Westmanstown golf club Dublin

Members Achievements

Westmanstown Golf Club were Runners-Up in the Quarter-Final of the Pierce Purcell Shield on Saturday 26th August 2023 at North West Golf Club when they went down to Westmanstown Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matches.
In the top match Tom Slevin with Ronan Hobbs lost their match against John McCallion with Michael McElwee, the next match of Tony Martin with John O'Brien against Kevin Patterson with Ryan O'Kane was recorded as a halve, they were followed by Eamonn Ryan with John McGarrell who lost their match by 3 and 2 against Senan Roarty with James O'Reilly, in the penultimate match Fran McLoughlin with Paul Hogan had a confortable 5 and 4 win against Gary Henderson with Eamonn Dudgeon and in the bottom match Joe Martin with Paul Hegarty lost out to  by 4 and 3.     

Westmanstown Golf Club won the Final of Leinster North Pierce Purcell Shield in on Sunday 30th July 2023 when they beat Hollywood Lakes Golf Club by 4-matches to 1-match.
Having accounted for Cruit Island Golf Club by 4-matches to 1-match in the All-Ireland Semi-Final, Westmanstown met their South County opposition Elm Park in the All-Ireland Semi-Final of the Pierce Purcell Shield at Limerick Golf Club on Friday 17th September 2021. First on the tee was Albert Bell with Eamonn Ryan who won their match against Rob Sheedy with Des Roche by 2-holes, next on the tee were Shane Russell with Des Brennan who halved their match against Brian McMahon with Joe Barrett, they were followed by Gerry O’Brien with Kieran O’Sullivan who lost their match against Geoff Dunne with Jason Redford by 3 and 2, in the penultimate match John O’Leary with Tom Slevin also lost their match by 3 and 2 against Stephen Gilmore with Greg Moore and in the bottom match Fergal Boland with John McGarrell lost out to Paul O’Reilly with John O’Gorman by 4 and 3. 
Westmanstown Golf Club qualifies by winning their Leinster Regional Final of the Pierce Purcell Shield to reach the Quarter Finals at Limerick Golf Club on Thursday 16th September 2021 when they played Cruit Island Golf Club and won by 4-matches to 1-match. First on the tee was Albert Bell with Eamonn Ryan who won their match by 1-hole against Brendan Ward with Brian McMonagle, they were followed by Shane Russell with Des Brennan who won their match by 3 and 2 against Dermot Devenney with Declan Gillespie, next up were Gerry O’Brien with Kieran O’Sullivan who had a very comfortable 5 and 4 win against Stephen Melly with Gerard Elwee the bottom two matches of John O’Leary with Tom Slevin against Michael Q. Boyle with Darren Gallagher and Fergal Boland with John McGarrell against John Hyland with Alan Gillespie were recorded as halves when called-in. 

James Mitten was selected on the Leinster Under-18 team to participate in the Interprovincial Championships at Hilton Templepatrick Golf Club from 19th to 21st July 2022, the others on the squad were Adam Kelly (New Forest Golf Club), Thomas Abom (Edemondstown Golf Club), Luke Mitchell (Portmarnock Golf Club), Ciaran Murphy (Grange Golf Club), Gavin Tiernan (Co. Louth Golf Club) and Calum Ward (Carton House Golf Club) they were managed by Vincent Conlon from Dundalk Golf Club and captained by Tony Goode from Lucan Golf Club.

Westmanstown Golf Club were Runners-Up in the All-Ireland Final of the Fred Perry Trophy for men over 55 years when they lost out to Nenagh Golf Club at Strandhill Golf Club on Friday 1th October 2021 by 4-matches to 1-match.
They were led out by Patrick Fitzgerald with Albert Bell who lost their match by 6 and 5 against Pat J. Hogan with Dinny Ryan, next on the tee was Eamonn Ryan with Tom Slevin who went down by 2 and 1 against Jim Gleeson and Billy Burke, they were followed by Eamon O’Grady with Joe O’Brien who lost their match by 4 and 3 against Paul Maloney with Garry Howard, in the penultimate match of Tony Martin with Eamonn Henry against Mike Ryan with William Harty was halved when called-in, as was the bottom match of Fergal Boland with Fran McLoughlin against George Hayes with Sean Minogue.        

Emma Gilmore was selected to represent Connaught in the Women’s Interprovincial Matches at Shannon Golf Club from 25th to 27th August 2021, the others on the squad were Annabel Greham (Ballina Golf Club), Sinéad Lohan (Portumna Golf Club), Shannon Burke (Ballinarobe Golf Club), Hilary Hall (Enniscrone Golf Club), Kate Dillon (Oughterard Golf Club) and Claire Staunton (Ballinasloe Golf Club) they were managed by Marie Carr from Athenry Golf Club and captained by Regina Power from Ballinasloe Golf Club.    

Westmanstown duo Margaret Reilly (23) and Brian Reilly (13) qualified for the Finals of the Spar-Irish Independent National Mixed Pairs Challenge at The Royal Dublin Golf Club, when they returned 59 points at Dungarvan Golf Club in July 2002.

