmerstown House, Johnstown, Course Type Parkland Nearest Town: Naas T: 045 874644 F: 045 896109 Course Length 6,278 yds Co Kildare T: 045 871404 F: 045 871377 Course Length 7,419 yds E: [email protected] Nearest Town: Naas E: [email protected] W: www.naasgolfclub.com Par 71 W: www.palmerstownhouse.com Par 72 Recently re-developed parkland course with sand- Buggy Hire ✗ Situated in the beautiful surroundings of the Palmerstown Buggy Hire ✓ Estate, a former stud farm, the course has the distinction of based greens, water hazards and undulating terrain. Trolley Hire ✓ being the home of the PGA in Ireland, putting it on the same Trolley Hire ✓ An excellent challenge for all levels of skill. Club Hire ✗ footing as The Belfry and Gleneagles in the UK. This gorgeous Club Hire ✓ Directions: Located 4 miles from Naas off N7 at parkland course is set to take its place as one of Europe's best. Club Professional ✗ Club Professional ✓ Johnstown. Exit at the Johnstown interchange and Directions: From Dublin, follow signs for N/M7 Limerick/Cork. ✓ ✓ follow signs for Kerdiffstown/Sallins Visitors Welcome Exit at Johnstown interchange, and follow signs for PGA Visitors Welcome National Ireland. Tuition ✗ Tuition ✓ Pro Shop ✗ Pro Shop ✓ Û Û Green Fees: Û100 - Û175 Green Fees: Weekday 40; W/end & BH 45 ✗ ✗ Accommodation Catering Facilities: Dining facilities for up to 300 people Accommodation 12 Catering Facilities: Full catering facilities 13 21 Athy Golf Club SOUTH KILDARE Accommodation Listing No. of Holes 18 T: 059 8631729 F: 059 8634710 Course Type Parkland Geraldine, Athy, Co Kildare E: [email protected] W: www.athygolfclub.com Nearest Town: Athy Course Length 6,475 m The River Moneen flows through the course and it is now a major feature. The finishing holes are very tough, Par 72 NORTH KILDARE however the course overall is a fair test of golf to all categories of players. Buggy Hire ✓ CLANE ✓ Directions: From Dublin, follow signs for the N/M7 to Trolley Hire B&B, FARMHOUSE HOTEL, 3 STAR Limerick/Cork. Exit for N9 (, ) and take the Club Hire ✗ N78 at the interchange. On the approach to Athy, Silverspring House Springfield Hotel ✗ pass the GAA grounds on left and turn right at next lights, Club Professional Firmount, Clane, Naas, Co Kildare Leixlip, Co Kildare following sign for Kildare. From south, drive through Athy Visitors Welcome ✓ T: 045 868481 T: 01 4581100 and take left at lights after the cemetery (Kildare road). F: 045 892246 F: 01 4581246 Tuition ✗ E: [email protected] Golf club is approx 1.5 km from lights on right. E: [email protected] Green Fees: Mon–Fri Û40; Sat & Bank Holiday Û40 Pro Shop ✗ www.springfieldhotel.ie Catering Facilities: Restaurant on site Accommodation ✗ B&B, COUNTRY HOME B&B, COUNTRY HOME Shriff Lodge Heatherville 22 Cardenton House Par 3 Painstown, Clane, Co Kildare Shaughlin’s Glen, Confey, Leixlip, Co Kildare T/F: 045 869282 T: 01 6245156/6060923 No. of Holes 18 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Cardenton, Athy, Co Kildare T: 059 8631728 F: 059 8634602 Course Type Parkland Homepage.eircom.net/~shrifflodge Nearest Town: Athy E: [email protected] W: www.athypar3.com Course Length 3,000 yds Cardenton House Par 3 Golf Course is set in 50 acres MAYNOOTH Par 56 EDENDERRY of maturing parkland alongside the B&B, COUNTRY HOME overlooking the beautiful Kildare countryside. Water Buggy Hire ✗ B&B, TOWN HOME features and bunkers provide a challenge to golfers of Trolley Hire ✓ Aaronbeg B&B Auburn Lodge Moyglare, Maynooth, Co Kildare all levels. ✓ Club Hire Colonel Perry Street, Edenderry, Co Offaly T: 01 6292074 T: 046 9731319 Directions: Approx 40 miles from Dublin. By-pass ✗ E: [email protected] Club Professional E: [email protected] Naas and Kilcullen and go through Athy. Cardenton www.aaronbeg.com Visitors Welcome ✓ House Par 3 is 1km from the town centre on the Portlaoise Road, on right-hand side. Tuition ✗ JOHNSTOWN BRIDGE HOTEL, 3 STAR Pro Shop ✗ Green Fees: Weekend Û9; Mid-Week Û7.50 Glenroyal Hotel & Leisure Club Accommodation ✗ HOTEL Catering Facilities: Available nearby. Straffan Road, Maynooth, Co Kildare The Hamlet Court Hotel T: 01 6290909 Johnstownbridge, Nr. Enfield, Co Kildare F: 01 6290919 23 Castle Golf Club T: 046 9541200 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.glenroyal.ie No. of Holes 18 www.thehamlet.ie T: 059 9145555 F: 059 9145505 Course Type Parkland , Co Kildare E: [email protected] Nearest Town: Castledermot W: www.kilkeacastlehotelgolf.com Course Length 6,097 m LEIXLIP This course has been developed in the magnificent setting of Par 70 the oldest inhabited castle in Ireland. The imaginative use of the HOTEL, 3 STAR ✓ River Griese provides a natural hazard at several holes, while Buggy Hire Leixlip House Hotel two lakes and strategic bunkers add to the golfing challenge. Trolley Hire ✓ Captain’s Hill, Leixlip, Co Kildare Kilkea Castle is renowned for the immaculate condition of its Club Hire ✓ T: 01 6242268 tees and greens. The clubhouse facilities make preparation to ✗ F: 01 6244177 play and post game relaxation an absolute pleasure. Club Professional E: [email protected] Directions: Accessible either from the N9 by taking the R418 Visitors Welcome ✓ www.leixliphouse.com signposted Athy at Castledermot, or from Athy, taking the turn Tuition ✓ signposted Castledermot (R418) off the N78 (Dublin Road). Pro Shop ✓ Green Fees: Mon-Thu Û40; Fri-Sun Û50 Accommodation ✓ 14 Catering Facilities: Hole in One Bistro 15 Accommodation Listing Accommodation Listing

