Whether you're looking for a day away from the links or something to keep the family busy, the area around Doonbeg has lots to offer, so it's easy to get out there and enjoy County Clare. The summer months bring all sorts of festivals and events such as the Willie Keane Festival (traditional music and Irish set dancing), the Doonbeg Jazz Festival, and the Doonbeg Family Festival as well as active pursuits such as horse riding, surfing, sailing, kayaking, cycling, canoeing, windsurfing, orienteering, and archery.
With every small detail carefully considered, the standard of accommodations at Doonbeg is unprecedented, offering a distinct departure from generic hotel offerings and raising a new benchmark for the discerning guest.
Considered originally as an ideal setting for links golf from as early as 1892 by the Scottish Black Watch Regiment, more accessible areas were favoured over Doonbeg on account of its remote location leaving the site lying fallow for another two centuries.
Today, Doonbeg is one of the most dramatic and exclusive golf resorts in the world – a hidden retreat set amongst rolling sand dunes on one of the most breathtaking coastal sites in Ireland.
Built in harmony with its surroundings, the development is extremely environmentally sensitive taking great measures to preserve particular areas of sand dunes and local flora and fauna. Two significant elements that have been meticulously protected are the Grey Dunes* (term applied to the oldest ones intact) and an endangered snail known as the Vertigo Angustior*.
Appealing to city escapees, families, and surfers as much as to the discerning golfer, Doonbeg's luxury accommodations encapsulates an extraordinary experience; where no two visits are the same and why you’ll want to come back.