Carton House has emerged in recent years as one of the most exquisite golfing destinations in Ireland and beyond, as a result of two terrific, well-maintained courses, and an unrivalled level of service.
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0800 043 6644Monty has gone back to his Scottish roots with his Carton House creation and has put together an inland links of sorts, with very clear inspiration being taken from the great seaside courses of yesteryear. The course has been sculptured with plenty of earth being moved to create mind boggling undulations that certainly add to the overall challenge.
Add to that countless deep pot bunkers, fescue rough that sways gently in the wind and a design that is intended to use the prevailing wind to challenge the player from the tee and you have a fantastic test of golf. Stretching to well over 7,000 yards from the tips, the Montgomerie Course at Carton House hosted the 2013 Irish Open won by England's Paul Casey.
| Par | 72 |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Colin Montgomerie |
| Opened for play | 2003 |
| Previously hosted | Irish Open (2005, 2006, 2013), Irish Senior Open (2010) |
| Blue | 7,301 yards | SSS 75 |
|---|---|---|
| White | 6,821 yards | SSS 74 |
| Green | 6,365 yards | SSS 72 |
| Red | 5,655 yards | SSS 71 |
Mark O’Meara’s design at Carton House is the original course on the resort. This course is vastly different to its younger sibling, something that will appear to visiting golfers because, as they say, “variety is the spice of life”. Thanks to Lady Emily Leinster, who is credited with adding a wide variety of non-native trees to the property in the middle of the 18th century, the O’Meara Course is a more parkland affair than the Montgomerie Course. Blue Cedars, Lebanese Cedars and Copper Beeches, as well as the native sycamores, firs and pines, skirt the fairways and demand accuracy from the tee.
Skirting gently undulating terrain along the banks of the River Rye, which comes into play frequently on the back nine, the O’Meara Course is a picturesque delight and the perfect foil for its more demanding sibling. Get the camera ready when approaching the 14th as this is the start of Carton House’s very own Amen Corner. Ending at the 16th, this stretch of the course is beautiful and treacherous in equal proportions.
Carton House has been recognised by the prestigious ‘Committed to Green Award'.
| Par | 73 |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Mark O' Meara |
| Opened for play | 2002 |
| Previously hosted | Irish Amateur Open Championship (2005) |
| Blue | 7,165 yards | SSS 75 |
|---|---|---|
| White | 6,828 yards | SSS 74 |
| Green | 6,419 yards | SSS 72 |
| Red | 5,667 yards | SSS 73 |
Situated just half an hour from Dublin, the stunning Palladian house is situated amidst over 1000 acres of land, and has been visited over the years by Queen Victoria and Grace Kelly. The minimalist interior space is in stark contrast to the untouched grandeur of the façade, and the antique furnishing of the public spaces.
The hotel itself boasts 165 superb bedrooms, all equipped to guarantee guests the best in comfort and luxury. The superb facilities include king-size beds, power showers, WiFi access, flat screen TV, a sofa, and air-conditioning.
For a special occasion, there are also 18 suites, include the Lady Emily Suite, with its own private sitting room overlooking Carton House's awe-inspiring golf courses. With a range of leisure pursuits available on the estate, and a fantastic array of dining options, you could not ask for any more from a golf break.
Hotel guests can take advantage of guided walks, fishing and nature trails. Alternatively, relax in the opulent spa, where you can de-stress, renew and revive in the serene setting of the purpose-built treatment rooms.
The Linden Tree Restaurant, with its cushioned walls, marble floors and leather seats offers a luxurious dining experience.
Head back to the glamourous 1920s for a mixed drink in the vintage-styled Cocktail Bar.
Carton House continues to be one of our customers highest rated UK golf resorts.
Superb Recently joined the Fairmont group and has had too bottom refurbishment,real five star. Albeit at a price
I must admit I was very surprise by this and this is probably the best hotel I have been to, having been to a few nice ones this will defiantly be one of my favourites.
First class Hotel and very attentive staff
Lovely hotel an great staff always willing to help. Clean an well presented place to stay. Will definitely be back again.
Spacious rooms. Warm welcome from staff. Everything we would expect from this hotel.
5 STAR TYREATMENT FROM STAFF AND VENUE
Wow ,fantastic location, amazing facilities, .First class hotel .Michelin star food. You will not be disappointed staying at this fabulous hotel .
Luxury hotel with relaxed and very friedly atmosphere.
Old part of Hotel is stunning. Staff very friendly, helpful. Very professional.
Food and drink overpriced
Superb. Has recently had a change of ownership to fairmont and the difference is noticeable. Excellent staff - comparable to a 5 star hotel level of attentiveness and professionalism. Breakfast outstanding.
Fabulous two days, golf courses were great, the staff at the hotel were excellent, we were treated like royalty the girls couldn’t help us enough, I would highly recommend Carton house, well done to all the staff for looking after us so well
Accommodation lived up to expectation, very relaxed, comfortable and staff very welcoming and helpful
Lovely hotel in beautiful location
Excellent accomodation, food and service second to none. Would stay here again in a heartbeat.Had to pay a single room supplement despite the fact that there were several rooms capable of accomodating all three of us. That was our only disappointment anbout the hotel.
