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Our Community
Grange Golf Club
 In the summer of 1909 Mr.J.O'Brien Butler laid a rough 9 hole golf course on the slopes of Kilmashogue, interest was high but many disliked the idea of a proprietory club. So the first steps to form a "real" club were taken in the home of Rev. Mr.Henry Cave in Garville Avenue. Land was selected at Marley Grange and the owner Mr.Douglas Rowely granted a 21 year lease in July 1910.
Of the original course, only the 1st, 2nd and 18th holes still remain. A new rival in the form of Castle Club appeared in Rathfarnham. A proposal to amalgamate was turned down by Grange members although 25 members left Grange for Castle.
Between 1970 and 1974 the club was continuosly under threat by motor-ways in the vicinity of the Grange which would need a substantial portion of club lands. Fortunetaly in 1975 due to the energy and hard work of the then Captain, Pat Herlihy, 40 acres of land that came up for sale in Marley Grange was approved in an Extraordinary General Meeting at a cost of £120,000. It was the final turn of the wheel of history that the Grange should have purchased the land on which there were three holes of the very first Golf Course built at Marley.
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Contact Details
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Grange Golf Club |
| Address: |
Rathfarnham |
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Dublin 16 |
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| Telephone: |
353 1 493 2889 |
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353 1 493 9490 |
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N/A |
| Email: |
info@grangegc.com |
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