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Kilternan Hotel and Country Club sold

  • 12-08-2014 09:21AM
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    rrpc
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    Drive past it regularly and am always gobsmacked at the size of the development. Back in the days of yore it was tiny. Sad to see the golf course overgrown and destroyed.

    Supposed to have gone for less than 10 million :eek:


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  • #2
    tonc76
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    rrpc wrote: »
    Drive past it regularly and am always gobsmacked at the size of the development. Back in the days of yore it was tiny. Sad to see the golf course overgrown and destroyed.

    Supposed to have gone for less than 10 million :eek:

    These are the same guys that bought Palmerstown Stud last year. I wonder will the golf course be reinstated?


  • #3
    rrpc
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    tonc76 wrote: »
    These are the same guys that bought Palmerstown Stud last year. I wonder will the golf course be reinstated?
    I imagine it will have to be. It would be one of the main draws for the hotel. A lot of work needed to get it back in shape, but probably well worth it.


  • #4
    Dr_Colossus
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    tonc76 wrote: »
    These are the same guys that bought Palmerstown Stud last year. I wonder will the golf course be reinstated?

    Irish Times article stating the purchase price was €7m and that it's thought the golf course would not be re-instated due to it's proximity to existing courses.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/transport-and-tourism/kilternan-hotel-sold-at-96-discount-to-comer-group-1.1893885


  • #5
    Kevinmarkham
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    Dr_Colossus wrote: »
    Irish Times article stating the purchase price was €7m and that it's thought the golf course would not be re-instated due to it's proximity to existing courses.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/transport-and-tourism/kilternan-hotel-sold-at-96-discount-to-comer-group-1.1893885

    That, and the fact that the golf course had little going for it. One leg shorter than the other required.


  • #6
    charlieIRL
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    As there is a good few courses in the area, i hope they don't reopen it and give the rest a chance. No point in dividing the pie any further.


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  • #7
    rrpc
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    charlieIRL wrote: »
    As there is a good few courses in the area, i hope they don't reopen it and give the rest a chance. No point in dividing the pie any further.
    For a hotel, the other courses in the area shouldn't really factor. It'd be a bit like not having a leisure centre because there's a pool and a gym down the road.

    A golf course would add to competition, but I would have thought that the main focus would be for hotel guests and golfing holidays. There aren't that many hotel/golf operations in Dublin within a short hop of the city centre.


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    Russman
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    rrpc wrote: »
    For a hotel, the other courses in the area shouldn't really factor. It'd be a bit like not having a leisure centre because there's a pool and a gym down the road.

    A golf course would add to competition, but I would have thought that the main focus would be for hotel guests and golfing holidays. There aren't that many hotel/golf operations in Dublin within a short hop of the city centre.

    True, but, seriously, that course is so bad you'd never decide to stay at a hotel there just to avail of the golf course.


  • #9
    rrpc
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    Russman wrote: »
    True, but, seriously, that course is so bad you'd never decide to stay at a hotel there just to avail of the golf course.
    Well the course is gone now, nothing but meadow really. The opportunity is there to make something new though.


  • #10
    Dero123
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    Had my one and only hole in one on the 18th there in a school event. 5 wood pitched just short of green and rolled in.


  • #11
    Dero123
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    Had my one and only hole in one on the 18th there in a school event. 5 wood pitched just short of green and rolled in.


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  • #12
    Dtoffee
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    The course was hilly and short, but there's worse out there and as an ex member I really enjoyed my time there (the members were great and kept a society going right up to last year). People forget that course's like Kilternan were all that some of us could afford back then and I for one will always be grateful and proud to have been a member.

    I think the issue of golf returning is unlikely to arise as many of the holes were lost during construction and more land would be needed to construct a course. The other issue is the world famous 'jinx' attached to the place .... the land is said to be cursed, any one who bought it, failed to make money and ended up having problems.:eek:


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