In addition to identifying the very best golf courses in the country, one of our primary goals in creating rankings such as these is to highlight trends, introduce readers to new experiences and to provide ideas and inspiration for your next golf break or next round. One of the problems that Ireland continually encounters as a destination is that most visiting golfers head straight to the iconic and spectacular championship links courses, such as Ballybunion, Waterville, Royal County Down, Tralee and Lahinch, and ignore pretty much everything else.