Greencastle golf club Donegal

Members Achievements

The Ladies of Greencastle Golf Club won the North West League when they defeated Strabane at Faughan Valley Golf Club in 2023.
The team was Paula McGilloway, Genevieve Lynch, Ann Bonner, Mar Hasson, Carol Scoltock, Catherine Cosgrove, Joan Hegarty and Anne Canning; they were captained by Margaret O'Kane and Philomena McShane.

The Boys’ from Greencastle Golf Club won the Donegal Boys Youth Plate Championship on their home course when they beat in August 2023.
The team on the day was Cian Sharkey, Mark Grimley, James Boyle, Adam Mc Caul, Niall Kelly and Darragh Harley they were managed by Tony Gillespie

The Boys', of Greencastle Golf Club won the inaugural Donegal plate against Letterkenny today 3-0, 5-0 overall.

Gemma Hegarty was selected on the Ulster ILGU Team for the Interprovincial's. Played at Ballybunion Golf Club from 18th to 20th August 2004.

Gemma Hegarty was selected on the Ulster Ladies team for the AIB Interprovincial Championship at Mount Wolseley Golf Club from 7th to 9th August 2002.Caoimhe Quigley was selected on the Ulster Girls' team for the Smurfit Interprovincial Championship at Enniscrone Golf Club from the 18th to the 20th of April 2001.

Greencastle's Lady Captain Sandra McConnell and her Captain's prize winner Veronica Black tied in the Regional Finals of the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captain's Golf Classic at Co. Sligo in August 2001. They were beaten into 3rd place on the count-back. However, their 38 points booked them a trip to the National Finals. Cassandra playing off 20 and Winifred playing off 16 went to Druid's Glen for the final on the 1st October. They finished 4th on a count back for 2nd-3rd-4th in a gale described by Eamonn Darcy as "the worst I've experienced here"

Prior to 2001:

The Ladies of Greencastle Golf Club won the Marie O'Donnell Trophy in 1998, when the team was Teresa Ross, Celine Houston, Hilary McCloy, Helen Cosgrove, Paula McGilloway, Rosie Browne, Veronica Harkin, Mary Bovaird, Veronica McLaughlin, Betty Gallagher, Frances Harkin, Antoinette Hegarty, Marie Higgins, Rose McHugh, Ita Cleary and Maire O'Donnell. They won the North West League in 1995.

Caoimhe Quigley was selected on the ILGU Junior squad in November 2000.

Gemma Hegarty was selected to represent Ireland in the European Ladies Junior Championship at Nairn Golf Club, Scotland in 1996, and at Oslo Golf Club, Norway in 1998.she played for Ireland in the Girls' Home Internationals at Gog Mogog Golf Club in 1994, at Northop Golf Club, in 1995 and at Formby Ladies Golf Club in 1996.

John McCartney has joined the professional ranks and is serving his apprenticeship at City of Derry Golf Club.

History of Greencastle

Instituted 1892 affiliated 1896
An article in The Belfast Newsletter tells us that access to the course at Greencastle was by ferry. The lands and a small clubhouse were given to the club entirely rent-free.
The first captain was P. Crosbie P. C. It was a nine-hole course on sixty acres. The club has a set of accounts for 1892 and it had 42 members.
The course was extended to eighteen-holes by 1914. In 1923, the course is recorded as a nine-hole course this is probably a result of compulsory tillage during the Great War.