Boyle Golf Course is a nine hole gold course within 5 minutes of the town centre off the N61. Play at any time and pay only a nominal green fee at the clubhouse, which has bar and snack facilities. Tel: 071 96 62594. Roscommon Golf Club is located on rolling pastures adjoining the old Mote Park estate and boasts an 18-hole championship course of outstanding merit. The new 6,290-meter course, situated within half a mile of the town, looks like maturing into one of the very best parkland courses in Ireland. A par 71 course with a number of very testing holes, it features man-made lakes on the tricky 13th and multi-tiered greens, which have been constructed with the very latest technology to give an all-weather surface. The Roscommon clubhouse was completed in 1996. It offers full bar and dining service. The dining room has capacity for 120 people and can accommodate individuals or groups with equal ease. The club welcome green fee and society golfers. Society rates and catering terms by arrangement with the Secretary. Tel:090 66 26381. Hodson Bay Golf Club was founded in 1892 and affords beautiful panoramic views over Lough Ree from the clubhouse and course. Measuring 5,922m from championship tees, this mature 18-hole parkland layout offers a stimulating challenge and a most enjoyable round of golf. Many important national championships have been held in this prestigious Club over the years. Athlone is 5km further on the main road. Tel: 090 6492070. Carrick-on-Shannon Golf Club has expanded from a nine-hole course to an eighteen-hole course, is playable to the public since August 2003. The quest for a new acreage began in the mid 1990’s. The existing nine holes were constructed on land given to the club by Major Kirkwood, who lived in Woodbrook House. From the highest point, the view is close to breathtaking. The Boyle River and Drumharlow Lake – intergral parts of the Shannon water system-touch the land that is being moulded into the new golf holes, and there are also views of the Arigina Mountains. Tel:071 966701. Castlerea Golf Club is located adjacent to the town on the N60 (west). This 9-hole course is beside the river Suck and the natural parkland and mature trees form an integral part of this lovely course. The ancestral home of the O’Conor clan can be viewed the 9th tee. Tel:094 96 20064. Rosses Point Championship Links Course Lying in the shadows of the great Benbulben Mountain, it has belonged to the ranks of the best of championship courses from nearly every point. There are breathtaking views of the mountains, the sea and almost endless countryside surrounding the County Sligo course. The fairways are considered the most undulating in Ireland Golfing at its best approximately 25 miles from Boyle.

At Rosdarrig you have the best of both worlds, staying in luxury accommodation and watching livestock grazing the surrounding farmland, yet only a pleasant walk to the local pubs and restaurants. On arrival at Rosdarrig you are greeted with a warm welcome plus complimentary tea/coffee, homemade scones, bread and preserves. Rosdarrig Bed and Breakfast is approved by the Irish Tourist board, and is an ideal base from which to explore the various cultural and historical sites in the north west region. Fishing, golfing and walking are available closeby while the activates of the Atlantic are just thirty minute drive. Boyle is located between the three great lakes Lough Gara, Lough Key and Lough Arrow. The Boyle River meanders through the town joining Lough Gara and Lough Key before joining the River Shannon. Within a radius of fifteen miles there are numerous other small lakes offering coarse and trout fishing. Drying rooms and bait fridges are available on-site while fishing tackle is available to buy within 200 metres. Rosdarrig is located within a 20 mile radius of nine golf clubs. There are two local courses, the 9-hole Boyle course and the 18-hole Carrick-on-Shannon course. The countryside around Rosdarrig house is a walkers paradise with a network of mapped and signposted walking routes to the North and North West of the town. Immediately to the west of the town there are numerous trails which take you through the Brishlagh Hills and around by Lough Gara. These are roads of low density traffic which take you through countryside where wild plant and berries remain undisturbed throughout the seasons. Lough Key Forest Park is closeby. Along its numerous woodland walks, pleasant hours can be spent at one with nature. Packed lunches are available to those where wish to tour, fish or take part in organised walks. Accommodation at Rosdarrig is second to none, with five beautifully appointed bedrooms which can accommodate 2 to 5 people. Rooms are warm and in a refreshing style to give both a relaxed and comfortable stay. Each room has central heating, en-suite facilities, tea/ coffee, TV, hair dryer. All our rooms have either deep pile carpet or natural wood floors. Rosdarrig dining and sitting rooms are luxurious and spacious with antico floors throughout. Here you can indulge in a hearty Irish breakfast or enjoy the healthy delights of various juices, cereals, fruits and yoghurts. Indeed all dietary needs are catered for and the ingredients are organic where possible, from Rosdarrig's organic vegetable garden or sourced locally. The dining and ulitly rooms overlook the award winning garden which is a riot of colour from spring to autumn. Rosdarrig BB, Carrick Road, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Ireland. tel: +353 71 9662040 | email: info@rosdarrig.com Rosdarrig is a modern home offering Bed and Breakfast, genuine Irish hospitality and quality accommodation.

