The Heath Golf Club
Ireland /
Laois /
Portlaoighise /
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golf course, golf club
While the current club, The Heath Golf Club (Portlaoise), was instituted in 1930 the original club, the Queen’s County Heath G.C. dates back to November 1889 and is the seventh oldest golf club in Ireland. A trophy which has come into the possession of the club was played for in 1891 and bears the inscription “Queens County Heath Golf Club”.
The Golfing Annual 1892/93 records the President as the Earl of Portarlington, the Captain as Colonel Cosby and the Hon. Secretary as Captain H. Armstrong, Rathleash House, Portarlington. A report in the Golfing Annual 1894/95 stated “… there is an excellent clubhouse, originally the Grand Stand, when races were held on The Heath”. The club was reinstituted in 1903 and registered as Maryboro Golf Club and its existence is recorded up until 1916 in The Irish Golf Guides but there is no mention of its subsequent demise.
The present club was instituted in 1930, affiliated in 1931 and extended to 18 holes in 1971; the clubhouse, located in exactly the same position as the old Grand Stand of 1889, was rebuilt in 1991 and officially opened in August 1992.
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The Golfing Annual 1892/93 records the President as the Earl of Portarlington, the Captain as Colonel Cosby and the Hon. Secretary as Captain H. Armstrong, Rathleash House, Portarlington. A report in the Golfing Annual 1894/95 stated “… there is an excellent clubhouse, originally the Grand Stand, when races were held on The Heath”. The club was reinstituted in 1903 and registered as Maryboro Golf Club and its existence is recorded up until 1916 in The Irish Golf Guides but there is no mention of its subsequent demise.
The present club was instituted in 1930, affiliated in 1931 and extended to 18 holes in 1971; the clubhouse, located in exactly the same position as the old Grand Stand of 1889, was rebuilt in 1991 and officially opened in August 1992.
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Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 53°3'44"N 7°12'48"W
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- Knotty Hill Golf Centre 417 km
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- Longhirst Hall Golf Club 432 km
- Bramshaw Golf Club 449 km
- Sherfield Oaks Golf Club 464 km
- Farleigh Court Golf Club 525 km
- The Great Heath of Maryborough
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- Emo Court 5.3 km
- Stradbally Hall 6.8 km
- Portlaoise Golf Club 7 km
- County Laois (Contae Laoise) 11 km
- Port Kahamas 14 km
- Abbeyleix Golf Club 18 km
- County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí) 23 km
- County Kildare (Contae Chill Dara) 29 km