Dining
With three excellent restaurants - Dining at The K Club is undoubtedly one of the highlights of any golf trip.
Choose from the elegant Legends at the Arnold Palmer Clubhouse with views over the Ryder Cup Course or the ultimate 5 star dining experience at Byerley Turk.

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The Byerley Turk Restaurant
Treat yourself to dinner in the elegant Byerley Turk Restaurant, acclaimed as one of the finest restaurants in the country. Rich brocade wall coverings, marble columns and lofty draped windows accent the award-winning dining room, its candlelit tables laid with crisp monogrammed linens, Irish crystal and gleaming silverware.

Legends Restaurant
Why not try the stylish Legends restaurant in The Palmer Clubhouse, which offers a relaxed atmosphere overlooking the 18th green and lake.
Golf memorabilia, cartoons and portraits are found throughout the Legends Bar and Restaurant. The Restaurant is open daily for both lunch and dinner, offering European cuisine from an extensive menu. Light lunch is also available throughout the day in Legends Bar.

Private Dining
If you would prefer dining with a group of friends or colleagues, we will take care of it for you in one of our elegant private rooms overlooking the gardens, the River Liffey or the 18th green and lake.
The following rooms on the resort are all available for private dining.
 

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Weddings
Your special day deserves a special venue. So why not host your wedding in the idyllic setting of The K Club. The Legacy Suite, the Arnold Palmer Room or the John Jefferson Smurfit Room these are the perfect banqueting rooms, beautifully situated on the grounds of The K Club.

Leisure Facilities - The K Club offers the following activities:

Golf - Two Arnold Palmer 18 hole par 72 Championship Golf courses, each offering a distinctive and different experience for the golfer. Arnold Palmer 18 hole par 72 Championship Golf course featuring 4 Tee Boxes on each hole and 11 lakes. Golf Clubs, Trolleys, Caddies, Electric Carts available to hire.

Clay Target Shooting Ground - with equipment, clothing and transport provided.

Fishing - River Fishing is available on our one-mile stretch of the River Liffey for salmon and trout. Coarse Fishing with a choice of five stocked lakes - brown trout, rainbow trout, carp, bream, trench, rudd. All equipment provided: rods, clothing, bait and flies. Ghillies are available all year round and tuition can also be provided.

Horse riding - available nearby with transport provided.

Walking and Cycling - Wander in our extensive gardens. Meander on our impeccable lawns. Ramble through our trees to find some unexpected treasures.

K SPA

The K Spa - Luxurious spa and gym consisting of, Indoor Swimming Pool (16.5 metre), Saunas, Jacuzzi, 11 Beauty Treatments Rooms, Hairdressing, Solarium, Yoga/Pilates Studio and Wet Area.

The K Spa at Ireland ’s exclusive 5 star K Club aims to bring you the very best in health spa treatments and hotel spa facilities.

K Spa is the ideal venue for a workout in our spacious fully equipped gymnasium with state of the art life-fitness equipment including treadmills, rowers, static bikes, cardio machines, free weights, strength machines and high tech audiovisual equipment.

Our Pilates and Yoga Studio hosts numerous stimulating group classes.

Our personal trainers are at hand to ease you into an exercise routine and put together a programme tailored to your level of fitness and specific requirements.
Our extensive pool hall includes a 16.5m Swimming Pool with water jet massage and surrounding Jacuzzi, experience showers, luxurious changing facilities with individual Saunas and Steam Rooms for male and female and is overlooked by the juicebar.

Golf at the K Club

Designed by Arnold Palmer. The Palmer Course, and the Smurfit Course are considered two of Ireland's finest championship golf courses. Perfect for that golf weekend, golf vacation or European golf trip - each course has its own characteristics and special set of challenges designed to test golfers of all standards.

Need to improve your game?
Now is the time for an introductory lesson from our golf professionals. We will arrange tee-times, lessons, caddies, corporate gifts, group outings or anything else you need!

