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Carrick-on-Shannon Golf Club, County Leitrim. (1910 - 1944)
Founded 1910 on a course at Ballinamoney.
There was mention of an Ardcarne Golf Club in the 1940s.
Roscommon Herald Saturday 19 February 1916 - "The Carrick Golf Club will give a dance in aid of the Red Cross Funds in the Carrock Town Hall on Tuesday 29 February. Mrs Clarke and Miss N Gaffney are the hon. secretaries, and they are working energetically for its success. The music will be supplied by Mr Clarke Barry's principal orchestra, Dublin."
On St Patrick's Day in 1924 eleven couples took part in a foursome competition. The first prize was won by Messrs. R Lonsdale and R Harvey. Runners-up E O'Neill Clarke H Harman and H Harman.
Roscommon Herald Saturday 12 July 1924 - "The dance in aid of the Carrick-on-Shannon Golf Club in the Town Hall, on Tuesday night, was a distinct success, and there was a very large attendance from the Midlands and the West. All details had been carefully attended to and visitors expressed delight at the excellence of the function and the very enjoyable night spent. The secretaries, Miss M McDermott, and Miss R McDermott, discharged their onerous duties most capably, and in no better hands could the arrangements have been left."
The September 1924 medal was won by Brother Gonzaga.
In October 1924 the following qualified for the final stages of the competition for the cup presented to the club by Canon O'Reilly; Rev J C Beresford, J W Macauley, Brother Gonzaga, E Downes, Geo. Rogan, E O'Neill Clarke, T J McNabola And Miss McDermott.
Report on the annual meeting in 1928.
Roscommon Herald Saturday 5 May 1928. Image © Irish Times Ltd. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Throughout the 1930s the secretary was J Ennis, Northern Bank, Carrick-on-Shannon. The club had a membership of 60. A nine-hole course one mile from the railway station. Visitors' fees - 1s a day, 5s a week, 15s a month. Sunday play allowed without caddies. Local hotel was The Bush.
Report on the annual meeting in April 1931.
Belfast Telegraph Thursday 23 April 1931. Image © Independent News and Media PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
In June 1931 the competition for the silver cup presented to the club by Miss E McDermott, Bush Hotel, and captain of the ladies' section, was won by Miss Nina Harvey with a score of 75.
Results of competitions played in September 1931; Subscribers' Cup Final; H McKenna defeated H Harman; Captain's Cup Final; J J Ennis defeated Rev J C Beresford.
Report On the annual meeting in May 1933.
Belfast Telegraph Tuesday 2 May 1933. Image © Independent News and Media PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
A stroke competition for the Bankers' Cup was played in May 1933. Herbert Harman won with a score of 58, his brother, Teddy Harman scored 59 and Mrs T F Maher winner the previous year, 60.
The club continued at the Ballinamoney site until 1936 when it moved to Lisnagot, this area now forms part of the St Patricks housing estate, it was just a six hole course with fewer than 20 members.
The club moved to its present location at Woodbrook in 1944.
The Google Map below shows St Patricks.