Rosslare golf club Wexford

Members Achievements

Rosslare Golf Club reached the All-Ireland Semi-Finals of the Irish Senior Cup at Carlow Golf Club on Thursday 29th August 2024 when they lost out to Castletroy Golf Club by 3-matches to 2-matches. They were led out by Ian Lynch who recorded a 2 and 1 win against Gordan Sillett, he was followed by Mark Mullen who lost his match against Dean McMahon by 3 and 2, next on the tee was Mark Shanahan who had a very comfortable 6 and 5 win against John Kavanagh Jnr. in the penultimate match Kieran Morris lost his match against Patrick Bermingham by 2 and 1 and in the bottom match Gary Collins lost his match by 5 and 4 against Andrew McCormack.
The previous day they met Greystones Golf Club in the Quarter-Finals and won their match by 3 ½-mathes to 1 ½-matches against the Wicklow Club. First on the tee was Gary Collins who won his match on the 19th against Jamie Anderson, next up was Mark Shanahan who won his match by 2-holes against David Byrne, the next match of Kieran Morris against Alan Condren was halved when called-in, in the penultimate match Mark Mullen lost his match by 5 and 4 against Dylan Holmes and in the bottom match Ian Lynch had a 1-hole win against William O'Riordan.

Rosslare Golf Club won the Leinster Central Final of the Barton Shield when they beat Tullamore Golf Club on Sunday 7th August 2022.
The team on the day was Ian Lynch with Tony O’Leary and Gary Collins with Mark Mullen, they were managed by Davy Noonan and Martin Flynn.

Rosslare Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland Barton Shield deciders played at Tramore Golf Club on Thursday 1st September 2022.
They were drawn against Castle Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals and lost out by 3-holes.
First on the tee was Ian Lynch with Tony O’Leary who lost their match by 4-holes against Alex Gleeson with Ross McKeever next up was Gary Collins with Mark Mullen who had a 1-hole win against Jack Walsh with Peter McKeever.   

Rosslare Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Irish Senior Cup at Mount Juliet Golf Club when they beat Hermitage Golf Club by 4-matches to 1-match on Sunday 24th August 2014.
They were led out by Mark Mullen who beat Stephen Browne by 1-hole, he was followed by Paul Murphy who had a comfortable 6 and 5 win over Alan Dowling, next up was Gary Collins who beat Declan Kelly by 5 and 4, the penultimate match of Tony O'Leary against Rowan Lester was halved as was the bottom match of Ian Lynch against Padraig Turner when called in.
They beat Headfort Golf Club in the Semi-Final by 4-matches to 1-match and Carton House in the Quarter-Final by 3-matches to 2-matches.

They made their way to Carton House to compete in the All-Ireland deciders on the O’Meara Course where they were drawn against Munster Champions Tramore Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final.
They were led out by Gary Collins who had a 4 and 3 win over Robin Dawson, he was followed by Mark Mullen who went up the 20th before conceding the match to Paul Flynn, next up was Tony O’Leary who lost out to Chris Butler by 4 and 3, in the penultimate match Paul Murphy brought Alan Thomas up the 19th before a place in the All-Ireland Final could be decided, the bottom match of Ian Lynch against David Kiely was halved.

Rosslare Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Barton Shield when they beat UCD on the 19th-hole at the Curragh Golf Club on Saturday 3rd August 2013.
They went to Royal Tara Golf Club to compete in the National Deciders where they met Connacht Champions Co. Sligo in the All-Ireland Semi-Final they were led out by Gary Collins with Ian Lynch who lost out to Stephen Flanagan with Declan Reidy by 3-holes in the second match Mark Mullen with Tony O’Leary halved their match against Gary McDermott with Steffan O’Hara, the other member of the team Philip Balfe they were managed by John McDonald assisted by Liam McNamara and Davy Noonan.

Rosslare Golf Club retained their All-Ireland title in the Fred Daly Trophy in 2009.

They played Connaught Champions Athenry Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final, first on the tee was Gary Collins who beat Sean Cannon by 4 and 2. He was followed by Conor Kelly who lost out to David Byrne  by 4 and 3, next up was Ger McNamara against Sean Glynn this match also went to the boys’ from Galway by 4 and 3. The middle match of Ross Young against Brian O’Reilly saw parity restored when Ross recorded a 6 and 4 win. The 5th match of Ian Cuddihy against Cathal Burke saw the Rosslare lad record a very comfortable 8 and 7 victory. The penultimate match of Eamon Kelly against Peter Dolan went 4 and 3 to the boys from Wexford and their passage to the All-Ireland decider. The bottom match of Mark Holohan was halved with Hubert Newell.

They met Munster Champions Mallow Golf Club in the decider who had dispensed of Ulster Champions Balmoral Golf Club in their Semi-Final by 5½ matches to 1½ matches.

