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Golf Club Ceann
Sibeal (Dingle) is the most westerly course in Europe. It is a
short drive from Ballyferriter on the western Dingle
Peninsula, whose geography is some- what similar to
Connemara’s, rugged and mountainous with extensive green
valleys. Here, in what feels like a very remote and secluded
province of Ireland, Gaelic is still spoken.
The 6690-yard
par 72 layout was co-designed by Eddie Hackett and Christy
O’Connor Jr. Like Dooks, the terrain is morrainic and sandy,
and not so vertiginous you need to jack up your heart rate to
play the course, though it is definitely not flat.
| Secretary: |
Garry
Partington |
Tel
: +353 (0)66-9156255 |
| Professional |
Dermot
O'Connor |
Tel :
+353 (0)66-9156255 |
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The
architects moved virtually no earth, laying down a route
over the land as they found it, using the tall grasses,
mounds and environmental areas to good advantage in a
simple, straight-forward plan. The most westerly hole is
the 200-yard 10th, a beast of an pronounced
uphill par 3 to a green with a sharp front and a large
dune directly behind. Way out here just off the
Atlantic, you can count on strong winds.
When
finished with your round, you will find many attractions
in this region including Mulcahy’s Pottery, high
cliffs near Clogher Strand, a Napoleonic fort on nearby
Sybil Head, and Ferriter’s Castle, belonging to Piaras
Ferriter, a 17th Century local chieftain who
stood to the last against Cromwell, until he was hanged
in 1652.
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