The Wild Atlantic Way

 We took off from Killarney and headed for the Atlantic coast.  We stopped a played at Ballyheigue which was another castle course.  We actually stopped at the gates of the castle grabbed the clubs and then realized we were at hole 9 and the clubhouse was at the castle! Course was a nice 9 holes overlooking the sea.



Onto the road once more. We need to look at Ballybunion just because, €400 per person is a little outside our budget. 


And the road leads us to Foynes, they did a lot of aviation history here. Especially with flying boats. There is a huge one here but we were too late to get in to see it. We got to see its behind though! Maybe next trip for the interior.


Limerick is the next stop. We rented a room in an apartment. Limerick is a more industrial town and appears new than the places we have been before. Not brand new but not ancient. It’s a busy city but friendly.


Trying to be efficient we head straight to Lahinch. We played the Castle Course, not as dear as the old course (€320 per person). It is a links course over some dunes but mostly peat. Pretty enough but tight.



We walked the course and then climbed the Cliffs of Moher. There has to be a reckoning between Kerry and Moher. The first impression is the two sets of geology are not vastly different, Kerry was more granite and more vertically inclined, Moher is obviously more sandstone and more horizontal. Moher are taller but not, somehow, more impressive than Kerry. Wait, there are more cliffs, we hear Kilkee has some and there is a golf course there. To bed to bed, in Milton Malbray.




Ah, another golf course, three in a row. We can hire a buggy at Kilkee to make it easier. Since the course I’d built on the cliffs we don’t need to hike after the round to see them, look as you play! Another links course with tight fairways. Spectacular views, ocean, cliffs, 10 con trails in the sky and beautiful Irish countryside. It should be noted that the use of white golf balls in this country should be discouraged. The fairways are rife with pretty little daisies to hid anything white, long searches on seemingly open grassland. There are yellow irises, purple heather and many beautiful blooms to distract yo7 from an errant shot. Jane rates this one the most beautiful course we have







No time to lose, we have three nights in Naas and the races tomorrow. Up the M7 at warp speed!


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