Sunday drive through Dublin - First Disc Golf at Kippure Estate Course in the Wicklows

 

Here I am at the highest tee of the course, #5 with ruins of a building behind. 

 
Here is the entry to the Kippure Estate, where I drove after passing through Dublin from the north of Ireland Sunday the 30th of Aug.

 
The Facebook page, lists an address and number in Dublin, and luckily I found signs on the back roads going to Sally gap in the Wicklows, that led me to this location.  For others to find this on a pilgrimage, the learning for me, is to find a personal guide!  No one was about that I could find in the Kippure estate, and they seemed to be involved in wedding prep that day I arrived -

 
Fortunately I notice this sign and a car parked there.  I was thinking of beeping my horn as I did not know the course was down the road and across the road. 

 I noticed an inviting path from the car park, and followed it to cross this bridge through a field of ferns....and then I walked on and found a fence that said "Paint Ball Course" and realized this was another venue....walking back to the parking lot, I noticed a man in his car then, and voila I was introduced to Kavaja Erno from Finland, who then led me to the course. 

 
Enro Kavaja had come to Dublin for a craft beer gathering and had already done 18 holes and was kind enough to be my guide. Thanks Erno !  

Signage of the course, Red Arrow :-)
Here is Tee # 1, with the view of the hills.   
View from Tee #3

The basket here is up through the trees. Happy to have made par with a 4, as the par has change from 3 on the sign to 4 on the score card! 

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Erno Kavaja at the basket for #4 

 Sign for the walk up to the highest tee on the course....walk across the field with the sheep and watch for the sheep dung.

 Nice walked through the beech forest with ferns for hole # 6, basket between the trees.

And the final basket down to #9 to finish the course.  The most beautiful course I have ever played, in Ireland for sure.  Well Done, (Personally I was 4 over par, 35 on a Par 31 and a great place to walk and have exercise.