Ceann Sibéal sits on the headland at the south-western tip of the Dingle Peninsula, outside Ballyferriter, and the club calls it the most westerly point of Europe with a golf course on it. It is a links without the giant dunes of Ballybunion or Tralee. What it has instead is a stream that crosses 13 of the 18 holes, thick marram rough, the Three Sisters peaks on the skyline and the wind straight off the Atlantic. The club sits in the West Kerry Gaeltacht, and Irish is the first language for many of its members.
Dingle Golf Links (Ceann Sibéal) green fees and tee times.
Ceann Sibéal sells visitor times on its BRS page, where live availability is shown. The two-round offer cannot be booked online; phone the club on +353 66 915 6255 or email info@dinglelinks.com. Golf Ireland members get their own rate, given on request. The club asks you to reserve buggies, electric trolleys, hire clubs and caddies at the same time as the tee time, because they run short in the summer months. The visitor pages set no handicap limit and give no visitor-only hours, so the booking system is the best guide to when the course is open to you.
INDICATIVE GREEN FEE · CHECKED NOVEMBER 2026From €60
Visitor green fee in January, February, November and December on the club’s published rate table (headed 2025). March €80, April and October €150, May to September €200. A second round the same day is €225 in April and October and €300 in summer.
January, February, November, December
€60
March
€80
April and October
€150
May to September
€200
Second round, May to September
€300
Prices change by season and booking route, so confirm the current rate with the operator. Official rates ↗
The round, in perspective.
The club began in 1924 at Doonsheane, about five kilometres east of Dingle town, with Ashe’s pub as its headquarters. It folded in the 1960s when farmers took their land back, then reformed in the early 1970s on its present site at Ballyoughtra, where Eddie Hackett laid out nine holes. The back nine followed in the 1980s, and Christy O’Connor Jnr reworked the course in the 1990s, when the clubhouse was built. That clubhouse looks out over every hole. The holes carry Irish names. The 6th, Gorta Dubha, is a long par five with out of bounds all the way down the right. The 9th is Ifreann, Hell, where the stream sits in range of the drive. The 12th, Túirnín, is a par three guarded by four bunkers and a herringbone stone wall the club dates to the Great Famine. The 18th, An Clabhsúr, is a par five with a turf wall about 90 yards short of the green that forces a lofted pitch rather than a running shot.
Know before you go.
Booking
Online through BRS; phone or email for the two-round offer
Golf cart
€50; reserve with the tee time
Electric trolley with GPS
€20
Club hire
€50 a set
Make the trip work.
Ballyferriter is a small village, so plan meals and fuel around Dingle town, about 13 km east. The clubhouse bar and restaurant serves food sourced locally. If you want two rounds in one day, the second-round price makes it worth asking for an early first tee time. The club celebrated 50 years on this headland in 2023, and its raven logo, An Rógaire Dubh, comes from a local story of a bird that stole golf balls.
Kerry Airport at Farranfore is the nearest, about 75 km away; allow around an hour and a half by car through Castlemaine and Dingle. Shannon is roughly three hours by road. The nearest railway station is Tralee, with trains from Dublin via Mallow, and from there the drive is about an hour, either over the Conor Pass or round by the N86.
Dingle town has the widest choice, with hotels such as the Dingle Skellig on the eastern edge of town and Dingle Benners on Main Street, plus many guest houses and pubs with rooms. Staying in Ballyferriter puts you a few minutes from the first tee; Óstán Cheann Sibéal is in the village itself. Self-catering cottages across the western end of the peninsula suit a group staying several nights.
Make a trip of it.
Tralee’s Barrow links is about an hour back towards the airport, and Dooks sits beside Rossbeigh on the road to Killarney, so a three-day loop is easy. Waterville is a longer drive round Dingle Bay. Off the course, the Gallarus Oratory, a dry-stone church, is a short drive from Ballyferriter, and the Blasket Centre at Dún Chaoin tells the story of the islanders you can see from the higher holes. Slea Head Drive starts a few minutes away.
Find your season.
Winter golf is cheap here, at €60 a round from November to February, and the published rates show the course open all year. The links is fully exposed on the headland, so the prevailing westerly decides how long the round feels. April, May, September and October cost less than high summer and the roads are quieter.
The club’s rate table runs from €60 in the winter months to €200 a round from May to September, with €80 in March and €150 in April and October. A second round on the same day costs €225 or €300, depending on the month, and is booked by phone or email.
Can visitors play Ceann Sibéal?
Yes. Visitors book online through the BRS system on the club’s site, and the visitor pages do not publish a handicap limit. Golf Ireland members can ask for a lower member rate.
Who designed the Dingle golf course?
Eddie Hackett laid out the first nine holes on the Ballyoughtra site in the early 1970s. The back nine was added in the 1980s, and Christy O’Connor Jnr redesigned the course in the 1990s.
Last checked 11 November 2026. This is an independent planning guide, not a first-hand review or a booking service. Check live availability, access, fees and travel details with the operator before booking. Airport suggestions are starting points for route planning.