Boyle Curlew Walkers is an excellent local walking club, walking most Sundays during the walking season. Arigna Miner’s Way and Historical Trail are a network of walking paths which wind their way through adjoining parts of Counties Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo. The Miners Way follows many of the paths used by the miners going to work in the Arigna coal mines. This section makes a circuit starting from Arigna and travelling via Keadue, Ballyfarnon and Corrie Mountain to return to Arigna. The Historical Trail section runs in a great loop, leaving the Miners Way at Keadue and running to Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle, Carrowkeel, Castlebaldwin, Highwood and returning to the Miners Way at Ballyfarnon. A third loop connects the Miners Way to Sli Liatroma and goes around Lough Allen by Drumkeeran, Dowra, Drumshanbo and back to Arigna. The Arigna Miners Way, including all links is 62km (39 miles) in length and ascends some 1300 metres. The Historical Trail is 56km (35 miles) in length and ascends some 850 metres. They are most suitable for a week’s walking but the visitor can pick and choose which sections to walk.. Camping is feasible but permission and water will need to be obtained from local farmhouses. Camping is prohibited in the state forest plantations. For further information contact Boyle Tourist Office Tel. 071 96 62145 or Carrick-on-Shannon Tourist Office Tel. 071 96 20170. It should be noted that these tourist offices open on a seasonal basis. Ireland West Tourism Tel. 091 563091. Suck Valley Way is a 100km Waymarked Walk Way which runs through the Suck River Valley, incorporating parts of counties Roscommon and Galway. It is unusual among Irish Waymarked Walks because for most of its length it lies across lowland farms. It also traverses the boglands and callows along the river Suck with their numerous lakes and drainage channels. The varied landscape includes gentle hills, forests, bogs, meadows and farmland, and the lovely Suck River is crossed no less than six times via old stone/dot.gif bridges. The monuments of history are everywhere and the bird and plant life offer a delightful study for the botanist, ornithologist and anyone who loves nature. The Way passes through The Nine Friendly Villages, Ballygar, Creggs, Glinsk, Ballymoe, Ballintober, Dunamon, Castlecoote, Athleague and Mount Talbot. Contact: Angling Visitor Conference Centre Riverside Cafe, Athleague, Co. Roscommon. Tel: 090 66 63602 Fax: 090 66 63014 E-mail: Mote Park Heritage Walkway is a proposed waymarked walk through Mote Park estate just outside Roscommon town. The guide book is in draft stage at the moment. This is a 20km (approx) walk through open farmland, forest and hillside. Mote Park Forest is home to many species of wildlife e.g. red squirrel and pine marten and is very popular with local people for walking, cycling, birdwatching etc. A permanent orienteering course is located at Mote Park. Tel. 090 66 27361 or 087 2265114 for further details. Sliabh Ban - Walking Through Time - Strokestown Embark on a “Walk through Time” which will demonstrate the fundamental links between the natural history and the cultural development of an area over time. In the Strokestown district, the geological foundations provide the underlying shape of the landscape, dominated by Sliabh Ban mountain to the south east of the town. More recently, the Great Ice Age carved out the modern landscape, leaving behind a legacy of hills (drumlins), lakes, soils and bogs which have directed the patterns of human activity over the centuries. In particular, the major change in the course of the River Shannon during the Ice Age can be observed in the current pattern of the Kilglass Lakes system. Experience 3 walks through this unique landscape. For further information contact: Pat Compton on 087 236 1794

The Boyle River and its network of lakes, in the Elphin-Carrick-on-Shannon, and Boyle area has a great diversity of coarse angling. tench to 6lbs are common in this area, and the head of roach is excellent here with mixed bags to 80lbs. County Roscommon is surrounded by prime coarse fishing rivers and lakes. these catchments have consistently produced good bags of exceptional size fish and being sparsely populated and removed from areas of populations it boasts a clear and unspoilt environment. The following areas of the county have well developed coarse fisheries, with good access to rivers and lakes and also stiles, footbridges, and fishing stands, many of which have been erected by the Shannon regional fisheries board. The Suck Valley to the west of the county has excellent stocks of bream to 8lbs and roach to 2lbs and don’t