If you're planning anything outdoors in Dublin, the city is drier than the rest of Ireland by a meaningful margin — the Wicklow Mountains to the south catch most of the rain coming in off the Atlantic, leaving Dublin in a genuine rain shadow. Winters are mild thanks to the Gulf Stream, summers are cool but reliable, and the east coast position means weather here is closer to Welsh or Cumbrian patterns than to Galway or Cork.
Check today's verdict in the app →If you're playing in Dublin, the east coast Irish courses benefit from less rainfall than the west — Portmarnock, Royal Dublin and the rest get more playable rounds than Cork or Galway — but wind off the Irish Sea is almost always part of the game on the links.
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