ROBERTSTOWN NEWBRIDGE SELF CATERING, 3 STAR SELF-CATERING, 4 STAR HOTEL, 3 STAR B&B, COUNTRY HOME Robertstown Holiday Village Rustic Rest Ambassador Hotel Bronville B&B Robertstown, Naas, Co Kildare Martinstown, The Curragh, Co Kildare Kill, Co Kildare Ladytown, Newbridge, Co Kildare T: 045 870870/087 2774394 T: 045 441743 T: 045 877064 T: 045 434024 F: 045 870869 E: [email protected] F: 045 877515 F: 045 866494 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] www.rusticrest.ie www.ambassadorhotelkildare.com www.robertstownholidayvillage.com GUEST HOUSE, 3 STAR SELF-CATERING, 4 STAR The Gables Guest House MONASTEREVIN & Leisure Centre STRAFFAN Thorndyke Farm , The Curragh, Co Kildare B&B, FARMHOUSE Ryston, Newbridge, Co Kildare HOTEL T: 087 6539400 T: 045 435330 E: [email protected] Cloncarlin House F: 045 435355 www.thorndykefarm.ie Nurney Road, Monasterevin, Co Kildare E: [email protected] Straffan, Co Kildare T: 045 525722 T: 01 6288157 E: [email protected] HOTEL, 4 STAR F: 01 6277027 www.cloncarlin.com E: [email protected] JOHNSTOWN Keadeen Hotel www.barberstowncastle.ie Curragh Road, Newbridge, Co Kildare SELF-CATERING, 4 STAR HOTEL, 2 STAR T: 045 431666 Ashwell Cottage Hazel Hotel F: 045 434402 Dublin Road, Monasterevin, Co Kildare CENTRAL KILDARE Toberton, Johnstown, Naas, Co Kildare E: [email protected] T: 045 879167 T: 045 525373 www.keadeenhotel.kildare.ie F: 045 525810 E: [email protected] THE CURRAGH E: [email protected] SELF-CATERING, 3 STAR www.hazelhotel.com B&B, FARMHOUSE Borahard Lodge KILDARE Eagle Hill Farmhouse Newbridge, Co Kildare Eagle Hill, , The Curragh, Co Kildare B&B, COUNTRY HOME NAAS T: 045 431474/087 6881625 T: 045 526097 E: [email protected] Kildare B&B B&B, TOWN HOME Monasterevin Road, Kildare, Co Kildare Avondale HOTEL T: 045 521777 Dublin Road, Naas, Co Kildare SALLINS The Stand House Hotel E: [email protected] www.kildarebedandbreakfast.com T: 045 876254 SELF-CATERING, 4 STAR The Curragh, Co Kildare E: [email protected] T: 045 436177 Sandymount Lodge F: 045 436180 KILL B&B, TOWN HOME Sallins, Naas, Co Kildare E: [email protected] T: 045 897297 Norcenni www.standhousehotel.com B&B, COUNTRY HOME F: 045 889749 Boreen Lusk, Sallins Road, Naas, Co Kildare Olthove House T: 045 875014 Newtown, Kill, Co Kildare E: [email protected] T: 045 877022 E: [email protected] HOTEL, 2 STAR www.olthovehouse.com Harbour Hotel & Restaurant Newbridge Road, Naas, Co Kildare T: 045 879145 F: 045 874002

