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Carrickmacross Golf Club, Co. Monaghan. (1914 - 1950s)
First appeared just prior to WW1 and was still listed in the late 1950s; it’s probable that the club had closed prior to this.
The later Nuremore Golf Club came into being in the mid 1960s.
Golf Club Dance in February 1924.
Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal Saturday 2 February 1924. Image © Independent News and Media PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
The secretary throughout at the earlier club was C Lonergan, telephone number 9 and the green-keeper J Kelly. A 9-hole parkland course with a membership of 40. Visitors’ fees were 1/6 a day and Sunday play was allowed. The railway station at Carrickmacross was 2 miles away. Local hotels were the Shirley Arms and O’Neills.
Mention of a new club in February 1964.
Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal Saturday 9 February 1924. Image © Independent News and Media PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
The present Nuremore Golf Course mentioned in 1966.
Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal Saturday 15 October 1966. Image © Independent News and Media PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.