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PSK Ireland Golf Trip 2027

Ireland2027

May 15–21, 2027

Killarney, Ireland

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Upcoming trip · 6 rounds

Your trip guide

Your guide to Killarney.

The trip

The Killarney plan

Seven days in Southwest Ireland with the boys—legendary links, pints in Killarney, wild Atlantic scenery, and the kind of stories that only come from a great golf trip. Ballybunion. Tralee. Waterville. Dingle. Twelve dudes. One hell of a week.

Two fairy caddies prepare their golf bags and yardage book on an imagined coastal first tee.
Official dates
May 15–21, 2027
Home base
Killarney
The golf
6 rounds / 5 days
The group
Up to 12 golfers

The itinerary

The whole journey, at a glance.

The official trip runs May 15–21, 2027 across 5 golf days.

  1. Fri, May 14

    Pre-trip

    Pre-trip travel · outside the official May 15–21, 2027 dates

    The Journey Begins

    Overnight flights may leave the United States for Dublin or Shannon. This is pre-trip travel, outside the official May 15–21 dates.

  2. Sat, May 15

    Trip

    Arrival in Ireland

    Land, collect vehicles, travel to Killarney, and check in at McSweeney Arms before the first evening in town.

  3. Sun, May 16

    Trip

    Waterville Golf Links

    The first full round: championship links between the Atlantic and the mountains of the Iveragh Peninsula.

  4. Mon, May 17

    Trip

    Dooks Golf Club

    Traditional links and Dingle Bay views, followed by the road back to Killarney.

  5. Tue, May 18

    Trip

    Tralee Golf Club

    Arnold Palmer's Atlantic links, dramatic dunes, ocean cliffs, and another Killarney evening.

  6. Wed, May 19

    Trip

    Ceann Sibéal & Dingle

    Golf on the Dingle Peninsula, then an evening in Dingle with a private van and driver.

  7. Thu, May 20

    Trip

    The golf finale

    Ballybunion 36

    The Old Course, then the Cashen Course: two rounds and the golf week's 36-hole finale.

  8. Fri, May 21

    Trip

    Homeward

    Check out of McSweeney Arms and travel to Dublin or Shannon for the journey home.

Six rounds · five golf days

The links ahead.

Four coastal chapters build toward a 36-hole finish across two courses.

The 18th hole at Waterville Golf Links in County Kerry.

Round 1 of 6

Sun, May 16

Waterville

Waterville Golf Links

Set on a narrow peninsula with the Atlantic on three sides, Waterville delivers a spectacular opening round: big coastal views, championship links golf, and a course refined by Tom Fazio. Payne Stewart, an honorary captain whose statue stands near the 18th green, is part of the history at one of Ireland’s most celebrated golf destinations.

Explore the course
The fairway and green at Dooks Golf Links beside Dingle Bay.

Round 2 of 6

Mon, May 17

Dooks

Dooks Golf Club

Dooks might just be the round that steals the trip. Tucked beside Dingle Bay beneath the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, this Kerry links has been testing golfers since 1889. Sandy fairways weave through gorse and wildflowers, while the breeze and contoured greens demand a little imagination. Keep the ball under the wind and remember to look up: the mountains and sea are half the reason we came. Then it’s back to Killarney to argue over who played the shot of the day.

Explore the course
Tralee Golf Club’s coastal greens and fairways above the beach and Atlantic bay.

Round 3 of 6

Tue, May 18

Tralee

Tralee Golf Club

Arnold Palmer’s first design in Ireland traces the rugged Barrow Peninsula, with a coastal front nine giving way to a dramatic inward stretch through towering dunes. Atlantic views, surrounding mountains, and the iconic 16th make Tralee one of the trip’s most spectacular—and demanding—links experiences.

Explore the course
Ceann Sibéal’s links fairways, bunkers and coastline on the Dingle Peninsula.

Round 4 of 6

Wed, May 19

Ceann Sibéal

Dingle Golf Links

Ceann Sibéal—roughly pronounced “kyown shih-BALE” and meaning Sybil Head—sits at the far edge of the Dingle Peninsula, Europe’s westernmost golf course and one of Ireland’s most remote. The links reveals hidden bays, fishing villages, mountains, and the Blasket Islands in the wild Atlantic—an unforgettable round in the heart of the West Kerry Gaeltacht, where Irish remains part of everyday life.

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The finale · Thu, May 20

BallybunionThirty-six

Two rounds close the trip’s final golf day.

Greens and bunkers among coastal dunes beside the Atlantic at Ballybunion Old Course.
An original minotaur drives into fierce Atlantic wind while a wizard watches over a stormy links finale.
Greens and bunkers among coastal dunes beside the Atlantic at Ballybunion Old Course.

Round 5 of 6 · Finale I

Ballybunion Old

Old Course

The entire trip has been building toward this. Ballybunion Old is the crown jewel—an exhilarating, wind-shaped journey through towering dunes and unforgettable holes along the Atlantic. The graveyard beside the opening fairway sets the tone, but the course keeps escalating toward the legendary 11th, a seaside par-4 Tom Watson once called the best in golf. This is the round that will define the trip.

Explore the course
The seventh green on Ballybunion’s Cashen Course among dunes beside the Atlantic beach.

Round 6 of 6 · Finale II

Ballybunion Cashen

Cashen Course

The trip’s final 18 is no victory lap. Cashen explodes across dunes even more dramatic than those of the Old Course, its Robert Trent Jones routing surging from the Cashen River to the wild Atlantic and back through towering inland corridors. Fresh from a course-wide renovation by Team Niblick and Tom Watson Design, it now pairs heroic scenery with more strategic approaches, a revived ground game, and a stronger connection to the ocean. The rough diamond has been polished—and this is one ferocious final chapter.

Explore the course

Map / Route

Killarney, Ireland to Ballybunion Old + Cashen.

The Ireland route

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Shane's full illustrated Ireland 2027 route map, opened for inspection.

The route, stop by stop

5 destinations, in playing order.

  1. Killarney, IrelandTrip destination
  2. WatervilleSun, May 16
  3. DooksMon, May 17
  4. TraleeTue, May 18
  5. Ceann SibéalWed, May 19
  6. Ballybunion Old + CashenThu, May 20

The week’s route

A wide mountain and valley landscape in Killarney National Park, County Kerry.
Two fairy caddies relax beside a fireplace in a warmly lit fantasy pub.

6 nights · one home base

Base Camp:Killarney

The Killarney home base for six nights, with breakfast each morning.

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Hotel
McSweeney Arms
Morning
Breakfast included

The crew

Who’s headed to Killarney.

An original wizard, minotaur, infernal golfer and two adult fairy caddies gather beside golf bags at a fictional coastal lodge.

Locked in

10

Maybe

5

Waiting list

0

Two fairy caddies walk across an imagined coastal golf course with their golf bags.

Trip at a glance

The week, by the numbers.

Nights
6
Rounds
6
Golf days
5
Destinations
5
Holes at Ballybunion
36
Golfers
Up to 12

It’s happening

We’re Going to Ireland.

Upcoming trip · 6 rounds

Join the trip

Fancy coming along?

2 of 12 spots open as of September 2, 2026. Check with Shane for the latest.

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Use the contact details you already have, or ask a mutual friend to put you in touch.