16 17 Accommodation Listing Dining

CAFÉ: open during the day only and usually not licensed to sell alcohol (unless indicated in the guide).

SOUTH KILDARE PUB SERVING FOOD: it is usually possible to get a good variety of hot meals as well as sandwiches and soup in pubs serving food. They are fully licensed (licensed to sell wine, lager and spirits), and may operate table service or self-service. ATHY KILKEA RESTAURANT: generally speaking you should expect to pay more (and get a higher level of service) in a restaurant than a pub B&B, FARMHOUSE B&B, HISTORIC HOUSE serving food. Table service is the norm. Restaurants are either licensed to sell wine only or fully licensed as indicated in the guide. Moate Lodge Kilkea Lodge Farm HOTEL: in Ireland hotels tend to serve snacks in the lobby area, hot food in the lounge bar, and often in a more formal Off Dublin Road, Athy, Co Kildare Kilkea, Castledermot, Co Kildare T: 059 8626137 T/F: 059 9145112 restaurant also. Many hotels operate what is known as a ‘carvery’ which is a hot-food counter at which roast meats are F: 059 8626109 E: [email protected] carved and served with potatoes and vegetables as you queue up. E: [email protected] www.kilkealodge.com www.moatelodge.com B&B, COUNTRY HOUSE NORTH KILDARE B&B, FARMHOUSE The White House CELBRIDGE Pill Lodge Kilkea, Castledermot, Co Kildare HOTEL Belan, , Athy, Co Kildare T/F: 059 9145532 T: 059 8624147 E: [email protected] The Folly Bar E: [email protected] Setanta House Hotel, Clane Road, Celbridge, HOTEL, 4 STAR Co Kildare HOTEL Kilkea Castle Hotel T: 01 6303200 F: 01 6012925 Castledermot, Co Kildare Clanard Court Hotel E: [email protected] Dublin Road, Athy, Co Kildare T: 059 9145156 www.setantahousehotel.com F: 059 9145187 T: 059 8640666 Cuisine Type: Daytime carvery, evening steakhouse F: 059 8640888 E: [email protected] www.kilkeacastle.ie E: [email protected] CLANE www.clanardcourt.ie RESTAURANT, LICENSED SELF-CATERING, 3 STAR The Flaming Wok Leinster Lodge Woods Centre, Clane, Co Kildare Athy, Co Kildare HOTEL T: 045 861741 LEIXLIP T: 059 8631706 F: 045 860960 Saints Bar & Bistro and Lemongrass www.leadingrestaurants.com F: 059 8632166 HOTEL Glenroyal Hotel & Leisure Club, Straffan Cuisine type: Chinese food including seafood, also E: [email protected] Road, Maynooth, Co Kildare steaks and healthy steamed options Becketts Homepage.eircom.net/~worldmaps T: 01 6290909 Cooldrinagh House, Leixlip, Co Kildare F: 01 6290919 PUB SERVING FOOD T: 01 6247040 SELF-CATERING 4 STAR E: [email protected] F: 01 6247072 Jones Bar www.glenroyal.ie The Mill Holiday Homes Cuisine type: International Mill House, Levitstown, Athy, Co Kildare Main Street, Clane, Co Kildare Cuisine type: Traditional and European (Saints), Thai T: 059 9145385 T: 045 868215 (Lemongrass) F: 059 9145510 F: 045 893667 MAYNOOTH RESTAURANT, WINE LICENCE E: [email protected] Cuisine type: European PUB SERVING FOOD/RESTAURANT, Stone Haven Restaurant CAFÉ/RESTAURANT, WINE LICENCE LICENSED Mill Street, Maynooth, Co Kildare Zest Restaurant Nua T: 01 6291220 Clane Shopping Centre, Main Street, Clane, Newtown Inn, Meadowbrook Road, F: 01 6291231 Co Kildare Maynooth, Co Kildare E: [email protected] T: 045 893222 T: 01 6291904 www.leadingrestaurants.com E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Cuisine type: International Cuisine type: Bar food in Newtown Inn, modern Irish Cuisine Type: European cuisine in Restaurant Nua 18 19 Dining Join the Kildare County Welcome to the World Festival 13th-24th September 2006

