Roscrea Golf Club

Formed in 1892, Roscrea Golf Club moved to its present location at Derryvale in 1911. It’s not known who designed the original 9-hole course but this layout lasted for almost a century, until the purchase of an additional 40 acres allowed Arthur Spring to fashion a remodelled 18-hole course in time for the club’s centenary celebrations in 1992. In Kevin Markham’s book Hooked: an amateur’s guide to the golf courses of Ireland the author writes: “trees…