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County Down – one of six counties in Northern Ireland that make up the nine-county Ulster Branch of the Golfing Union of Ireland - is where, as the song says, “ the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea”. Down spreads out east and south from Lough Neagh with a large part of the county lying on the Ards Peninsula, which separates the large sea inlet of Stangford Lough from the Irish Sea.
Down
County Down – one of six counties in Northern Ireland that make up the nine-county Ulster Branch of the Golfing Union of Ireland - is where, as the song says, “ the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea”. Down spreads out east and south from Lough Neagh with a large part of the county lying on the Ards Peninsula, which separates the large sea inlet of Stangford Lough from the Irish Sea.
County Down club teams have featured prominently in the final stages of recent Irish national competitions and Warrenpoint has been particularly successful, winning the Barton Shield at Rosslare in 2005 and Castlerock in 2011, the Pierce Purcell Shield at Shandon Park in 2007 and the Senior Cup at Monkstown in 2008.
One of Down’s most famous golfing sons, Rory McIlroy, cut his golfing teeth in Ireland at his home club Holywood, graduating from the Ulster Under 15 title in 2002 to the Ulster Boys Championship in 2003 and 2004 then the West of Ireland and Irish Close Amateur championships in 2005 and 2006.
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