![]() ![]() This Building still stands, but today is a Bar / Restaurant known as Findlaters – (Irony once More). Here he worked up to 1908, at which time he moved to own his business, that as proprietor of a Temperance Hotel (Spot the Irony) that was located opposite the entrance to the West Pier in Howth. Butson (who was present at the very first meeting in Dame St) made the decisive move that led to the formation of Howth Golf Club.īutson, a Scot, came to Ireland in 1880 and had worked for the Jameson Distillery Family as a steward on their Estate in Portmarnock. It seems that the mantle was not taken further until four years later, when in 1915 a Mr A. Unfortunately, nothing more was heard of this grand scheme announced in 1910, or indeed of the nine sporting holes that were to have been laid out. The Irish Golfing Guide of 1911 contains an intriguing statement that: “A course has been chosen for the Hill of Howth and Mr Barcroft (then Secretary of Royal Dublin GC) has laid out nine sporting holes”. “Suitable Ground had been obtained near Kilrock and had been examined carefully by Mr McKenna, the Malahide Professional and other experts and they expressed an opinion that the accommodation available would enable an excellent nine-hole course”. The document continues “After a full discussion it was resolved that those present at the meeting should form a provisional committee (with Power to Add to their number) and to take such steps as necessary to form the club”. ![]() “The Formation of a Golf Club on the Hill of Howth has been under consideration for some time now, and a meeting of those interested was held on Monday evening last at 41 Dame Street, Dublin, under the presidency of J.C.Gaisford St Lawrence. November 1910 – a printed document gives more details. Lawrence of Howth Castle in tandem with the Right Honourable Justice Boyd and that this committee had been established with the intention of laying out a golf course within the Howth area. ![]() It originally stated that plans were under way for a club that was to be known as Kilrock Golf Club, however, the following November, the same paper reported that the project had fallen through, but added that a new provisional committee, lead by a one Mr Julian Gaisford St. The First reference to a proposed golf course to be situated within the valley on the Hill of Howth appeared in The Irish Field on the 12th March 1910. ![]()
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