Westmanstown trio, Lady Captain Pauline O'Reilly, Captain Peter Synnott and President Jim Tymond booked their place in the National Finals of the Mercedes Benz-Irish Independent Executive Golf Trophy. In the Leinster regional qualifier at Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links, in a swirling breeze that came at them from all sides. With two scores to count on each hole they dovetailed well with 38 points on each nine. Pauline playing off 27, Peter playing off 14 and Jim playing off 17 returned a score of 76 which brought them to represent their club at The K Club on the 13th of August 2001.

Prior to 2001:

Westmanstown Golf Club won the Moor Cup in 1997, when the team was Bosco Muldoon, Richard McDonald, John Joyce, Michael Bridgeman, Anthony Hughes, Dan O'Callaghan, John Merrigan, Des Rodgers, Cyril Doyle and Tom Reynolds.

Westmanstown has a fine record in the Kestrel Cup having first won it in 1884, when the team was Jimmy Hennessy, Tom O'Malley, Gerry Scully, Sean O'Mahoney, Michael Connolly, Don Donohue, Donie O'Sullivan, Gerry Muldoon, Michael Concannon, Dan Kennedy, Michael Rooney and they were captained by Des Rogers.

They won it again in 1996, when the team was Pat Davey, Tom O'Malley, Michael Francis, Denis Naughton, Christy Lonergan, Noel Manton, Aidan Breslin and they were captained by Tony Boyce.

They won it the following year with Michael Sullivan, Denis O'Sullivan, Denis Naughton, Jack Dunne, Billy McQuaid, Noel Manton, They were captained again by Tony Boyce.

They next won it in 1999, when the team was Joe Power, Sean Mahony, Tom Scanlon, Michael Connolly, Brendan Collis, John Stapleton, Dan Murphy and they were captained by Ned Ryan.

They last won it in the millennium, when the team was Brendan Fennelly, Jimmy Hennessy, Jack Dunne, Billy Ashton, Michael Francis, Tom Purcell, Michael Purcell, Michael Rooney and Kevin O'Brien.

The Ladies of Westmanstown Golf Club won the Countess of Granard in 2000 with, Finola McGarrity and Hilda Gauley.

Retired Garda, Harry Lambe who is still a GAA referee in Co. Meath, is making the Clontarf Seniors Open his own. He won it for the 3rd time in its four years of existence, with a score of 41pts off 12. Harry had 23 points on the front nine all as he had to do was come home steady to retain his title, which he did.

Members who played representative golf for their Province;

David Reilly represented Leinster as a Youth Interprovincial in 2009 playing 2-times won 1-match and lost 1-match accumulating 2-points;

History of Westmanstown

Founded 1988 affiliated 1989, this was the final Dublin course of designer Eddie Hackett.

Following the arrival of the Normans in Ireland in 1169, Henry II, gave a vast tract of land to one of his retainers, Hugh De Lacy. This land stretched from Dublin to the Shannon. De Lacy in turn granted the lands of Castleknock (Cnucha) and the surrounding district by charter to his liegeman, Hugh Tyrrel. His grant of land included what is now called the Pheonix Park, in addition to Clonsilla and Mulhuddart. Tyrrel in 1173 began fortification of Cnucha.

In 1299, an inquisition into the Estate of Hugh Tyrrel, the fifth baron who had died, showed that his Estate at Castleknock was something in the region of 7000 acres. Before the end of the 13^th century, various families had settled in the district and their names were well know in the district, Abbot, Balnchard, Keppock, Luttrell, Pilate, (Pellet) and Dueswell (Diswel).

The Luttrells were a Norman family who first came to Ireland in 1204. At that time, Geoffrey Luttrell was granted the cattle and manor of Luttrellstown by King John in reward for services.

Richard Tyrrel, the sixth baron of Castleknock took over in 1299. His period of control was full of incident including his involvement in a State Trial. It appears that a falcon owned by the Chief Justice of Ireland escaped and flew to Castleknock. Richard kept the bird even though he knew whose it was, and that a reward was offered for its recovery. He eventually escaped conviction by handing the bird back to its owner.

Robert Tyrrel (the eighth and last baron of Castleknock), his wife and their son and heir died in the plague of 1370. With the demise of the Tyrrel line the estate was divided. 

In former years the area was noted for its wild life. Scald Woods, the great wood of Blanchardstown, which was a favourite place for hunting wolves. In 1652, the wolves became so numerous that the government of the day ordered a public hunt of these animals. The assembled inhabitants of the Barony were ordered to join to destroy 'the wolves lying in the wood of the ward'.

In earlier times the Phoenix Park formed part of the lands of the Earl of Stafford. On of the past times in vogue was the flying of hawks after blackbirds which attracted as many as two hundred thousand spectators to the park.

The name, "Westmanstown" is first mentioned in records in 1821. It is believed to be a corruption of the name "Waspayle", a Norman family who were recorded in the area in the 16^th century.

The Kestrel, which can be easily identified on the Westmanstown symbol, is a member of the falcon family. It is readily identified hovering as though suspended for an invisible line. The male is beautifully marked with a blue-grey and white tip, and red-brown upper parts, spotted with black. These birds are evident around the grounds of the club.