A Club Filled with History
Hermitage Golf Club invites you to leaf through the pages of history and discover how this magnificent piece of golfing territory came into the possession of the founding fathers. And magnificent it is; to quote our own Willie G. Fallon, S.C., a mid 20th century scribe and golfing enthusiast.
In the midst of gorgeously wooded lands that slope gently towards a four mile river valley of great charm are the golf links of the Hermitage Club.
Image: Hermitage Clubhouse built in 1906 close to the 7th Tee.
There are no public highways or garden walls to be negotiated here, no gable ends of villas to catch the eye: only giant timber, undulating ground and a stretch of the tree fringed and tranquil river Liffey.
“There are massive oaks of several varieties, even evergreens, an avenue of flowering lime trees, lofty wych elms, the largest sycamore in County Dublin, and new plantations introduced in vacant spaces left by old stalwarts which succumbed to winter winds and the ravages of time…” So what is the story of this precious piece of land which the founding fathers of the club, in their wisdom, decided to lease and turn into a golf course in the year 1905.
