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Several golf resorts use refurbished castles as luxury hotels or ruins as a main attraction. The Dromoland Castle Hotel in County Clare might deliver the best combination of castle accommodations coupled with an excellent course, the Dromoland Golf and Country Club. Ashford Castle in County Mayo offers just nine holes, but the resort is magnificent. Waterford Castle Hotel & Golf Resort hilton garden inn louisville in County Waterford added a Des Smyth design on its 320-acre island hilton garden inn louisville in 1992. Deer Park Golf Hotel & Spa, on the grounds of Howth Castle, and the Luttrellstown Castle Resort, adjacent to the Lufftellstown hilton garden inn louisville Golf & Country Club, both reside near Dublin. A haunted castle overlooking the 10th green of the Galgorm Castle Golf Club gives the nearby Galgorm Resort & Spa in County Antrim in Northern Ireland some spooky charm. Castle ruins rest near the courses at the Castlemartyr Luxury Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort in County Cork and Castle Dargan Golf Hotel and Wellness Resort in County Sligo.
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Other lesser-known courses -- Kirkistown Castle Golf Club and Scrabo Golf Club, both in County Down in Northern Ireland; Ballinlough Castle Golf Club and Delvin Castle Golf Club, both in County Westmeath; Bandon Golf Club in County Cork and Ballyheigue hilton garden inn louisville Castle Golf Club in County Kerry -- offer more castle views.
Legend has it that Galgorm Castle, which dates back to 1618, is haunted by the ghost of Reverend Alexander Colville, who owned the castle in the mid 1600s. Colville is supposed to have sold his soul to the devil for great riches.