be surprised to find a large hungry pike snapping at your bait. the river suck flows through the heart of this beautiful countryside, linking a 30 mile stretch of west Roscommon and east Galway known as the suck river valley. for visitors young and old there is a unique opportunity to enjoy the peace of this green and pleasant valley in the company of warm and friendly people. The enthusiastic angler can enjoy coarse, trout and pike angling at its best on the river suck, its tributaries and its many well known lakes. there are good brown trout stretches interspersed with excellent bream stretches. rudd and tench flourish at specified points while perch and pike are also in abundance. tel: 090 66 63602 fax:090 66 63014 e-mail: The River Shannon with its vast inlets and back waters lies to the east. there are well developed sections of the lake in the athlone-kiltoom area where bags of bream and roach in excess of 100lbs are common. Strokestown and Tulsk Lakelands have consistently produced specimen rudd and bream hybrids. bags of these species to 60lbs are common for a day’s fishing in this district. The river Lung in Ballaghaderreen has a big stock of roach and large shoals of bream. Fishing facilities have been erected on most of the lakes and natural swims are kept clear for anglers. A licence is not required for coarse fishing. River Shannon / Lough Ree is a famous coarse angling lake, seventeen miles long and the second largest lake in the Shannon system. often described as an inland sea, the lake has numerous bays and inlets which offer the coarse angler a variety of angling. The lake is noted for its big pike. Lough Ree produces specimen bream, tench, hybrids and rudd each year. Bags of mixed coarse fish to 100lbs are common for a day’s fishing. tel. 090 66 26342 or Ireland west tourism tel. 091 563081. Strokestown Tulsk the coarse angling paradise of the west is surrounded by 65 lakes within a seven mile radius of the town. all our lakes have an abundance of pike, perch, bream and rudd and some tench. Several lakes equipped with fishing stands. Record for irish rudd smashed 3 times in 1995. Picturesque Strokestown is a designated heritage town flanked on one side by Strokestown park house and famine museum and on the other by st. john’s genealogy centre. the villages of Rooskey and Tarmonbarry are also two noted coarse angling centers on the river Shannon with big stocks of bream, roach, rudd and hybrids in evidence. Tulsk is set in a limestone country with fertile land and many lakes. tel. 091 563081. Boyle Carrick-on-Shannon both towns are recognised internationally as important angling centers. The Boyle river and Lough Key hold good stocks of bream, roach, perch, pike and trout. Boats available locally. Numerous lakes in the area have good fish stock and all have fishing stands. Lough Arrow, Cavetown lake and Lisdaly lake have brown trout. Contact Cavetown angling club...tel. 071 96 68037. Ballaghaderreen - the lung valley: 20 minutes from knock airport, the lung valley is an angler’s paradise with its rivers and lakes - Lough Gara, Lough Glynn, Lough Errit, Lough Urlar, Cloonaholly, Cloonaught. it is the best coarse fishing water in Ireland for bream, roach, rudd, hybrids, perch, tench, trout, eel and pike in excess of 30lbs. park with easy access, also disabled stand for physically impaired anglers. for all your fishing information and boat hire contact Ballaghaderren district angling club. tel. 094 98 60077/60173/60067. Match anglers Unabhan tourism co-operative (071 96 63033) will provide dates of the large matches e.g. upper Shannon a festival limited to 45 anglers run over one week in September with 3 days fishing. Smaller matches can also be booked Wednesdays and Saturdays. Pike anglers The Boyle pike angling club hold the biggest festival in Ireland over the Easter bank holiday weekend. Further information from Unabhan. Trout angling Trout is caught in all the local lakes, Lough Nasool (rainbows), Lough Bo (brown), Lough Doon (wild brown). Boats can be hired for most venues if required. Information Unabhan. The Salmon angler. The river Moy, one of the most famous salmon rivers in Europe which can be fished from many areas like Ballina, Foxford, and Ballisodare, with Lough Gill having a great run of spring salmon in January to March. Sea fishing the north west of Ireland offers some of the best fishing in Europe, from sea-trout fishing in Sligo bay, to fantastic beach fishing in Donegal for tope and ray, with great pier fishing for dogfish and specimen mullet at Mullaghmore harbor. Charter boat fishing for sharks and many other species. Further information

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