The Wild Atlantic Way

First up….

Carne

Simply massive dunes, almost unbelievable, rained a few holes, very windy, big walk, guy in our group said his watch showed 18,000 steps and 87 flights of stairs! Videos don't do this place justice.

Next up was Strandhill.

Don't sleep on this one if you are nearby, go play it. I enjoyed it and it had some great holes with views and dunes. Windy again as that was the theme.

Next up was County Sligo. Very Scottish links look and feel to this one. Good course. Wettest and grayest round of the trip as it rained on about a third of the holes. Had a couple of burns on the course. Still windy.

Carne is the only course I've been to where I was walking in the fairway and could reach my arm out and touch it while walking. Crazy ups and downs. Truly feel like you're at the end of the world out there. My poor wife slipped and rolled down the fairway several yards. I about died laughing. She was not amused. Enjoy your trip.

Up next was Enniscrone. Great course and routing in the dunes, then a few in the open then back into the dunes. The dunes really framed the holes well. Sleeted on us half a hole, cold rain for another then good weather. Yes, still very windy.

Thanks for posting - between this thread and the one Aggie369 made, I have to figure out a trip over the pond at some point. Ireland looks amazing.

After Narin and Portnoo we took on 40-50 mph winds at the nine hole Cruit Island. Crazy wind but also crazy views. Here is the par 3 6th hole 140 yards over some beautiful rocky cliffs. Hit a three wood and it rolled left on the green in front of the flag to a foot. Zoom in on the last pic's green and you can see my ball.

Last round of the trip was St. Patrick's Links in Rosapenna. Fantastic course and it's a big ballpark. Huge fairways and green runoff areas. It kinda surprised me for a Doak course and having played Pacific Dunes. This course felt bigger almost like Doak and David McKlay Kidd designed it together. Perfect conditions with no rain but it was very windy again.

And yes Guiness tastes better in Ireland!