Taba’s Stories

About her travels, golf, art, life in Ireland and cows

Golf Heritage Society Experience

Golf Heritage Society Experience

GHS Outing at Latrobe Country Club — Arnold Palmer Country The first time I went to Europe I was eighteen years old. I came back to the U.S. six months later and was a different person. When I went...

Poisonous Beauty

Poisonous Beauty

Late Summer is a special time in the desert in Scottsdale. With so many plants in bloom, all the pollinators, and especially the butterflies, have been very busy. While out on an early morning walk...

Tipping Point

Tipping Point

St Patrick’s on the Edge of the Picturesque Sheephaven Bay In 2018, when my partner, Kevin McGrath, and I were in France we heard rumors about a new golf course that Tom Doak was designing in...

Perfect Peninsula

Perfect Peninsula

Discovering the Perfect Peninsula The Dublin part of our journey with the panelists concluded at Portmarnock Golf Club. Although formally “founded” in 1894, the book entitled A Centenary History by...

Monkey Puzzle Tree

Monkey Puzzle Tree

The Vandeleur Walled Garden At long last we are going to the Vandeleur Walled Garden. We see the signs for it when passing through Kilrush (Cill Rois, meaning “Church of the Woods”) on the way to...

Roses Galore

Roses Galore

Sunday Morning in Liscannor There are few things nicer than to get out for a walk on a Sunday morning in brilliant sunshine before Liscannor fills up with church-goers. In fact, with very few people...