They followed the same line-up as in their Semi-Final with Gary Collins leading out against Conor Dowling, this match went all-the-way to the 18th before the point went to the Cork Club by 1-hole. Next up was Conor Kelly who lost out to Kevin Dowling by 2 and 1. He was followed by Ger McNamara who went down the 19th before recording Rosslare's first point against Paul McCarthy. Ross Young beat Kevin O'Keeffe by 4 and 2 to restore parity. The 5th match of Ian Cuddihy was halved with Owen Goggin. With the destination of the green-pennant resting on the last two matches the reigning champions stepped-up to the mark with Eamon Kelly beating Ger Buckley by 4 and 3 and the bottom match of Mark Holohan against Conor Hannan having a similar result.

This was only the second time for any club to retain the All-Ireland Fred Daly Trophy, with Shandon Park have achieved it back in 1997, 1998 and boy did they have some team back then.

Rosslare Golf Club won the All-Ireland Final of the Fred Daly Trophy in 2008 at Massereene Golf Club on Sunday 26th August, and went on to participate in the Home Nations inter-club championship at La

Manga in Spain, where they captured the title. The team was Gary Collins, Ross Young, Ian Cuddihy, Eamon Kelly, Mark Holohan, they were captained by Connor Kelly and coached by resident Professional Johnny Young.

Well done lads, its magnificent for any club to win the national championship, but to go on and win the European Title well that’s something special.

Rosslare Golf Club won their second Green Pennant at Enniscrone Golf Club on Saturday 16th September 2006, when they won the All-Ireland Jimmy Bruen Shield by defeating Ulster Champions Castleblayney in a pulsating final. Rosslare won the All-Ireland Irish Junior Cup back 1940, so this pennant was more than welcome.

Rosslare Golf Club won the Leinster Championship when they had a convincing 4 matches to 1 match over The Island at Baltinglass Golf Club on Saturday 22nd July.

It was on to Enniscrone Golf Club for the National Finals, where they where drawn against Connacht Champions Loughrea Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final on Friday 15th September.

First on the tee was Liam Brett with Eoin McCarthy who lost out to Brian Farragher and Barry Hogan by 3 and 2. Next up were James Doyle and Michael O’Connor who went all the way to the 19th before going down to Gerry Farragher and Andrew Kilmartin in the second match, not the start Rosslare would have hoped for. Up stepped Jonathan Stewart with Ian Lynch to put the first points on the board with a 2 and 1 win against Albert Mannion and Frank Carty. The penultimate pair of Tiarnan Rossiter and John Skerritt recorded another 2 and 1 victory over Frank Joyce and Trevor Horan. The anchor match was to decide who went into the All-Ireland Final the following day, Ken Maher and Tom Kennedy kept their nerve to deliver a 3 and 1 result.

On the Saturday they were matched against Castleblayney Golf Club whom had had a convincing 4 matches to 1 match over Munster Champions Mitchelstown Golf Club the previous day.

Liam Brett and Eoin McCarthy lead the way against Eamon Tavey and Kevin Quinn, they had an off day and lost by 6 and 5. They were followed by James Doyle and Michael O’Connor who beat Alan Bolger and Joe Quinn by the bare margin. Next up Jonathan Stewart and Ian Lynch against Raymond McHugh and Eugene Hughes who recorded an important 2 and 1 victory, to steady the ship. They were followed by Tiarnan Rossiter and John Skerritt who lost out to Frank McDonnell and Eugene McGuigan on the 19th-hole. The final match of Ken Maher and Tom Kennedy against Mick Fee and Declan McAteer went right down to the wire with Rosslare clinching a memorable victory with a one hole win over the gallant Ulster men.

Rich Howlin (17) and Francis Cullen (14) qualified with 39 pts. at Druid's Heath in the National Final of the O2 All-Ireland Masters. They qualified for the Grand Final played at the Kempinski Resort Hotel, Estepona, Spain in October 2004. They set out for the 5* Hotel on 9th October where having played a practice round they then went on to compete in the Grand Final over four days.

David Noonan was selected for the Irish Seniors International Team in 2001.

Prior to 2001:

Rosslare Golf Club won the All-Ireland Irish Junior Cup at The Royal Dublin G. C. in 1940 (then known as the Irish Golf Club Junior Challenge Cup) the team was T. P. Walsh, M. Beary, T. G. O'Connor, R. G. Walsh, W. S. Kearney, J. E. Gibney and C. P. Mahon.

Rosslare Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Irish Junior Cup in 1939.

They were Leinster Champions and runners up in the All-Ireland of J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy in 2001, when the team was, M. O'Connor, J. Hayes, S. Boggan, P. Byrne, T. Cullinmore, F. Cullen, T. Byrne, P. Kelly, M. O'Sullivan, D. Cash, R. O'Dowd, J. O'Brien, M. Kirwan, A. Jones, P. Redmond and J. Long, they were managed by J. Kelleher and W. Walsh. They were county champions in 1998.

They won the South Leinster Trophy in 1997, when the team was, James Monaghan, Denis Breen, Ray Cuddihy, Dermot Kelly, Paddy Kinsella, Paul Mullins, Paddy Lawlor, Lar Murphy and Tommy O'Brien, they were managed by John Murphy and Austin Colley.

