In 2025 the Coup returns to Ireland based at Enda’s holiday home in Cavan in August, Enda, Mike Kelly, Mike Byrne and Damien from Ireland and Malcolm, Steve and Mark from the UK before some of us will move on to the Sands in Portmarnoc.
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2022 Portmarnock – remembering Gerry
In 2022 we had planned to meet in Cascais. But in early July Gerry very sadly passed, so 10 years after meeting in Portmarnock to remeber Sean, we found ourselves meeting-up again in Portmarnock to remember our great friend Gerry.
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The Coup was played in Ireland in 2012 to mark the passing of one its members, Sean Gleeson, who died on Tuesday the 27th of March 2012 after battling cancer for over a year. Dates for the Coup were the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th of September 2012. Based in The Sands Hotel Portmarnoc, […]
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So what did happen to the Coup? Well here’s some of the photos anyway. The story in summary is that The Coup was “stolen” from the Mount Wolsey hotel where the last night of the 2002 Coup was being held. After much effort, Mike Byrne tracked an identical replacement down. This was shipped from Jarnac […]
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After 4 years, we returned to Ireland, this time to Kells, just North of Dublin and the Headfort Arms. The start of the Credit Crunch and AIG involvement cost us David Kent’s participation after the first day and a half and the Irish weather ran true to form prompting Bill Cunningham to say he’d never […]
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A return to Courtown in 2004 – this time playing Seafield again and a links course further up the east coast that I can’t remember. Another great trip and probably another win for Ireland, though I have no records of who won what most years – in fact I have next to no info on […]
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Mike Byrne organised the first of two visits to “the Sunny South East” of Ireland. Gerry Mark and I drove to Wexford to see the town and for Mark to see if he could find any of his Irish relatives. The course planned for day 1 wasn’t playable, so we played the fabulous Seafield instead. […]
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In 2001 we returned to Cognac and Les Hiboux – the last time we’d stay there as Richard and Jean sold up the following year – in 2003 the plan was to return and provisional bookings were made, but in the Spring Richard confirmed that they would have sold up and new owners would be […]
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In 2000 the Irish Team organised the first Coup on their home soil. Gerry new a hotel through a friend of his, Mick, who had been/(was?) the cook at The Sands in Portmarnock. We stayed near At The Clare Inn near Drumoland Castle. Apart from the great craic, the overwhelming memory was of a very […]
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