Village
Lahinch
A coastal village on Clare's Atlantic west — walkable, links golf on the doorstep, and the natural base for north Clare between rounds at Lahinch Golf Club.
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Towns & areas
Places
A Clare golf trip is shaped by where you stay as much as by where you play. These pages introduce the towns, villages and areas that come up again and again — without turning each one into a finished town guide yet.
Useful golf bases
Places golfers commonly use as a centre for a few days of golf.
Village
Doonbeg
A west Clare coastal village, used as a base for golf around Doughmore Bay and the wider Loop Head peninsula.
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Town
Kilrush
A market town on the Shannon Estuary, and a practical west Clare base beside Kilrush Golf Club.
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Town
Kilkee
A seaside town on the west Clare coast, close to Kilkee Golf Club and the Loop Head peninsula.
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Village
Spanish Point
A small coastal settlement near Miltown Malbay, home to Spanish Point Golf Club.
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Town
Ennis
The county town of Clare — parkland golf on the outskirts, a walkable centre, and a sensible inland base when links are a day trip away.
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Town
Shannon
A south Clare town beside Shannon Airport — golf on the doorstep, Bunratty ten minutes east, and the start of the run west to Lahinch.
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Area
Dromoland
An estate area near Newmarket-on-Fergus — Dromoland Castle, its parkland course, and south Clare golf within a short drive of Shannon Airport.
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Towns, coast and landscapes
Further places that sit naturally on a Clare golf itinerary.
Village
Doolin
A harbour village north of Lahinch — closer to the Cliffs of Moher than the links, with ferries to the Aran Islands and a cluster of pubs and small hotels when Lahinch feels full.
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Village
Bunratty
A south Clare village beside Shannon Airport — Bunratty Castle on the doorstep and a natural first night if you are not driving straight to the west coast.
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Area
East Clare
The inland east of the county around Bodyke and Lough Derg — East Clare Golf Club and the Inis Cealtra visitor centre at Mountshannon.
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Destination
Loop Head
A peninsula at the south-western tip of Clare, reached through Kilkee and Kilrush.
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Destination
Cliffs of Moher
Atlantic sea cliffs on the north Clare coast — the Cliffs of Moher Experience visitor centre sits beside the headline viewpoint, with parking, paths and ticketing managed on site.
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Destination
The Burren
A limestone region inland from Lahinch and Doolin — not one tidy stop, but open pavement, wildflowers and the Burren National Park trailhead reached via Corofin.
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See how the golf sits on the map
Each place page pulls nearby courses from the existing Clare directory.