The Curragh Golf Club
When we arrived at the clubhouse of the oldest golf course in Ireland we couldn’t have received a nicer welcome. We told Margaret at the bar our story who suggested that Clive talked to Peter over the phone. He couldn’t have been a nicer guy, he and Clive chatted for ages and then he set us up with a couple of pints of Guinness on him while we sat back and watched US Open for a while before someone turned the TV over for the hurling match between Kilkenny and Galway - never seen a match from start to finish and we really enjoyed it. All the while people were walking back and forth to the bar and we got a quick chat with most of them. There was a party in the clubhouse later on that night so we went back to the van for dinner before stumping up €6 in aid of a local hospice to join the party. We were entertained by The Beer Mats before finally calling it a night at about 11:30pm - a late one for us!
Next morning we went into St Brigid’s cathedral, Kildare for the Sunday service where Clive was able to tell them that there was to be a baptism, much to their surprise! Seems the rector forgot to tell them. Anyway, by the time our 2pm tee off came around the day was warming up nicely even though it was still trying to rain. Our playing partner for the day was Larry who escorted around the course in a gentlemanly fashion.




Yesterday after playing at Rossmore we met up with friends in Dublin for a meal (quite good fish and chips in Beshoff, O’Connell Street) and then we went to see The Deep Blue Sea and the Gate theatre (an excellent show which we all enjoyed). 