Skibbereen & West Carbery golf club Cork

Members Achievements

Skibbereen & West Carbery Golf Club, won the West Cork Junior Shield in 1996, when the team was Henery Ross, Michel Kehily, Derry Browne, Tim Cahalane, Martin Ryan, Brendan Griffin, Jim Canty, Robert Creedon, Martin Holland and Dan Burke.

The won it prior to that in 1994, when they beat Kenmare Golf Club, when the team was Charlie Poillot, Derry Brown, Martin Holland, Sean Cronin, Brendan Griffin, Michael Ryan, Frank Ryan, Jim Canty, Dennis Lynch, Colm Kenneally and Stephen Daly, they were managed by Alan Dodd.

They won the West Cork Juvenile Shield in 1994, when the team was Mark Werner, Donal McCarthy, Fergal O'Mahony, Brian Hamilton, Tadhg Crowley and Denis McCarthy.

They won the McEvoy Shield in 1999, when the team was Ted O'Donovan, Dan Hourihane, Diarmuid Mawe, Joe O'Donovan, Joe Connoly, Richard Roycroft, Jim Mordaunt, Brian Herlihy, Barry Herlihy, M. J. Collins and Tim Coakley, they captained by Ger McCarthy.

Skibbereen & West Carbery Golf Club, won the West Cork Junior Shield in 1996, when the team was Henery Ross, Michel Kehily, Derry Browne, Tim Cahalane, Martin Ryan, Brendan Griffin, Jim Canty, Robert Creedon, Martin Holland and Dan Burke.

The won it prior to that in 1994, when they beat Kenmare Golf Club, when the team was Charlie Poillot, Derry Brown, Martin Holland, Sean Cronin, Brendan Griffin, Michael Ryan, Frank Ryan, Jim Canty, Dennis Lynch, Colm Kenneally and Stephen Daly, they were managed by Alan Dodd.

They won the West Cork Juvenile Shield in 1994, when the team was Mark Werner, Donal McCarthy, Fergal O'Mahony, Brian Hamilton, Tadhg Crowley and Denis McCarthy.

They won the McEvoy Shield in 1999, when the team was Ted O'Donovan, Dan Hourihane, Diarmuid Mawe, Joe O'Donovan, Joe Connoly, Richard Roycroft, Jim Mordaunt, Brian Herlihy, Barry Herlihy, M. J. Collins and Tim Coakley, they captained by Ger McCarthy.

The Ladies of Skibbereen & West Carbery Golf Club won the West Cork Shield in 1983, when the team was M. Connolly, N. Quinn, P. McCarthy, M. Linnane, B. Breen, E. R. McDaid, N. O'Flynn, H. Murphy, M. Connolly, B. Brown, B. McDonnell, M. O'Regan, B. Chapple, M. Dwyer and E. O'Regan.

The won it again in 1986, when the team was B. McDonnell, E. R. McDaid, B. Ckapple, N. O'Flynn, N. Quinn, M. Connolly, M. O'Regan, B. Delahunty, M. Dwyer, B. O'Driscoll, M. Linnane, B. Breen, H. Murphy, B. Browne and E. McDaid.

Their last win in the West Cork Shield was in 1990, when the team was B. McDonnell, M. Linnane, A. Williams, M. O'Regan, B. Chapple, N. Quinn, M. Connolly, K. O'Sullivan, B. Delahunty, H. Murphy, N. Lupton, B. Breen, N. O'Flynn, M. Dwyer and D. Flynn.

Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;

B. McDaid represented Ireland as a Senior International in 1979 playing 3-times won 0-matches and lost 3-matches accumulating 0-points.He represented Ireland at international Youths level from1977 to 1981 playing 21-matches, won 10-matches halved one and lost 10-match accumulating 21-points. He represented Munster as a Senior Interprovincial from 1978 to 1981 playing 16-times won 10-matches halved one and lost 6-matches accumulating 20-points. He represented Munster at Youths’ Interprovincial level from 1977 to 1980 playing 11-times won 5-matches and lost 6-matches accumulating 10-points;

Kieran Lynch represented Ireland at Irish Boys level in 2010 playing 3-times won 1-match and lost 2-matches accumulating 2-points. He was selected to represent Ireland in the European Boys’ Amateur Team Championship to be held at Klassis Golf & Country Club, Turkey on Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th July 2010. The others

on the team were Liam Harnett Milltown G. C., Jeff Hopkins Skerries G. C., Stephen Barry Laytown & Bettystown G. C., Dermot McElroy Ballymena G.C. and Chris Selfridge Moyola Park G. C., they were captained by Liam Martin.

K. McDaid represented Ireland at Irish Boys level in 1981 playing  6-times won 4-matches and lost 2-matches accumulating 8-points. He represented Munster at Youths’ Interprovincial level from 1981 to 1983 playing 11-times won 6-matches and lost 5-matches accumulating 12-points;

D. Casey* represented Munster at Youths’ Interprovincial level in 1973;

Kieran Lynch represented Munster in the Boys Interprovincial Championships from 2009 to 2010 playing 10-times won 3-matches halved two and lost 5-matches accumulating 8-points;

Miss Eileen McDaid was selected to represent Ireland in the European Ladies Team Championships at Wentworth in 1991, at Pals, Spain in 1989 and at Tubbercurry in 1987. She played for Ireland in the Girls' Home Internationals in 1982 and 1983. She won the Stroke Play Foursomes together with Miss Ada O'Sullivan of Monkstown in 1990 she won the Irish Girls Close Championship in 1983;

History of Skibbereen & West Carbery

Instituted 1905 affiliated 1931

The original course at West Carbery was at Castlelands, before it moved to its present location at Licknavar in 1935. The first record of golf at Skibbereen is given in the "Golfing Annual" 1905-6 giving an instituted date as 1905. The Hon. Secretary was Lieutenant S. T. Stephens, the course was nine-holes and it had 56 members. The first recorded Captain was Mr. R. P. Chambers.