The Millennium Executive's of Rosslare Golf Club won the All-Ireland Mercedes Benz-Irish Independent Executive Golf Trophy at their home course, when Rich Howlin (President) Fionnuala Kielthy (Lady Captain) and Martin Flynn (Captain) won this coveted trophy.

They were Leinster Finalists in the Pierce Purcell in 1996, when the team was, Shane O'Donnell, Charlie Duggan, Francis Cullen, Dan Flaherty, Stephen Hayes, John Hayes, Willie Moran, Ronan Dunphy, Bobby O'Dowd, Rich Howlin, Paschal Stafford and Pat Duggan, they were managed by Brendan Duggan. 

They were Finalists in the Provincial Towns Cup in 1991, when the team was, D. Murphy, D. Pettit, J. Howard, E. Cleary, J. Hayes, P. Roche, A. O'Sullivan, M. Cowman, A. Kelly, F. Hogan and B. Duggan.

They won the South Leinster Trophy in 1965, when the team was, P. Doris, J. Greene, P. Garvey, E. Slevin, A. Whelan, J. Crotty, G. O'Rahilly and J. Benson.

Rosslare Golf Club won the Provincial Towns Cup in 1965, 1968 and1969.

J. Long was elected to the council of the Leinster Branch of the GUI for 2001.

The Ladies of Rosslare Golf Club won the Finn Trophy in 1984, when the team was, Frances Ffrench, Irene Walker, Rose Cleary, Kathleen  Carter, Brigid Doyle, Betty Davis, Betty Sinnott, Imelda Jackson, Nora Reade, Teresa Cowman and Bena Hall.

They won the Midland Shield in 1994, when the team was, V. Kelly, J. Skerritt, I. Paszdior and E. Power.

Wexford All-Star Rory McCarthy (6) made it three in a row on the golf course when he won the Captain Martin Flynn's Prize on 9th July 2000, with rounds of 64 and 69. Some shooting on this Championship Course!

Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;

W. F. French* represented Ireland as a Senior International in1929 to 1932 playing 6-times won 1-match and lost 5-matches accumulating 2-points. He represented Leinster at Senior Interprovincial level in 1938;

Chris Drumm represented Ireland at international Youths' level in 2009 playing 2-matches, won 1-match and lost 1-match accumulating 2-points. He represented Ireland at Irish Boys level from 2007 to 2008 playing 13-times won 7-matches halved two and lost 4-matches accumulating 16-points. represented Leinster at Boys  Interprovincial level from 2006 to 2007 playing 12-times won 6-matches halved two and lost 4-matches accumulating 14-points;

 

D. Noonan represented Ireland at Senior (55+) in 2001 playing 3-times won 1-match and lost 2-matches accumulating 2-points;

 

M. F. Colgan represented Leinster at Senior Interprovincial level in 1938;

Caolan Barron represented Leinster at Boys  Interprovincial level in 2006 playing 4-times won 3-matches and lost 1-match accumulating 6-points;

Mairead Mullins played for the Irish Girls in 1975;

Ms. Nancy Todd played Irish International Golf from 1932 to 1936;

History of Rosslare

Instituted 1905 affiliated 1908

Rosslare has a very special meaning for me. Back in 1926 J. P. Rooney wrote in The "Irish Field": "It was in 1905 that the game was introduced, and to private enterprise, its present popularity is due. Mr. James Farrell in conjunction with that well-known sportsman, Mr. M. J. O’Connor, conceived the idea of forming a proprietary club of which Mr. Charles M. Barry was the Hon. Secretary, but owing to financial troubles the life of the club was a short one, and the end came at the close of 1906"

The "Golfing Annual" 1905-6 reports "Instituted in 1905 the course of eighteen-holes stretches along the burrow, and is bounded on the east by sand dunes and on the west by wooded country. The clubhouse is only half a mile from the station.

Fortunately, for the future of the game at Rosslare, when the proprietary club came to an end, Mr. Barry continued to look after the upkeep of the course and kept it open until 1908, when the present club was formed. The founder of the club practically was Sir William Paul who was President up to his death in 1912 and he had the very active cooperation of a very able lieutenant in Mr. J. B. Pettigrew, who held the position of Hon. Secretary to 1922.

Following the preliminary meeting which was held in Wexford and of which there is, unfortunately, no record available, the first general meeting took place in Whites Hotel, Wexford. The following were elected: President, Sir William Paul, Captain, R. W. Elgee, Jun., Hon. Secretary, J. P. Pettigrew.

The work of planning the links and laying it out was entrusted to Mr. Pettigrew, who showed a thorough knowledge of the game of golf and of golf architecture, another who rendered the club splendid service in attending the links was J. J. Ennis, the grounds man. At the start, the membership consisted of 60 men and the same number of ladies.

The extension of the golf course to eighteen-holes was originally proposed in 1913 but the war and other difficulties such as tenants grazing rights held up the project and in overcoming the latter difficulty, Mr. English rendered the club great assistance"

Rosslare has always had problems with sea erosion and has fought bravely against it. It now has thirty of the finest golf holes you will find anywhere.