MOYVALLEY NAAS SALLINS PUB SERVING FOOD RESTAURANT, WINE LICENCE PUB SERVING FOOD Furey’s Bar Maloti Indian Cuisine The Bridgewater Inn Moyvalley, Co Kildare 3 New Road, Naas, Co Kildare Sallins, Co Kildare T: 046 9551185 T: 045 883660 T: 045 880681 Ryder Cup Race Day Cuisine type: Home-cooked Irish food. Steaks & F: 045 883707 Cuisine type: High class lounge menu fresh fish specials daily. www.maloti.ie Open 12 noon – 8pm. Mon to Sat. No food served Type of cuisine: Indian Sunday. at the Curragh RESTAURANT, LICENSED SOUTH KILDARE STRAFFAN Storehouse Restaurant ATHY HOTEL Friary Lane, Naas, Co Kildare CAFÉ, LICENSED T: 045 889333 STOP PRESS! Barberstown Castle Restaurant E: [email protected] The Unicorns Ryder Cup Race Day at The Curragh Racecourse featuring the Goffs Million Straffan, Co Kildare Cuisine type: Traditional 4 Stanhope Street, Athy, Co Kildare T: 01 6288157 T: 059 8632996 The first race day to be part of the official Ryder Cup programme will take E: [email protected] RESTAURANT, LICENSED F: 059 8634947 place at the world famous Curragh Racecourse on Tuesday 19th E: [email protected] www.barberstowncastle.ie Pasta Fresca Cuisine type: Fine dining. A blend of French and Type of cuisine: Daytime, Danish pancake house. September. The day will provide a fun and exciting addition to what is 13 South Main Street, Naas, Co Kildare Irish cuisines Evenings, bistro food with Mediterranean influence T: 045 901542 without doubt the high point in the Irish sporting calendar in 2006. F: 045 901546 Curragh CASTLEDERMOT Experience great racing, featuring the Goffs Million, Europe’s richest 2yo CENTRAL KILDARE E: [email protected] Cuisine type: Italian RESTAURANT, WINE LICENCE race and enjoy the spectacle as we showcase the thoroughbred industry JOHNSTOWN to the world with a variety of exciting promotions. The 1st of 7 races takes Ffrench’s Restaurant at the NEWBRIDGE PUB SERVING FOOD/RESTAURANT Schoolhouse place at 2pm thus giving you the opportunity to visit the K Club in the The Johnstown Inn HOTEL Main Street, Castledermot, Co Kildare morning and then come racing in the afternoon. T: 059 9144099 Johnstown, Co Kildare The Keadeen Hotel T: 045 897547 E: [email protected] Curragh Road, Newbridge, Co Kildare E: [email protected] www.theschoolhouse.ie www.johnstowninn.com T: 045 431666 Type of cuisine: specialising in fresh, locally sourced Cuisine type: International E: [email protected] foods (organic and free range where possible) www.keadeenhotelkildare.ie Type of cuisine: Bar food. International cuisine in Admission from E15. Children under 15 free KILDARE MOONE The Derby Room restaurant. Students/Senior Citizens E8 RESTAURANT, WINE LICENCE PUB SERVING FOOD/RESTAURANT, 20% Group sales discount RESTAURANT, WINE LICENCE Annamar’s LICENSED The Palace Chinese A variety of hospitality and restaurant packages are available. Station Road, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare Moone High Cross Inn Moorefield Road Shopping Arcade, T: 045 522899 Moone, Athy, Co Kildare Newbridge, Co Kildare For further information: www.annamars.site.voila.fr. T: 059 8624112 T: 045 434109 Cuisine type: French/Irish E: [email protected] Type of cuisine: Chinese T: 045 441205 Cuisine type: Home-cooked traditional Irish food PUB SERVING FOOD/RESTAURANT, E: [email protected] LICENSED PUB SERVING FOOD/RESTAURANT or visit www.curragh.ie The Silken Thomas Swifts Bar & Restaurant The Square, Kildare Town, 10 Kildare Main Street, Newbridge, Co Kildare T: 045 522232 T: 045 433234 E: [email protected] Type of cuisine: European/Irish www.silkenthomas.com Cuisine type: Carvery in bar. Irish/French cuisine in Chapter 16 restaurant Check www.visitkildare.ie for details of the Kildare County Welcome to the World Festival 20 . Activities for non golfers Activities for non golfers

