Roganstown golf club Dublin

Members Achievements

Sean Keeling was selected on the European Amateur Team Championship at Royal Park Turin, Italy from 9th to 13th July 2024, the others on the team were Hugh Foley and Max Kennedy (The Royal Golf Club), Matthew McClean (Malone Golf Club), Liam Nolan (Galway Golf Club) and Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk Golf Club) they were coached by Michael Collins, managed by Damien Coyne from Tuam Golf Club and captained by Niall MacSweeney from Athenry Golf Club.

Sean Keeling was selected on the Irish Men’s Home Internationals that took place at Murcar Links, Scotland between 7th and 9th August 2024. The others on the team were Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint Golf Club), Hugh Foley (The Royal Dublin Golf Club), Ryan Griffin (Ballybofey & Stranorlar Golf Club), Thomas Higgins (Roscommon Golf Club), Josh Hill (Galgorm Castle Golf Club), Paul Coughlan (Castleknock Golf Club), Liam Nolan (Galway Golf Club) and Luke O'Neill (Connemara Golf Club) they were managed by Damien Coyne from Tuam Golf Club, coached by Michael Collins and captained by Niall MacSweeney from Athenry Golf Club. 

Sean Keeling was selected on the Irish team to play the Octagonal Matches from 24th to 27th January 2024 at Costa Ballena Golf Club in Cádiz, Spain. Others on the squad were Donnacha Cleary (Tipperary Golf Club), Fionn Dobbin (Malone Golf Club), Jack Hearn (Tramore Golf Club) Jack Murphy (Douglas Golf Club) and David Shiel (Enniscrone Golf Club) they were coached by Michael Collins and Stephen Hood and captained by Niall Mac Sweeney from Athenry Golf Club.

Young Sean Keeling was on the Junior Ryder Cup team at Marco Simone Golf Club, in Rome 2023, that defeated the USA by 20½-matches to 9½-matches, Europe’s first win since 2004 when Rory McIlroy was part of the team.
Sean did it in style when he beat Will Hartman 4 and 2, shooting three eagles in his comprehensive win. The first on the 4th when he drove the green, then on the 9th followed by another on the 12th hard to do anything about that sort of play.  
Well done young man.

The Boy's of Roganstown Golf Club were Runners-Up in the Final of Leinster North Fred Daly Trophy on Monday 24th July 2023 when they lost out to Malahide Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matchs.

Sean Keeling was selected to play in the Brabazon Trophy on the New Course at Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire, from 25th to the 28th May 2023, the others on the squad were Robert Brazill (Naas Golf Club), Joshua Hill (Galgorm Castle Golf Club), Hugh Foley (The Royal Dublin Golf Club), Alex Maguire (Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club), Matt McClean (Malone Golf Club), Robert Moran (Castle Golf Club) and Liam Nolan (Galway Golf Club) they were captained by Niall MacSweeney from Athenry Golf Club.

Sean Keeling was selected on the Irish Boys’ Under 18 team for the Home Internationals from 8th to the10th August 2023 at Lindrick Golf Club the others on the team were Donnacha Cleary (Tipperary Golf Club), Fionn Dobbin (Malone Golf Club), John Doyle (Fota Island Golf Club), Mark Gazi (Tralee Golf Club), Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Jack Murphy and James Walsh (Douglas Golf Club) and Gavin Tiernan (Co. Louth Golf Club) they were coached by Stephen Hood and captained by Peter English from Limerick Golf Club.

Patrick Keeling was selected on the Leinster Interprovincial Championship team at Moyvalley Golf Club from Tuesday 29th August to Thursday 31st August 2023.
Other members of the team were Marc Boucher (Carton House Golf Club), Robert Brazill (Naas Golf Club), Evan Farrell (Co. Louth Golf Club), Quentin Carew & Paul Coughlan (Castleknock Golf Club), Eoin Murphy (Dundalk Golf Club) and Jake Whelan (Grange Golf Club).
They were Captained by Harry McAlinden (Bray Golf Club) and Managed by Michael Maher (Luttrellstown Castle Golf Club). 

Mark Cadden was selected on the Irish Boys Under-16 team for the Italian U-16 Boys' Championship played at Golf Club Biella “Le Betulle” from 29th to 31st August 2023, the other members on the team were Calum Duane (Naas Golf Club), Evan Hogg (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Isaac Oliver (Ballinasloe Golf Club) and Rafael Poli (Helen’s Bay Golf Club) they were managed by Sara Rose Shelly and captained by Liam Troy.

