Category: BACK TO IRELAND

We arrived home safely Friday evening, and I got right back into the “swing” of things playing in Men’s Opening Saturday morning. I guess 10.5 rounds in 11 days just wasn’t enough. Jutta played on Sunday with sister goat, Monica and Dianne, and I won’t say who it was, but someone, or maybe two of…

I have forgotten to thank the person that puts our trips together for us in Ireland, Justin Farrell, and although that is just two now, we expect there will be more in the future. Jutta and I are admittedly not the easiest people to deal with, Justin will tell you, but he navigated us through…

And it comes to this……our last round of golf in Ireland this year……..it will be played at the links of Portmarnock GC, not surprisingly in the town of Portmarnock, County Dublin. Famous mostly for its golf course, Portmarnock also boast the Velvet Strand beach which we have already seen and it is amazing, probably 5-10km…

Wow, an early start today……8:30 tee time at The Island…….a twenty minute drive from the hotel, although I can see the course just across the channel from my hotel room. Down for breakfast I decide to opt for the EMFI (Express Modified Full Irish)…….that is when I ditch into the buffet line while the hostess…

This just in……. “POPULAR SEAGULL FOUND DEAD AT SLIEVE DONARD HOTEL” A seagull know as Gully to employees and regular guests at this upscale Newcastle hotel has been found dead along the front wall of the hotel. Gully was known to visit the ledges outside upper floor bedrooms and many guests would feed him grains,…