Leah McEvoy
Leah McEvoy. Image supplied by Golf Ireland.

Golf Ireland have confirmed the Area Development Panels for 2026-27.

Just over 400 players have been selected across Midlands-East, North, South, South-East and West regions.

Each region has players represented in the U13, U14 and U16 groups for both boys and girls. For the majority of players at U13 level, they came through the Golf Ireland Pathway Programme, which took place over the summer months. We look forward to growing this programme even more in 2027. 

The Area Development panels are supported by The R&A.

Midlands-East

U16 Girls 
Pippa Cuffe (New Forest), Jayde Dunbar (Mullingar), Kate Lynch (The Island), Leah McEvoy (Portarlington), Emily McShane (Ardee), Lauren O’Reilly (New Forest), Jane Stokes (The Island). 

U15 Girls 
Elena Christensen (Malahide), Sophie Colleran (Killiney), Sophie Duffy (Esker Hills), Ella Rose Hensey (Birr), Lauren Lowther (Malahide), Meabh Mackarel (Royal Tara), Lena McAuley (Skerries), Summer McGovern (Laytown and Bettystown), Isabel O’Regan (Tullamore), Aoibhe Reilly (Co Louth). 

U14 Girls 
Georgia Buckley (Skerries), Marina Farrell (Clontarf), Hannah Grehan (Portarlington), Ariana Hynes (Clontarf), Michelle Monaghan (Co Longford), Sophie Noone (Malahide), Alexandra O’Connor (Malahide). 

U13 Girls 
Kate Cantwell (Esker Hills), Honor Cuddy (The Island), Rebecca Leacy (Longford), Alexandra Naughton (Howth), Tess O’Halloran (Malahide), Angelina Pham (The Heath). 

U16 Boys 
Ryan Byrne (Hollywood Lakes), Patrick Cannonjordan (Bellewstown), Tom Crudden (Greenore), Samuel Healy (Blackbush), Ted McHugh (Castleknock), Dara Moylan (Birr), Conor Mulholland (Seapoint), Eoin Murphy (Greenore), Charlie Sherry (Royal Tara). 

U15 Boys 
James Atkinson (The Island), Sonny Browning (Laytown & Bettystown), Luke Conway (Clontarf), Daniel Cronin (Dundalk), Sam Field (Bellewstown), Sam Lavelle (Co Louth), Jack McKenna Doyle (St Annes & Roganstown), Aaron McEvoy (Bellewstown), Paddy McHugh (Castleknock), Eamon Mulvany (Bellewstown), Charlie O’Shaughnessy (Lucan), Kai Smith (Laytown & Bettystown). 

U14 Boys 
Nathan Dolan (Moate), Harrison Ellard (Royal Dublin), Jack Fitzpatrick (Howth), Jack Flannery (Birr), Javier Garcia de Mosteyrin (Ardee), James Kavanagh (Royal Tara), Keishin Kirwan (Co Meath), Finn McDonnell (Dundalk), Ben Mulvaney (Howth), Christopher Nordell (Royal Dublin), Mark Stokes (The Island), Oscar Swinburn (Esker Hills), Murrough Trimble (St Annes). 

U13 Boys 
Evan Arthurs (Forrest Little), Luke Black (Laytown & Bettystown), Senan Brady (Roganstown), Dylan Butler (Castleknock), Larlaith Carroll (Portarlington), Rian Caraher (Roganstown), JJ Cummins (Tullamore), Emmet Cronin (Dundalk), Dylan Gallagher (Royal Dublin), Ben Greenway (Laytown & Bettystown), Darragh Horan (Birr), Jake Kearney (Edenderry), Devin Kelly (Greystones), Gearoid Lynam (Moate), Oisin McManus (Ashbourne), Alfie McKenna (Co Louth), Toby McNamara (Portmarnock), Cathal Lyons (Dundalk), Matthew Nordell (The Royal Dublin), Kuba O’Conluain (St Anne’s), Conall O’Donovan (Castleknock), Lewis Smith (Dundalk), Ryan Tyrrell (Roganstown), Alex Wilson (Dundalk). 

North

U16 Girls 
Ellen McGivern (Royal County Down). 

U15 Girls 
Annabelle Busby (Clandeboye), Isla Clarke (Whitehead), Emma Frain (Killymoon), Cliodhna Millar (Ardglass). 

U14 Girls 
Rachel Boyd (Donaghadee), Bethany McKenna (Galgorm Castle), Olivia McConaghy (Craigavon), Eva Turner (Helen’s Bay), Alexandra White (Portstewart). 

U13 Girls 
Eliza Busby (Clandeboye), Sofia Goddard (Lurgan), Valentina Harkin (Foyle), Elin Millar (Ardglass), Elsie McNaughton (Moyola Park). 