Young Mark Cadden was selected on the winning Leinster Under-16 Interprovincial Team played at Ballykisteen Golf Club on 21st and 22nd August 2023.
The other members of the team were Sean Cooper (Enniscorthy Golf Club), Calum Duane (Naas Golf Club), Adam Fahey (Portmarnock Golf Club), Evan Monaghan (Tullamore Golf Club) and William Walshe (Delgany Golf Club)
They were Captained by Ger Ennis (Athy Golf Club) and Managed by Kevin Raftery (Forrest Little Golf Club).

Sean Keeling and Mark Cadden were selected on the Irish U-18 High performance panel for 2023/2024, the others on the panel were Donnacha Cleary (Tipperary Golf Club), Fionn Dobbin (Malone Golf Club), John Doyle (Fota Island Golf Club), Finlay Eager (Royal Belfast Golf Club), Mark Gazi (Tralee Golf Club), Evan Monaghan (Tullamore Golf Club), Jack Murphy (Douglas Golf Club), Gordon Sillett (Ballykisteen Golf Club) and Charlie Smyth (Slieve Russell Golf Club).   

Sean Keeling and Charlie Kelly were selected to represent Ireland in the Home International Boys Championship at Downfield Golf Club from 2th to 4th August 2022., the other members on the squad were Aodhagan Brady (Co. Sligo Golf Club), Tom Cafferky (Ballinasloe Golf Club), Fionn Dobbin (Malone Golf Club), Gavin O'Neill (Malahide Golf Club), Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Alex King (Faithlegg Golf Club) and Jack Murphy (Douglas Golf Club) they were coached by Stephen Hood and captained by Peter English from Limerick Golf Club.

Sean Keeling came 1st in the Ulster Boy's Championship at Ballyliffin Glashedy Links on the 4th November 2022.

The Boy's of Roganstown Golf Club won the North Leinster Final of the Fred Daly Trophy when they beat Dundalk Golf Club at Donabate Golf Club on 24th July 2022.

The Boy's of Roganstown Golf Club reached the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals at Ballina Golf Club on Tuesday 23rd August 2022.
They met Ballinasloe Golf Club and lost out by 3½ matches to 1½ matches. They were led out by Sean Keeling who went up the 20th before relinquishing the point to Charlie Mooney, he was followed by Charlie Kelly who lost his match by 1-hole against Tom Cafferky, next on the tee was Patrick Keeling who had a 2 and 1 win against John William Burke, in the penultimate match Mark Cadden lost out to Isaac Oliver by 3 and 2 and the bottom match of Ted Jago-Byrne was halved when called-in.   

Hugh Foley won the North of Ireland Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush in 2022.

Sean Keeling was selected on the Boys’ European Team Championship at St. Leon-Rot, Germany from 5th to 9th July 2022, the others on the squad were Aodhagan Brady (Co. Sligo Golf Club), Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Jack Murphy (Douglas Golf Club), Alex King (Faithlegg Golf Club) and Gavin O'Neill (Malahide Golf Club), they were coached by Stephen Hood, managed by Martin Hynes from Athenry Golf Club and captained by Peter English from Limerick Golf Club.

Sean Keeling won the Connacht Under-18 Boys Open Champion in April 2022.

Roganstown Golf Club won their First Green Pennant at Castle Golf Club on 21th August 2021 when they won the Irish Senior Cup (and what a one to win!!) when they beat Tramore Golf Club by 3½ matches to 1½-matches.
They played Malone Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter Final and had a very convincing 5-matches to 0 over the Antrim team. They met Balbriggan Golf Club the following day in the All-Ireland Semi-Final and had another convincing win over their near neighbours with a 4½-matches to ½-match
In the afternoon the met Tramore Golf Club in the decider. They were led out by Sean Keeling against Alan Thomas who lost his match 2 and 1, he was followed by Hugh Foley who had a 5 and 3 win against Chris Butler, next on the tee was Patrick Keeling who had to go to the 20th before claiming the point against Paul Flynn, the penultimate match of  Padraig O Dochartaigh against Niall Kennedy was halved, in the bottom match Charlie Kelly clinched the green pennant with a 3 and 2 win over David Kiely, to record a historic win for this relatively new Golf Club.

Cian Arthurs finished 2nd in the Italian Open for Disabled Golfers. Only missing out on the top spot to the world number one

The Boys’ of Roganstown Golf Club won the All-Ireland Final of the Fred Daly Trophy at Clontarf Golf Club when they beat Naas Golf Club by 3-matches to 2-matches on Wednesday 25th August 2021.
They played Malone Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals the previous day and had a very convincing 5-matches to 0-matches against the Antrim Club. They met Bray Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final on the Wednesday morning and recorded a 3½=matches to 1½-matches win against the Wicklow Club.
In the afternoon it was their first time in a search for a green pennant and they were led out by Patrick Keeling who went down by 7 and 6 to Darragh Behan, he was followed by Sean Keeling who lost by the minimum against Samuel Gammell, with things not looking great Charlie Kelly stepped-up with a win on the 19th against Connor Culhane, in the penultimate match Padraig O’Dochartaigh had a 4 and 3 win against James O’Rourke and in the bottom match Aaron Murray secured the win with a comfortable 5 and 4 win against Kvle Brady.