Great rooms and hotel is very good
<p>Many thanks to YGT for handling the booking for our golf holiday at Carton House. Everything went very smoothly and even the weather was very kind to us for our round of golf!</p> <p>The hotel gave us a lovely room and we really enjoyed our breakfast too. Thanks for your efficiency...we also very much appreciated the golf balls that we received a few days later in the post.</p> <p>We certainly hope to book another golf trip with you guys in the near future.<br></p>
<p>I’ve just returned from Carton House and would urge any golf lover to visit this venue in the near future. </p> <p>The O'Meara course was most beautiful, with an astonishing stretch around the 14th,15th & 16th holes. The Montgomery, although not as naturally beautiful, posed a different, tougher challenge and left us all (handicaps raging from 1 to 6) scratching our heads many times! Both courses were in terrific condition.</p> <p>The hotel and its facilities were truly stunning throughout; so tasteful. The only thing which<br> we found less than five star was the food which, whilst was most acceptable, wasn't quite as you'd expect from such a quality establishment. </p> <p>We all hope to return next year and thank you YGT for your professional input too.<br></p>
<p>Just wanted to say thank you for the professional service yourgolftravel provided. Our trip to Carton House was a blast! </p> <p>Just one and a half hours drive from Northern Ireland, Carton House is a real hidden gem and both golf courses were in excellent condition for late February. </p> <p>Normally this type of venue is off limits to all but the well healed but at £99 for three rounds of golf and Bed and Breakfast, it’s an absolute steal. </p> <p>Staff were more than friendly both in the hotel and golf club and were very flexible in terms of tee off times. We waited an extra hours on the first day for the rain to clear and then had two days of glorious golf. </p> <p>We loved the O’Meara course after an amazing breakfast in the hotel. With its own amen corner at 14, 15, and 16, around and over the river, it’s the sort of course you dream about playing. </p> <p>Thanks once again and I would highly recommend both Carton House and <a href="http://yourgolftravel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">yourgolftravel.com</a> to anyone looking to book a golf break.<br></p>
<p>Everyone enjoyed their golf trip to Carton House and were very impressed with both the courses, and the accommodation. The two combined made this one of the best value for money trips I’ve ever been on.</p> <p>Both golf courses are completely different but the standout holes for me were 14 through to 16 on the O’Meara course, with the approach shot on the 15th being truly stunning.</p> <p>Yourgolftravel’s organisation of the weekend was second to none, with no problems at all throughout the trip. In fact, it took about minute to check in as everything was sorted before we arrived.</p> <p>If I have any criticism of the weekend it would be slow play, with the O’Meara taking 5 hours 15 minutes and the Montgomerie taking 5 and a half hours. I appreciate that the course was very busy but I never saw a ranger in the two days we played. It’s only a small complaint and in no way did it spoil our experience though and I would return to Carton House in a heartbeat.<br></p>
<p>What a cracking week end we had at Carton House! Both golf courses were in superb shape. The Montgomerie is a monster and a real test of golf, with more sand on it than the sea side and the 15th and 16th holes on the O’Meara are 2 of the prettiest holes we have ever played. </p> <p>The hotel facilities are excellent too and the 'apres golf' in Maynooth town is entertaining. Beer is a bit expensive but you’re on holiday so just enjoy it! </p> <p>I couldn't recommend Carton House highly enough so big well done to yourgolftravel.com for putting it together.<br></p>
<p>A really superb trip! Carton House is an easy location to get to and the resort has vast grounds which were impressive, as well as two very different courses. </p> <p>The Montgomerie is very much a links style course, with loads of very deep pot bunkers. We played it in very windy conditions and it was a stiff challenge!</p> <p>The O’Meara is more of a parkland layout, with more forgiving bunkers (there are still a substantial number of them!) and some really beautiful holes on a lovely course!</p> <p>Rooms in the hotel were excellent, as we're reception staff. Breakfast provided really good variety and quality of food.</p> <p>The clubhouse food was good quality too and at a reasonable price.</p> <p>Many of the party were so impressed with the venue and courses offered for the exceptionally good price they suggested they would like to do it again! </p>
<p>As you may know I have booked my annual Celts & Roses golf trips to Spain, England & Ireland and have always been impressed with yourgolftravel’s management of the details. You need to have a level of trust when travelling abroad that people will actually pick you up from appropriate flights & also return you on time & we’ve never been disappointed yet. With regards our trip to Carton House, the service from the YGT team was as excellent as ever.</p> <p>The Montgomerie course is a really tough course for even mid handicappers & we could see why it’s been host to the Irish Open on several occasions. An ‘inland links course’, the Montgomerie was in superb condition, with multitudes of bunkers and fabulous greens where accurate shooting & putting confidence are absolutely key to a decent round. </p> <p>We also played the O’Meara course that was more friendly to our group, reflected by better scoring. This was also in superb condition with magnificent views & scenery as per the Monty.</p> <p>We stayed in the magnificent Carton House hotel so you literally walked out of the hotel onto the golf courses – it doesn’t get any more convenient! The hotel rooms, swimming pool, sauna, Jacuzzi, steam room were all first class. In fact, it would be a great place to go without even playing golf as the extensive grounds were great for running, cycling or walking – very beautiful Irish scenery.