Portmarnock Golf Club is a golf course in Ireland, established 121 years ago in 1894. Located just north of Dublin in Portmarnock, Fingal. On Christmas Eve 1893 a Scottish insurance broker, W.C.Pickeman and his friend George Ross rowed over from Sutton to the peninsula of Portmarnock to explore the possibility of creating a golf links. The peninsula was about two miles long and covers 500 acres. It is links land with low sand dunes, green hollows and long valleys. The course opened on St. Stephen’s day 1894 with nine holes. It was extended to eighteen holes in 1896 with a new clubhouse and a further nine holes were added in 1971. The championship course follows the original layout although considerably lengthened.