Tournaments
With two world class golf courses The K Club hosted the Ryder Cup matches in September 2006 and has hosted two Smurfit Kappa European Opens since 1995. Both K Club courses have received much critical acclaim from players and the world's sporting press.

Hire
Golf club, trolleys, caddies, golf carts, golf shoes are available to hire.Comprehensive practice facilities are available.

Our Resident Golf Professionals are available for tuition. The K Club promises to delight golfers of all levels for many years to come.

Conferences & Events

The K Club provides the ideal location for conferences and business events. Whether you require an stylish setting for smaller meetings, a more ornate room for private lunches or a large conference room, we can accommodate conferences for as many as 300 people.
All of our meeting facilities are elegantly furnished, naturally lighted rooms, capable of accommodating all your business needs.
The main Hotel Conference Rooms include The Tower Room, The John Jefferson Smurfit Room and the Hotel Members Room. (see below for details) The Yeats room with its unique collection of Jack B Yeats original painting is an inspirational setting for the smaller meeting.It is very popular for pre-dinner drinks, smaller parties and private dinners.
In the Smurfit Clubhouse we have The Legacy Suite catering for up to 400 guests and The Deacon Room catering for up to 50 guests.
Over in the Palmer Clubhouse, venue for the memorable 2006 Ryder Cup, we have the Arnold Palmer Room catering for 160 guests,

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History of The K Club

The K Club Straffan: from 550 A.D.
The origins of Straffan House go back to the year 550 A.D. After the Anglo - Norman invasion of Ireland, Straffan was granted by Strongbow to Maurice Fitzgerald, whose eldest son passed it to his younger brother Gerald, an ancestor of the Duke of Leinster. Richard the Lionheart's brother, who later became King John Of England and signed the Magna Carta in 1215, subsequently confirmed this grant.

The 16th century
Prominent titled families held ownership of the property and by the 16th Century it was in the hands of the de Penkiston family. They paid dearly, however, for their part in a rebellion and forfeited the lands.

The 17th century
The lands were disposed of to the Gaydon family in the early 17th Century and in Cromwellion times, were forfeited again and granted to Thomas Bewley. The Gaydon family, declared innocent of the charges by which the property was seized from them, were eventually granted back the 700 acres, which they later sold to Richard Talbot in 1679 for the sum of £700.

The 19th century
In 1831 Hugh Barton, grandson of Thomas Barton, purchased the property, from Buttervant in Co. Cork, who had extensive vineyards in France. Hugh Barton, forced out of France during the infamous Reign of Terror, ploughed his fortune into Straffan House and other lands in Ireland. Barton started building a new grand house for his family in 1832, which forms the basis of the present day hotel. While under construction, the Barton's lived at nearby Barberstown Castle.

The design of the new house, which is now the east wing of the hotel, was based on that of a great chateau at Louveciennes, to the west of Paris. For Hugh Barton and his wife Ann, Straffan became a haven of peace and contentment after the turmoil's of France. Long after the house was built, Hugh Barton added a final touch, the Italian style companile tower, still there today. Hugh Barton died on May 25th 1854 aged eighty-nine and is buried in the Church of Ireland graveyard in Straffan, where his wife is also buried.

The 20th & 21st century
The House remained in the Barton family until 1949, since which time has had five owners including Steven O'Flaherty, Kevin Mc Clory, an Iranian General, Patrick Gallagher and the Ferguson family. The Jefferson Smurit Group then purchased it in 1988.

The K Club was opened as a Resort in July 1991, comprising of 36-bedroom hotel, and one Arnold Palmer designed golf course. Since then a second golf course the Smurfit course was developed, and an additional 33 bedrooms, garden and courtyard suites, state of the art clubhouse with ballroom and conference facilities and a luxurious spa have been added to the resort.

Dr Michael Smurfit and Mr Gerry Gannon privately purchased The K Club in 2005.