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Members Achievements

Young Sinead Ni Cheilleachair was selected on the Leinster Girl’s Under-18 Interprovincial Team played at Ballykisteen Golf Club on 21st and 22nd August 2023.
The other members of the team were Caoimhe O'Grady & Niamh O'Grady (The Royal Dublin Golf Club), Anna Abom (Edmondstown Golf Club), Hannah Guerin (Royal Tara Golf Club), Ellen O'Shaughnessy (Co. Louth Golf Club) and Ella Cantwell (Esker Hills Golf Club).
They were Captained by Stephanie McNiff (Tullamore Golf Club) and Managed by Mary Farrell (Carlow Golf Club).

Young Evan Monaghan was selected on the winning Leinster Under-16 Interprovincial Team played at Ballykisteen Golf Club on 21st and 22nd August 2023.
The other members of the team were Adam Fahey (Portmarnock Golf Club), Sean Cooper (Enniscorthy Golf Club), Mark Cadden (Roganstown Golf Club), Evan Monaghan (Naas Golf Club) and William Walshe (Delgany Golf Club)
They were Captained by Ger Ennis (Athy Golf Club) and Managed by Kevin Raftery (Forrest Little Golf Club).

The Ladies from Tullamore Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals of the Women’s Junior Cup at Knightsbrook Golf Club on Friday 16th September 2022 and were drawn against the Ladies from Newlands Golf Club and lost their match by 4-matches to 1-match.
Richelle O’Neal led them out and lost her match against Ann Hughes by 2 and 1, she was followed by Emily Donohue who lost her match by 3 and 1 against Leonie Colgan, next on the tee was Mary Kinsella who halved her match against Fiona Ryan, in the penultimate match Stephanie McNiff lost her match against Louise Halpin by 6 and 5 and the bottom match of Eilish O’Connell against Carol Kiely was halved when called-in. 

Having accounted for Ballybunion Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matches on the Friday Tullamore Golf Club met the Ladies from Galway Bay Golf Club on Saturday 18th September 2021 and lost their match by 3-matches to 2-matches.
First on the tee was Amy Spain who won her match against Emma Morrow by 1-hole, next on the tee was Emily O’Donohue who lost her match by 1-hole against Fiona O’Driscoll, she was followed by Richelle O’Neill who lost her match by 3 and 2 against Katie Coleman, in the penultimate match Eilish O’Connell had a 1-hole win against Helen O’Flaherty and the bottom match of Clair Hinch against Mandy Cosgrave went to the Galway ladies by 1-hole.

The Ladies of Tullamore Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland deciders of the Junior Cup at Limerick Golf Club on Friday 17th September 2021 by winning their Leinster Regional Finals and were drawn against Ballybunion Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter Finals, they won their match by 3½ -matches to 1½ -matches.
First on the tee was Amy Spain who beat Janice O’Connell by 2 and 1, she was followed by Emily O’Donohue who lost out to Georgina Keane by 5 and 4, next up was Richelle O’Neill who had a very comfortable 6 and 4 win against Catriona Corrigan, in the penultimate match Eilish O’Connell beat Ann O’Connor by 3 and 2 and the bottom match of Clair Hinch against Pat Joyce was halved when called-in.

Tullamore member Stuart Grehan won the East of Ireland and South of Ireland Championships in 2015 only the third person to win two of the Provincial Championships in the one year. He was a member of the Irish Men’s International Team that won the Home Internationals in Portrush in 2015.

In February 2016 he finished joint 2nd in the South African Amateur Open Championship. He reached 53 in the World Amateur Ranking Rankings in February 2016 the 2nd highest Irish Amateur golfer.

Tullamore Golf Club won the Leinster Provincial Towns Cup in 2015 beating Cill Dara in the final after Ryan Sheerin won in a three-hole play-off. The team was Kevin Cleary, Declan Farrell, James Fox, Michael Fox, Anthony Kavanagh, Joe Morris;, Eoin O Ceilleachair, Ryan Sheerin, Terry Shiel. Reserves on the day were Dermot Scanlon, John McNiff, and P.  J. Murray. They were managed by Noel Cleary and selected by Larry Larkin.

