Potential presidential visit at Irish Open for Donald Trump, says US ambassador

The Irish Open will be held from September 10 to 13 at the Doonbeg golf resort Mr Trump bought in 2014

Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 - 12:30

Padraic Halpin

US president Donald Trump may visit Ireland in September during the Irish Open, which is being hosted for the first time at the Co Clare course owned by his family, the US ambassador to Ireland said on Thursday.

Mr Trump last made an official visit to Ireland as president in 2019 when he stayed at the Trump International Golf Club in Doonbeg.

The Irish Open will be held from September 10 to 13 at the golf resort Mr Trump bought in 2014.

"We do have a potential presidential visit at the Irish Open in September," Edward Walsh told an American Chamber of Commerce Ireland event in Dublin.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will meet Mr Trump at the White House next month during the two countries' annual St Patrick's Day meeting in Washington.

Speaking last year, Mr Martin said there is an “open invitation” for the US president to visit Ireland.

Mr Martin said the relationship between Ireland and the US was “critically important”, adding that it supports hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country.

“In that context, there’s no question that President Trump would be welcome to Ireland, in terms of the underpinning of that US-Ireland relationship,” Mr Martin said.

“The national interest in Ireland is our relationship globally.”