Carrick-on-Suir golf club Tipperary

Members Achievements

Carrick-on-Suir Golf Club won the Munster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield at Mitchelstown Golf Club on Sunday 18th July when they beat Raffeen Golf Club by 4 matches to 1 match, having beaten Rathbane by 3½ matches to 1½ matches in the morning semi-finals. The team on the day was Liam Daniels with Brian Conway who beat Adrian Doolan with Frank Crowley by 2 and 1, Paul Cooney with William O'Brien who halved their match against John Calnan with Sergey Leonon, Johnny Quinn with John Ryan who beat Brian Foley with Mark Dennehy by 4 and 3, Kevin Barry with Noel Drohan who halved their match against Maurice Maye with Eoin O'Donovan and Michael Curran with David Tuohy who beat Noel Maxwell with Michael Howard by 6 and 5.

They made the long journey to Castlebar Golf Club to compete in the National Finals where they were drawn against Leinster Champions Clontarf Golf Club on Friday 17th September, when they lost their match by 3½ matches to 1½ matches. First on the was Liam Daniels with Brian Conway who lost their match by 4 and 2 against Sean and Conor Stone, they were followed by Paul Cooney with William O'Brien who lost out by 2 and 1 against Ray Maguire with Adam Burke, next up was John Ryan with Johnny Quinn who had a very convincing 6 and 4 win over the Clontarf pair of Frank Kellett with Bobby Doyle. The penultimate match of Noel Drohan with Kevin Barry went east with a 2-hole win by Paul O'Brien with Tony Duffy, the bottom match of Michael Curran with David Tuohy was halved against Paul McLoughlin with Paul Kealy. Clontarf Golf Club went through to meet Ulster Champions Tandragee in the decider the following morning.

Carrick-on-Suir Golf Club won the Munster Championship of the J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy in 2006.

Carrick-on-Suir Golf Club won the County Championship of the J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy in 2001

Carrick-on-Suir Golf Club won the County Championship of the J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy in 2000, when the team was, Tom Power, Lal Holden, Tom O'Keeffe, Colm Fleming, Liam Hogan, Peter Green, Tom Kiely, Bill Gilman, Henry E. (Midge) Nolan, Seamus Kenny and William Galvin, they were managed by Pierce M. Nolan.

Carrick-on-Suir Golf Club were runners-up in the Munster Championship of the Jimmy Bruen Shield in 1999, when the team was, D. Sexton, B. Walsh, P. Doyle, J. Conway, B. Sheehan, J. Doherty, A. McGrath, M. Hassett, P. O'Brien, O. Tobin, D. Tuohy, K. Tracey, T. Fitzgerald, M. Kelly, P. McGrath and P. Cooney.

Carrick-on-Suir Golf Club were runners-up in the Munster Championship of the Pierce Purcell Shield in 1999, when the team was, G. Kirwan, F. Murphy, P. McCarthy, J. Power, B. Kelly, R. Fox, L. Daniels, T. Ryan, G. Bourke, A. Murphy, D. O'Neill, M. Kelly, T. O'Connor and K. Kelly.

Carrick-on-Suir Golf Club won the County Championship of the J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy in 1998.

Carrick-on-Suir won the Munster County Club  Cup in 1986.

The Ladies of Carrick-on-Suir won the Tipperary B League in 1999, when the team was Tess O'Shea, Nuala Oades, Sheila McSweeney, Teresa Darmody, Josephine O'Doherty and Deirdre Fitzpatrick.

The Ladies of Carrick-on-Suir were Tipperary League winners in 1988, when the team was, M. Fleming, K. V. O'Donnell, E. Power, G. Ryan and hey were captained by E. Walsh.

The Ladies of Carrick-on-Suir were Tipperary League winners in 1980.

The Ladies of Carrick-on-Suir were Tipperary League winners in 1987, when the team was, Ella Power, K. V. O'Donnell, Emby, Walsh, Delma Morrissey and Maureen Nolan. 

B. P. Hynes was elected Honorary Treasurer of the Munster Branch of the GUI for 2001.

Bernie Hynes was elected President of the GUI for 2006.

Members who played representative golf for their Province;

B. McGuinness represented Munster at Youths’ Interprovincial level from 1976 to 1977 playing 5-times won 3-matches and lost 2-matches accumulating 6-points;

Paul O’Hara represented Munster in the Boys Interprovincial Championships in 1995 playing 6-times won 2-matches halved one and lost 3-matches accumulating 5-points;

History of Carrick-on-Suir

Carrick-on-Suir Golf Club was founded in 1939. The original course was located at Whitechurch, three miles north of the town. The first President of the Club was Mr Richard Dalton and the Captain was Mr Jack F O'Brien. Play continued on the 9 hole course at Whitechurch until 1943. In 1943 the Club purchased a farm of land at Garravoone on the County Waterford side of the town and just over two miles from the town centre. The land was rough, covered with rocks, ferns and scrub. Those members who remember it at the time of purchase still wonder how it was ever possible to turn it into a golf course. However, with the enthusiasm of the members and advice on the lay-out from Tramore Golf Club's groundsman, Tommy Ryan, the course was ready for play in 1943, under the Captaincy of Canon James Harty who, at the time, was curate in Carrick. The President was Mr William Dowley.
The course was retained in its original format until 1975, when it was decided to remodel it and increase its length - the Club having a spare 7 acres to utilise in this development. Eddie Hackett designed the 9 hole 5,948 yard course. It was ready for play in 1976, and had an automatic watering system for the first time. Although, as of yet, Carrick has not produced any outstanding golfers, it has produced many useful ones. One national competition in which Carrick has made history is the Annual Carrolls Pro-Am Tournament, which was run each year since 1980, in conjunction with the Carrolls Irish Open Championship. Carrick is the only club in Ireland to have qualified for the finals for six years in succession from 1980 - 1986. In 1981, Carrick, represented by Noel Drohan, William O'Callaghan and Pat Wall, partnered by Sandy Lyle, recorded a tremendous victory at Portmarnock. In 1986 our team won the Club's only Golfing Union Pennant by winning the Munster Country Clubs Cup at Mallow Golf Club. In 1989 the Club celebrated its Golden Jubilee Year. The highlights of the year were the conferring of a Civic Reception on the Club by the Urban District Council and a Golden Jubilee Am-Am Competition in which 14 of Ireland's top amateurs, including the then reigning Irish Champion, Paul McGinley (Grange) and past Champion, Eddie Power (Tramore), and many other international players competed. The President of the Munster Council of the G.U.I., Mr John F O'Reilly, honoured us with a visit on Captain's Day.
At the outset in Garravoone, a small bungalow-type Clubhouse was constructed and this building was enlarged and expanded over the years as membership grew. In 1967, when Liam Hogan was Captain, it was decided to build an extension to include a dance floor and this work was carried out during the following year, under the captaincy of Willie Morrissey. In 1982 a new kitchen was added to the extension. In 1989 it was decided that the time had come to carry out a major reconstruction of the bar-lounge and locker rooms. The first drawings were drawn up by our member Architet Jimmy Flynn. In 1990 undre the Captaincy of Pat Shannon the final plans were drawn up and the magnificent job was finished and had its official opening on Sunday, 19th May 1991.
A major course development occurred in 1995 when the Club purchased land and created an extra 9 holes, argueably one of the finest and most scenic strech of golf holes in the South East of Ireland. This 18 hole golf course has now matured into a most enjoyable and challenging golfing experience for our own members and our very welcome visitors.