Tullamore Golf Club won the South Leinster Cup in 2013 when the team was, Tony Cleary, Matt Flannelly, Mick Gillepsie, John Hopkins, Martin Lowry, Diarmuid O’Neill, J.J. O’Neill and Tom Walsh, they were managed by Denis Guinan and selected by Liam Keegan.

Stuart Grehan won the Irish Youths Amateur Champion in 2012.

Tullamore Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield, when they beat Stackstown G. C. at Co. Longford G. C. on 24th June 2007, when the team was, Dave Hughes with Kevin McEntee, Eoin Flanagan with John Hopkins, Morgan Byrne with Joe Morris, Denis Guinan with Eoin Slevin, Pat Keegan with Eamon Buggy, and Stewart Grehan and Larry Larkin they were managed by Willie O'Grady.

They made the journey to Shandon Park Golf Club to compete in the All-Ireland deciders on Friday 14th September.

They were drawn against Munster Champions Muskerry Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final. First on the tee for Tullamore was Dave Hughes with Kevin McEntee against Paul Herlihy with Denis Lynch, when they lost their match by a single hole. They were followed by Pat Keegan with John O'Shea who halved their match against Daniel Hallissey with Eoin O'Callaghan. Next up was Eoin Flanagan with John Hopkins who also halved their match against David Lane with Jerry O'Callaghan. With the matches finally balanced Liam Hoctor with Noel Mannion went down to Jimmy Hornibrook with Neil O'Brien by 5 and 4. The anchor match of Morgan Byrne with Joe Morris against Jackie Solan with Gordian Barry also went to the Munster Champions to record a 4 matches to 1 match win and give the their passage to the All-Ireland final against Ulster Champion Scrabo Golf Club in the afternoon, which Muskerry won by 3 matches to 2 matches to record their first win in the Jimmy Bruen Shield in their Centenary Year. 

Tullamore Golf Club won the Leinster Under-15 Inter-Club Matchplay at Knockalley Golf Club on Monday 22nd August 2006. They beat Newlands Golf Club by 3 and halve matches to 1 and halve matches in the Leinster Semi-Final in the morning and met Headfort Golf Club in the afternoon, this match resulted in a 3 matches to 2 matches for the boys’ from the Midlands against the boys’ from Kells. The team was John Foran, Stewart Grehan, Eoin Slevin, Jamie McKeogh, Garry Hughes, Morgan Byrne and Conor Daly, they were managed by Christy Lennon and selected by Kevin Adams and John Hopkins.

Tullamore Golf Club were runners-up in the Provincial Towns Cup in 2006, when the team was, Mark O'Grady, David Flanagan, Terry Shields, Sean Spollan, Morgan Byrne, Ted Nyhan, Jerome O'Rourke, Joe Morris, Denis Guinan, P. J. McIntyre, Martin Dooley, Stephen Kidney, Stephen Barrett and Pat Keegan, they were managed by Pat Corcoran and selected by John McNiff and Gerry McMahon.

Lady Captain Mary McDonnell (31), Captain John Hopkins (11) and President Pat Traynor, qualified for the National Finals of the Mercedes-Benz-Irish Independent Executive Trophy at The K Club on August 12th. When they shot 74 points at Mount Juliet in July 2002.

Husband and wife Eileen and Denis White were leading qualifiers in the spar Irish Independent mixed challenge on there home course in June 2002.

Tullamore gave Kitty McCann the highest accolade on June 15th 2001 when she was guest of honour at a special function to commemorate her win in the British Open Championship on June 7th 1951 at Broadstone in Dorset. She beat Frances Stephens, who played 6-Curtis Cups by 4 and 3 over 36-holes. Kitty was selected on the Curtis Cup team for 1952 but was unable to play because of illness.

Catherine Carty was selected on the Irish Senior Ladies team in 2001.

Helen Egan won L.G.U. green Medal at Athy Golf Club on the 28th May 2001. Helen playing off 14 returned a 70 net to win by two shots. She also captured the Midland Ladies Intermediate Championship on her home course the same year.

Prior to 2001:

Tullamore won the BMW All- Ireland Irish Mixed Foursomes in 2000 at Dundalk G. C. beating Limerick County Golf and Country Club in the final. When the squad was Enda McLoughlin, Rosemary Fox, Eileen Cahir, Anna Kavanagh, Kay Kirley, Marie Daly, John Cullen, Maureen Conway, Willie O'Grady, Larry Larkin, Seamus Egan, John McNally, Anna Wynn and Basil Mulligan, they were, managed by Norman Conway.

