Druid’s Glen Golf Club

OK, so we didn’t actually play here but it’s a good story.

After our round at Druid’s Heath we got showered and changed. As usual, Clive doesn’t waste any more time than is necessary with that sort of thing so while I was still getting changed he was in the shop talking to the lads.

A huge thank you to Barry Dowling for offering to take us over the Druid’s Glen. He felt that since we’d come all this way it would be awful for us not to see it, so he gave us a whistle-stop tour. He showed the awesomely scary looking 13th, a pretty amazing par 4. And of course the Druid’s Altar which overlooks the famous par 3 12th. Barry gave us a decent tour of the rest of the course, the island green on the 17th, teeing off out of the orchard at the 3rd. He was very knowledgeable about the estate the course was built on so as well as giving us a tour of the course we got a good sense of the history of the place.

Then we got a tour of the clubhouse, which was the Tottenham family’s gentry house on the estate. Fantastic to see around inside. There were a lot of paintings and sketches of famous Irishmen and women and Clive was in his element spotting and naming them all.

Thanks again Barry – as soon as we’ve won the lottery and can afford to play Druid’s Glen, we’ll be in touch.

See our photos of Druid’s Glen.