Golf and Incentive Travel

One of the premium links courses in the country Portmarnock Golf Club is the venue for the Irish Open Championship and is given world championship ranking by many critics. The sandy soil of the Portmarnock peninsula makes it ideal for golf. Now boasting 27 holes, its potential as a golf links was realised in 1894. Within two years of the opening of the 18 hole course, Portmarnock hosted its first tournament, the Irish Open Amateur Championship and has hosted the prestigious Irish Open Championship many times since then and was also host for the Walker Cup. Within the curve of the coastline formed by Howth peninsula, it offers stunning views of Ireland’s Eye and Lambay Island, rising sharply from deep waters. But above all, there is the charm of its delightful turf, the wildness, the solitude of the sandhills and the sea, and the ever-present challenge of the wind.