The Boys’ of Roganstown Golf Club were runners-up the All-Ireland Final of the Boys’ Junior Foursomes at Clontarf Golf Club when they lost out to Castletroy Golf Club by 1½ -matches to ½-match on Wednesday 25th August 2021.
First on the tee was Luke Flaherty with Maddox Meers who were 4-down against Paddy Hussey with Evan O’Leary and the bottom match of Daniel and Jack Lynch against Darragh Humphreys with Paddy Lawlor was halved when called-in.
They beat Royal Portrush Golf Club by 1 ½-matches to ½-match in the Quarter Final and then accounted for Rockmount Golf Club by a similar score in the All-Ireland Semi-Final

Patrick Keeling was selected to represent the Irish Boys’ team at the Home Internationals at Woodhall Spa, England from 4th to 6th August 2021, the others on the squad were Adam Challoner and Luke Cunningham (Galway Bay Golf Club), Joshua Hill (Galgorm Castle Golf Club), Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Alex King (Faithlegg Golf Club), Thomas Higgins (Roscommon Golf Club) and Gavin O’Neill (Malahide Golf Clun) they were coached by Stephen Hood and captained by Alasdair Gibson from Knock Golf Club.   

Sean Keeling was selected to represent Ireland at the Under-16 International match against England played at Douglas Golf Club from 9th and 10th October 2021, the others on the squad were Adam Challoner (Galway Bay Golf Club), Olivia Costello (Roscommon Golf Club), Kate Dillon (Oughterard Golf Club), Fionn Dobbin (Malone Golf Club), Hannah Guerin (Royal Tara Golf Club), Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Marina Joyce Moreno (Club de Golf Llavaneras), Kate Fleming (Elm Park Golf Club), Caitlin Shippam (Ballykisteen) and Jack Murphy with James Walsh (Douglas Golf Club) they were coached by Chris Jelly and Paul Kiely and captained by Anita McCaw from Royal Co. Down Golf Club and Kevin Raftery from Forrest Little Golf Club.  

Patrick Keeling was selected to represent Leinster on the Boys’ Under-18 Interprovincial Team at Mount Wolseley Hotel and Golf Resort on October 9th and 10th October 2021, the others on the squad were Gavin O'Neill (Malahide Golf Club), Brandon St. John (Portmarnock Golf Club), Adam Kelly (New Forest Golf Club), Thomas Abom (Edmondstown Golf Club), Darragh Behan (Naas Golf Club) and Matthew Giles (Greenore Golf Club) the non-travelling reserve was David Lally they were managed by Dave Parle from Woodenbridge Golf Club and captained by John Cullen from Enniscorthy Golf Club.    

Joshua McCabe was awarded the Under-16 Leinster GUI Golfer’s Order of Merit in 2018.

History of Roganstown

Denise McLoughlin built Swords Open Golf Course 25 years ago as a pay and play facility on part of the family farm at Roganstown. In 1996 Swords Golf Club was founded and since then Swords Golf Club has operated out of the Coillte Log Cabin Clubhouse on Balheary Avenue.

In 2004 the family engaged Christy O’Connor Jnr. to design the Roganstown Course on the rest of the farm and the Georgian Country House homestead was converted to a 52 bedroom hotel, with function rooms, restaurant and bars, and a state-of-the-art leisure centre. 

The members bar for Roganstown Golf Club is housed within the hotel complex. Where many other clubs have been forced to curtail their food and beverage operations due to the downturn, Roganstown has continued to offer members food and beverage service from 7 am till late 7 days per week.

The Broadmeadow river flows through the land and water is a feature on many holes. There are rich gravel deposits underground at Roganstown which means that drainage is spectacular and both courses are playable 365 days of the year. Graham MacDowell played the course in November and said that the greens were among the best he had played all year.

Located in Swords, Co. Dublin and just four miles from Dublin airport the courses have hosted the Irish PGA Southern Championship in 2007, 2008 and 2009 and the Irish PGA Championship in 2013 and the Roganstown Course was the first venue in Ireland to host a EuroPro Tour Event in 2006.

From January 2006 it was decided to close the Swords Club house and rehouse the Swords Golf Club Members in the same clubhouse facilities as the Roganstown Club. The Swords Golf Course was rerouted so that the first hole on both courses are adjacent to one another.

The combined complex offers all members and guests access to 2 courses, extensive practice facilities, state of the art leisure centre and clubhouse facilities that are the envy of any club.