</p> <p>When in Ireland the welcome is always good & the 19th including the patio area was busy, but service via waitresses was good. Our group somehow managed to get roped into an ‘Ice-Bucket-Challenge’ & the staff were very accommodating of this request (by the way we raised €1,000 for a local ‘Saplings’ charity – so people were very generous).</p> <p>Breakfast was very good too and the only downside for me was on the Friday evening when we had to wait until 10pm for dinner (booked for 8pm) so very late to eat. There were two weddings & clubhouse was full of people so we believed they couldn’t cope with all of this. </p> <p>I found out the day after that some of the people’s food was cold & choice was not massive for even a set meal. For this reason alone I can only give a rating of 9/10 – but if it wasn’t for that factor for sure it was a 10/10 experience.</p> <p>Would I recommend this place & your company to a friend? I already have!!<br></p>
<p>I would be more than happy to review the trip but it would be unfair not to remark on the manner in which you arranged things. It was flawless and a credit to YGT and I will certainly be in touch for next year’s trip.</p> <p>Both courses at Carton House were in excellent condition and a pleasure to play. The hotel was superb too, with members of staff who were friendly and accommodating to the extreme. The Coach House bar / restaurant was ideal and the food was good value and of a high standard too. </p> <p>I would have no hesitation in recommending Carton House to anyone. It is a beautiful place and even if you have a bad day on the course you can make up for it by enjoying the hotel facilities which are second to none.</p> <p>As for YGT, for years I have spent ages organising golf trips for my society...never again! YGT is the way forward.<br></p>
<p>Just wanted to take the time to thank YourGolfTravel for a great golf trip to Carton House. </p> <p>The 2 courses at Carton House were in great condition and offered very different challenges. The Montgomerie course, which just hosted the Irish Open, is a stern test of golf, with extremely punishing links style bunkering and greens which are as slick as any we’ve played on in recent years.</p> <p>The O’Meara on the other hand is a much more picturesque parkland setting, much more forgiving off the tee and a bit more fun when it comes to the par 5’s. A couple of water holes towards the end of the round with the risk/reward shots really allow you to have a lot of fun on this course. My advice: play Montgomerie on the 1stday and O’Meara on the 2nd if you can.</p> <p>The clubhouse is very welcoming, serving good food and reasonable value drinks. The Hotel though, is top class and worthy of the high reputation it has. The rooms are very comfortable and free wi-fi is always a bonus.</p> <p>The location is perfect too; close to Maynooth for a night out and not too far from Dublin if you feel like travelling a bit further.</p> <p>My overall verdict? For the deal we got, we would give this place 10/10 and will certainly be back next year, booking with YGT, and bringing a few more golfers with us.</p>
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Beautiful parkland course perfectly maintained, three water holes are world class.
Real tester, pot bunkers everywhere and greens that slope into them
Excelent
We enjoyed the omeara course better and it was more scenic
Too many bunkers
Course is great to play an it's not an average course an not totally hard but somewhere in between. Pleasure to play here an I will be back.
Mostly lovely scenic holes an some average but the experience of playing here is overall really good. I will be back.
Very slow round, about 6 hours! Also terrible service. No beer served at the course and no one to help with pace of play. We rang the clubhouse 4-5 times and no one responded to our requests. Great course though.
Definitely a harder test, golf wise than the omeara course but in saying that much easier to walk around (more on the flat). The bunkers are this are near impossible to miss. And if you feel like shorting the a par 5 down to two shots. Then your most definitely going to end up in a green side bunker as the greens are well guarded by them. No half way house so make sure you have enough to drink and eat with you.. But all in all a great course and lovely test of golf
Course was in great condition well maintained by the green staff. No half way house for a drink or food but this course did have a vending machine which was good. Once you got the speed of the greens down it wasn't the most difficult. Had some bunkers but if you avoid them then you'll be on for a big score. Also note there is a fair bit of walking between each hole. But this was to expected on this style of course..
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Greens heavily sanded but still very playable
We were all decent players but higher handicappers would struggle with this course due to the numerous bunkers. A course for strategy rather than bombing it!!!! Again excellent tee boxes greens and fairways.
Tee boxes and greens well manicured, time is obviously taken on presentation of the course.
Course in great condition , tough course very hard to avoid the bunkers but fairways and greens were lovely
Lovely course in great condition , greens were nice and fast and rough was fair, my favorite of the two courses
With all the rain in the weeks leading up to our visit late February fairways and greens were still in good condition, played easy as rough cut back and bunkers out of play
Course in good condition but not our favourite. It's defence is the bunkers. A lot of holes the same on it.
Nice course with some lovely finishing holes
Not being able to play the O'Meara course we played Montgomerie twice and we all agreed that the course was disappointing from an asthetic point of view.Certainly had too many bunkers for my standards of golf.
A beautiful course in beautiful condition
Great course . A good start-course due to wide fairways. In good shape even after a dry summer.
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