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Nenagh Golf Club, Co Tipperary. (1892 - 1929)
The club was founded in 1892.
It seems that the club may have played at three different locations prior to the move to the current course.
In the Limerick Chronicle in September 1892 mention is made of two gentlemen, A MacLeod, Nenagh and Capt. Waring R.N., Nenagh, who played in a competition at Kilkee.
Match against Roscrea in November 1894.
From The Social Review (Dublin, Ireland: 1893) Saturday 24 November 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
In the Golfing Annual 1895/6 the entry for Nenagh Golf Club; Institution date is given as 13th October 1892; President, Lord Dunally; Captain, H Waring; Hon. secretary, J W C Barry, Provisional Bank of Ireland, Nenagh; Membership of 49, including 20 ladies. The course of nine-holes adjoins the town. “It is a rather difficult round, the hazards being walls, hedges and drains.”
Below is the result of a match played in January 1896 against Limerick Golf Club.
From the Belfast News-Letter Tuesday 21 January 1896. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
From The Sportsmans Holiday Guide 1897. “The Nenagh Golf Club have a sporting nine-hole course close to the town. The amateur record of the green is 45 which gives a pretty fair idea of the difficulties that the golfer has to contend against here. The course is only in its infancy as yet, having been formed as recently as 1892.”
In the Golfing Annual of 1907/08 it was stated that the club had a new course one and a half miles from the railway station.
Below is the result of a match played at Golden Grove, Roscrea, in April 1898.
| Roscrea Golf Club | Nenagh Golf Club | ||
| S E Smith | 5 | A Macleod | 0 |
| A Birch | 0 | M Gleeson | 1 |
| C Brown | 4 | Lord Dunally | 0 |
| T R Ely | 7 | Major Waller | 0 |
| (H) P Bridge | 2 | C C Webb | 0 |
| R F Jones | 1 | J W C Barry | 0 |
| Captain Birch | 4 | R Wilson | 0 |
| Miss Birch | 0 | Hon. Miss Prittie | 9 |
| A Birch and C Brown | 0 | Lord Dunally and M Gleeson | 2 |
| T R Ely and (A) P Bridge | 9 | Major Waller and C C Webb | 0 |
| E T Jones and T O Reid | 0 | J W C Barry and R Wilson | 2 |
| S Smith and Miss Birch | 1 | A Macleod and Hon. Miss Prittie | 0 |
| 33 | 14 |
From the 1905 Nisbet's Golf Yearbook; *Instituted 1890*; Station at Nenagh, half mile; Hon. secretary - S H Lewis, Summer Hill, Nenagh; Captain, C C Coote Webb; Entrance fee 5s and subs. £1/11s/6d; Nine-holes; Green-keeper, J Bourke; Terms for visitors - One fortnight on introduction by a member. This is a fair inland course. There are no very formidable difficulties. Winter play only as the course has to be given up in April. Hotel - "Hibernian."
*Interesting to note the Club was stated as being Instituted in 1890.*
| Nenagh Golf Club | Birr Golf Club | ||
| Rt. Hon. Lord Dunalley | 2 | J Martin | 0 |
| Dr. F Willington | 0 | H Tribe | 2 |
| Hon. C Prittie | 0 | Major Tribe | 2 |
| Major Holmes | 0 | R Bridge | 2 |
| E Waller | 0 | F E P Cowen | 2 |
| C C C Webb | 1 | F H Dunn Patterson | 1 |
| J W Powell | 2 | J P Mitchel | 0 |
| T B Biggs Atkinson | 0 | Dr. W A Morton | 2 |
| Lord Dunalley and Dr. F Willington | 2 | J Martin and H Tribe | 0 |
| Hon. C Prittie and Major Holmes | 0 | Major Tribe and R Bridge | 2 |
| E Waller and C C C Webb | 0 | F E P Cowen and F H Dunn Paterson | 2 |
| J W Powell and T B Biggs Atkinson | 2 | J P Mitchel and Dr. W A Morton | 0 |
| 9 | 15 |
The club went into abeyance at the time of WW1.
The following is from the Irish Field 20 February 1920. “A letter from the Nenagh Golf Club to the Golfing Union or Ireland stated that they had been obliged to give their course for cultivation during the war but were now able to resume, having secured suitable ground. It was unanimously decided that Nenagh be reinstated as an affiliated club.”
The current Nenagh Golf Club was Founded/Affiliated in 1929.
The Google Map below shows the Railway Station. This was listed as being a quarter of a mile from the golf course in the 1905 Nisbet’s Yearbook entry. If anyone can help with the location of the earlier courses please “Contact Us” through the website homepage.