Rosses Point Peninsula. Sharing its name with the seaside town that is just 5 miles from the now populated city of Sligo, this land mass has great history.  From findings of the Neolithic time to extensive maritime tradition, pirates, smugglers, and poets, Rosses Point is part of the fabric of northwestern Ireland.  Eventually becoming a seaside resort during the mid 1800s, Rosses Point was the summer home of poet W.B. Yeats and his father, artist J.B. Yeats.  

By the middle of the 19th century, the Scottish soldiers and British regiments and, quite possibly, the freemasons, were laying the foundation for golf in different locations throughout Ireland. The earliest “formed” golf clubs were founded in and around Dublin and Ulster, with popularity spreading throughout the country at a  rapid pace.  Rosses Point, specifically the area referred to as Bomore, had become a training ground for the Sligo militia.  It is here that the first holes were laid out very near what is now the Bomore 9-hole course at County Sligo.