Carne And Our Community

Rated in the top 8-14 golf courses within Ireland (depending on the ranking originators), and in the top 50 Golf Courses in the UK and Ireland. We work hard at Carne to make sure you enjoy your time with us, and we truly love being a part of Carne. It’s nice to get recognition though…and we have…time and again… Golfers Guide to Ireland Best Hidden Gem, Connacht 2018 Irish Golf Tour Operators Association (IGTOA) Excellence in Customer Service 2018 Golfers Guide to Ireland Best Hidden Gem, Connacht 2019 Carne is renowned for its’ hospitality, and we were the first Golf Course in Southern Ireland to receive the Irish Golf Tour Operators Association Quality Assurance Mark for golf courses in Ireland in 2020 Golfers Guide to Ireland Best Links Course, Connacht 2021 IGTOA Outstanding Service Award 2021 Trip Advisor Travellers Choice 2021

But most of all, we just want you to be happy and enjoy your time at Carne….and these people have…

“In any string of words I might pen over the rest of my life, I might never write a more true sentence than this: Carne is absolutely brilliant. Front nine, back nine, every hole, every hill, every inch of the place is simply special.”
Tom Coyne (Author of A Course Called Ireland)

..”The most unique golf experience I’ve ever had, by far, not even close…”
No Laying Up Tour, 2019

““The sand hills are massive, and the scenery is staggering…” 
James Deacon, ‘T&L Golf’

“the most astonishing, inspiring, natural course you are ever likely to see…”
Keith Ging, ‘Golf International’

“Carne is, quite simply, the most stunning ‘discovery’ I have made in golf. Even the impressive reports I heard about the place hadn’t prepared me for the splendor of the terrain.”
Dermot Gilleece, ‘Irish Times’