Ballinlough Castle is situated in the rich pastureland of North County Westmeath. We are only 55 kms from the M.50 Roundabout and can be easily reached in 40 minutes from Blanchardstown

Directions.

To reach us from Dublin/Trim/ Athboy Travelling from Dublin use the N3 and take left exit for Trim Just past the old fairyhouse turn off, Arriving in Trim take the 3rd exit from the roundabout for Athboy, Arriving in Athboy turn left and drive up through the town pass the Old Darnley Lodge Hotel on your left and turn right at Price Busters 50 yds further on., Go 400 mtrs on the Oldcastle Road, then turn left at the end of a row of terreced houses called Butterfield View, (follow the sign for Ballinlough Castle Gardens), you should pass a graveyard on your right, About 1 mile from the town you will reach a fork in the road keep to the right, continue on (almost) to the end of this road (about 4 miles,) You will come to the entrance of Ballinlough Castle on your left. Traveling from Dundalk/Ardee/Kells Continue on the N.52 towards Mullingar 2miles outside the village of Clonmellon on the N.52 you will come to a long sweeping left hand bend. As the bend ends and before you start into the right hand bend you will see straight in front of you a little side road. Drive the short distance to the end of this road and in front of you is the outer walls of Ballinlough, make a left turn go 100mtrs and the entrance to the golf club is on your right. Traveling from Tullamore/Mullingar/Delvin On the N.52 pass through the Village of Delvin,at the 4th road to the right approx 3.3 miles passed Delvin, You will see a sign for Ballinlough Castle Gardens on your right take the 2nd turn at this junction keeping the wall of the castle grounds on your right, travel about 400mtrs down this road you will come to the golf course entrance on your right.

Ballinlough Castle Golf Club was founded in 1998 and affiliated to the Golfing Union of Ireland in April of 1999. We are also affiliated to the Irish Ladies Golfing Union. Ballinlough was formed to be a members controlled equal status club, with the sole intention of getting the best course we could, out of the land at our disposal. When complete the course will become yet another masterpiece in the Pat Ruddy collection and to whom the club is indebted for his help and encouragement.

Pat, who amongst many other projects has to his credit, TheEuropean Club (ranked at number 5 in Ireland and 43 in the world), And the magnificent Druids Glen, (voted the number 1 visitor course in Europe), has described the site as being "Amazingly beautiful" he goes on to say,
	" The site is that good that there are at least eight natural holes, just waiting to be played. These holes will entail minimal construction work. We are building a course here in Ballinlough, to the best modern specifications which will be comparable to any parkland stretch in the country, and will be ultimately suitable for Tournament Play, should that become a requirement".