‘Donald Trump's win has really put Doonbeg on the map’

West Clare Village celebrates close links to ‘number one and two’ in the White House, writes Gordon Deegan

Doonbeg Golf Club: General manager, Joe Russell said having number one and two in the White House will be good for the resort

A red and white ‘Make America Great Again’ peaked cap was hanging on the door of Morrissey’s bar in Doonbeg with a hand-written message underneath telling passersby ‘Gone Celebrating, Hugh’.

The Trump campaign cap was the only visible sign in the west Clare village of the historic ‘one-two’ that the village had recorded in the shock US presidential election result.