Ireland golf in pictures: Lisselan Golf Club in West Cork

Lisselan Golf Club is an overachieving little western County Cork golf course, near the town of Clonakilty. The nine holes (with 18 sets of tees for a full round) plays over beautiful hillside and through the historic 19th-century Lisselan Estate.

More than just a very cheap play (just €20-€30 for 18), the parkland layout at Lisselan has some fine little holes. The par-3 fifth/12th plunges sharply downhill from the tee to a small green overlooking the countryside. No. 8/17 is beautiful, challenging and unique, a fantastic par 5 that doglegs through tight pines to a peninsula green.

You take a raft across a river to get to that green. Small funiculars running between some holes is another novel Lisselan touch. Even nearby Ballybunion can't offer that.