THE THRILL OF A DAY AT THE RACES THE FINEST HOUSE IN IRELAND At one of Kildare’s three racecourses; Naas, This was said about , Celbridge, but there Punchestown and The Curragh. are other great houses which whisper the secrets of our rich and chequered past as you explore.

ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A RACING DRIVER? BROWSE THE BOUTIQUES Try out your skills on the track at Ireland’s only Or try outlet shopping at its best at Kildare Village international motor racing circuit with a class at Mondello where you’ll find luxury brands at up to 60% off. Park’s Performance Driving School or see how it should be done at a racing car or bike event.

ENJOY A HEALING MASSAGE FAMILY DAYS Or any of a wide range of treatments at one of County A real hedge maze, an adventure playground, creepy crawlies Kildare’s world class spas. and a fairy bower. These are just some of the attractions on offer for the little people in your life.

THE THOROUGHBRED COUNTY OBJETS D’ART The rich soil of County Kildare results in champion Pick up a unique souvenir from a local craftsperson thoroughbreds and wonderful gardens. Enjoy both at working in pewter, wrought iron, glass, bog oak, The Irish National Stud, Japanese Gardens and St silver or wood. Fiachra’s Garden.

STILL WATERS THE ROOM OUTDOORS County Kildare has 75 miles of canals and rivers for Appreciate the expense, skill, and love our ancestors fishing, canoeing or simply walking alongside. poured into their gardens. Visit the many beautiful, historic and award-winning gardens in County Kildare.

Every care has been taken to ensure accuracy in the compilation of this brochure. County Kildare Fáilte cannot, however, accept responsibility for errors or 22 omissions but where such are brought to our attention, future publications will be amended accordingly. 23 The 36th Ryder Cup Matches will be played at the K Club, Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 22nd - 24th September 2006. Come and join the party!

A replica Ryder Cup The 18th hole on The Palmer Course at the K Club

This guide was produced by Other Tourist Information Offices Useful websites: County Kildare Fáilte The County Tourism Committee Kildare Town Heritage Centre www.qualitygolfpassport.com for County Kildare Market House Get amazing value with our Quality Golf Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland Passport, allowing you to play three of Û T: 045-898888 T: 045 530672 Ireland’s top courses for just 300 E: [email protected] F: 045 898887 www.eastcoastmidlands.ie E: [email protected] Regional Information and accommodation reservations Tourist information on counties Kildare, www.visitkildare.ie Wicklow, Louth, Meath, Longford, Westmeath, North Offaly, and Laois, and on- Contact us for the following Athy Heritage Centre line accommodation booking. County Kildare guides: Market House Emily Square ✓ Where to Stay Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland ✓ Dining & Entertainment T: 059 8633075 E: [email protected] ✓ Things to See and Do Information and accommodation ✓ Touring Guide & Map reservations

Top View