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Charleville Course

Charleville Golf Club

Charleville, Cork, IE
18 holesPar 706,533 yds71.7/122

About this course

Charleville Golf Club sits in the market town of Charleville in north County Cork, near the Limerick border in Ireland's Golden Vale region. The course was designed by James A. Murphy, an Irish architect active in the early-to-mid twentieth century who contributed to the layout of several parkland courses across Munster and beyond. The club itself has roots extending back to the early 1900s, making it one of the established clubs in this part of Ireland. The course occupies gently rolling parkland terrain characteristic of the Golden Vale, with mature trees lining many fairways and defining the routing. The land provides natural movement without severe elevation changes, and the layout incorporates both open stretches and more enclosed, tree-lined corridors. Water features and strategic bunkering shape play on several holes, rewarding accuracy and course management over pure distance. Charleville serves primarily as a members' club with a strong local community presence, hosting regular club competitions and regional amateur events. The course offers a straightforward test of parkland golf suited to a range of abilities, with enough variety in hole design to maintain interest across the round. The clubhouse and facilities reflect the traditional character of Irish provincial golf clubs, where the social and sporting aspects of membership remain closely intertwined.

Quick facts

Location
Charleville, Cork, IE
Access
Public
Holes
18
Par
70
Length
6,533 yards
Difficulty
71.7/122

Getting there

The journey to Charleville Golf Club unfolds through the gentle countryside of County Cork, most naturally reached via Cork Airport (ORK), situated roughly 30 kilometres south of the club and connected by a scenic 45-minute drive through rolling farmland and small villages that define Ireland's southern landscape. For those arriving by private aircraft, Cork Airport accommodates business jets, though the intimate scale of Charleville's setting speaks to a club that rewards the unhurried approach - the final kilometres wind through quiet country roads lined with stone walls and mature hedgerows, a gradual transition from the wider world into the heart of Munster's golfing heritage. The club itself sits nestled in the verdant valleys near the Blackwater River, where the Irish countryside reveals itself in its most authentic form: unhurried, deeply rooted, and utterly removed from the noise of modern travel.

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Common questions about Charleville

Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.

Charleville was designed by James A. Murphy.

Yes. Charleville is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.

Par at Charleville is 70.

Charleville plays 6,533 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.

The slope rating at Charleville is 122.

Charleville is a 18-hole course.

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