Tullamore won the All-Ireland Irish Junior Cup at Royal Co. Down G. C. in 1983, when the squad was Sean Larkin, Paddy Callaghan, Christy Lennon, Harry Cullen, Dermot Coen, Carthage Flanagan, Seamus Egan and Patrick Cleary they were managed by Eamon Buggy.

Una Marsden was selected on the ILGU Senior B squad in November 2000, and she was on the Irish Junior Ladies team in 2000 and played for Ireland in the Girls' Home internationals at Forfar Golf Club in 1997.

They also won the Tudenham Cup, Fourball, in Mullingar G.C.

Most of us spend a lifetime playing golf and the best we can relate to is the nearly Hole-in-One we had. Not so with Niamh and Donal Adams whom on the same day and same competition had a Hole-in-One each. Niamh 14-year-old holed out on the 132-yard 2nd only to be followed by baby brother 12-year-old Donal on the 138-yard 9th. A week earlier Gearoid O'Grady also holed out on the 9th in another junior competition.

Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;

Evan Monaghan was selected on the Ireland team that competed at the Italian Under-16 boys open at Club Biella La Betulle near Turin from August 31 to September 2.in 2022

E. C. O’Brien represented Ireland as a Senior International in 1963 playing 6-times won 5-matches and lost 1-match accumulating 10-points. He represented Leinster at Senior Interprovincial level from 1963 to 1964 playing 8-times won 4-matches halved two and lost 2-matches accumulating 10-points;

S. Flanagan represented Ireland at international Youths level in 1977 playing 3-matches, won 2-matches and lost 1-match accumulating 4-points. He represented Leinster as a Youth Interprovincial from 1976 to 1977 playing 5-times won 2-matches and lost 3-matches accumulating 4-points;

D. White represented Leinster at Senior Interprovincial level in 1971 playing 5-times won 3-matches halved two and lost 0-matches accumulating 8-points. He represented Leinster as a Youth Interprovincial from 1968 to 1969 playing 4-times;

P. Burke represented Leinster as a Youth Interprovincial from 1968 to 1969 playing 4-times;

Enda McLoughlin represented Leinster at Boys'  Interprovincial level in 1998 playing 6-times won 4-matches and lost 2-matches accumulating 8-points;

Eoin Marsden represented Leinster at Boys'  Interprovincial level from 2006 to 2007 playing 11-times won 8-matches and lost 3-matches accumulating 16-points;

V. Twohig represented Munster as a Senior Interprovincial from 1982 to 1983 playing 10-times won 5-matches and lost 5-matches accumulating 10-points;

Una Marsden played for The Irish Girls' International Team in 1999 and 1997 she was a reserve in 1998;

History of Tullamore

Instituted 1896 affiliated 1899

The Tullamore Golf Club published a brochure on the history of the club in 1935 which records "Golf was introduced into Tullamore in the year 1886 by Colonel R. A. Craig, when on a visit to the Rectory. A few holes in a field on the Geashill Road represented the first links in the neighbourhood, and there Colonel Craig and a few friends drove their gutta balls with the old-fashioned clubs of the period. After a short time they changed the scene of operations to the fields near the ruin behind the Distillery, where they were, joined by a few military officers. The next move was to Timmycross. A small club was formed and a regular course was made, a very rough and hilly affair, but productive of good fun for a couple of years. At the end of that time move No. 3 was effected to the racecourse at Ballykilmurry, where a pleasant little nine-hole course was laid out and a small pavilion erected."

The "Irish Field" on the 29th of August, 1925, reports "I hear that at Brookfield only a couple of miles from the town, the club can get sufficient land at reasonable rent to lay out eighteen-holes." The club brochure tells us "a site near Tullamore was needed, too, and it was found at Brookfield, which largely through the efforts of Mr. Henry F. Brennan, was secured from Lady Bury. A new eighteen-hole course was laid out with the assistance of Captain Lionel Hewson who was ably assisted by Mr. J. S. McCall of the club, who spared no effort."