Chaos at Killarney as Irish courses feel the full force of Storm Frank

Winter storms Desmond, Eva, and Frank have wreaked havoc on golf courses throughout Ireland but nowhere more aggressively than at the famed Killarney Golf & Fishing Club in Kerry.

The Killeen and Mahonys Point lay-outs have suffered to such an extent that a return to full-time play over the former (the venue for four Irish Open Championships and countless other major events) is unlikely before the end of February at best. Mahonys Point could be back in action by late January and the clubhouse by the end of next week — provided there is not a repeat of the devastating rainfall of the past month.

“From December 5, with the outbreak of Storm Desmond, up to Wednesday of this week, we had 508 millimetres of rainfall, which is five times the usual for December and triple the national average”, explained Killarney general manager Cormac Flannery.