U16 Boys 
Darragh Heaney (Lurgan), Ethan Hassan (Massereene), Olly Heaslip (Ballyclare), Rhys Gill (Co Armagh), Shea Kilpatrick (Dungannon), Rory Stewart (Lisburn), Tomas Owens (Galgorm Castle). 

U15 Boys 
Will Barnes (Royal Belfast), Senan Devlin (Cloverhill), Ethan Hamill (Ardglass), James Hall (Carnalea), Luka Jones (Templepatrick), Callum Mahon (Antrim), Luke McKenna (Galgorm), Jenson Neary (Lough Erne), Thomas O’Brien (Clandeboye), Max Lonergan (Belvoir Park), Rory Wasson (Malone), James Vallelly (Rockmount). 

U14 Boys 
Danny McColgan (Buncrana), Alexander Sinton (Malone), Ben Lilley (Ballyclare), Donnacha Kelly (Dunmurry), Flynn Hassan (Lurgan), Jenson Crowe (Dunmurry), Joel Leeburn (Royal Portrush), Joseph McKenna (Galgorm), Luke McKeever (Castlehume), Mikey Hannath (Portadown), Noah Patterson (Rockmount), Shay McSorley (Portstewart), Will Semple (Hilton Templepatrick). 

U13 Boys 
Caelan Baxter (Greenacres), Seth Bennett (Portadown), Benji Botham (Royal Belfast), Daniel Bradshaw (Helen’s Bay), Henry Brown (Malone), Ben Chambers, Aidan Corey (Greenacres), Archie Crowe (Dunmurry), Ben Crowe (Dunmurry), Thomas Gervin (Dungannon), Louis Harvey (Greenacres), Tommy Hannath (Portadown), Zac Irwin (Lisburn), Carson Magee (Massereene), Cillian McAuley (Ballycastle), Charlie McKee (Moyola Park GC), Connor McCullough (Massereene), Max McGinley (Portstewart), Micah McLaughlin (Lurgan), Alex Navan (Clandeboye), Lennon O’Kane (Royal Portrush), Reuben Patterson (Rockmount), Harry Picken, Jack Regan (Rossmore), Tom Reid (Royal Portrush), Oliver Stewart (Lisburn), Eli Thompson (Dunmurry). 

South

U16 Girls 
Róise Kavanagh (Lee Valley), Mary Minehane (Glengarriff). 

U15 Girls 
Anabelle Casey (Killarney), Mary Buckley (Ballyneety), Mary Galloway (Tramore), Heather O’Gorman (Lee Valley), Holly Shortall (Castlecomer), Amy Williams (Ballybunion). 

U14 Girls 
Rachel Comerford (Kilkenny), Sinead Dempsey (Williamstown), Ava O’Sullivan (Tralee). 

U13 Girls 
Jane Comerford (Kilkenny), FreyaJayne Collins (Limerick), Maya Duggan (Kilkenny), Alice Kavanagh (Kilkenny), Ava Mai Kissane (Ballybunion), Marianne Langford (Tralee), Addison Mulcahy (Killarney), Neela Mundy (Tramore), Lauren Norton (Kilkenny), Elise Roberts (Killarney) 

U16 Boys 
Henry Bagnall (Fermoy), Owen Barrett (Charleville), Alex Clancy (Fota Island), Mark Cunningham (Tipperary), Riain Foran (Clonmel), Stephen Hallissey (Lee Valley), Eoin Hickey (Mitchelstown), John Kearney (Lee Valley), Matthew Kelleher (Clonakilty), Ronan Kingston (Douglas), Oisín McCarthy (Kanturk), Donagh McHugh (Fermoy), Sam Molumphy (Bandon), Patrick Mullaney (Dungarvan), James O’Mahony (Fermoy), Paddy O’Meara (Kilkenny), Robbie O’Leary (Fermoy), Cormac O’Donovan (Youghal), Ardagh O’Shea (Kilkenny). 

U15 Boys 
James Cullinane (Tramore), Luke Egan (Kinsale), Killian Geaney (Douglas), Ethan Hough (Faithlegg), Daniel Quinn (Douglas), Tadhg Sherwood (Kinsale), Jack Sheehan (Ballyneety). 

U14 Boys 
Jayden Barr (Kinsale), Ben O’Connor (Tipperary), Billy Meredith (Kilkenny), Charlie Murphy (Fota Island), Danny Kelly (Faithlegg), Iarla McElhinney (Glengarriff), Rian Murphy (Castletroy), Roibeárd Woods (Tralee). 

U13 Boys 
John Byrne (Killarney), Ultan Coakley (Kinsale), Martin Óg Coleman (Kinsale), Fionn Corkery (Kanturk), Finn Cronin (Killarney), Joey Delaney (Monkstown), Conor Dowling (Tralee), Aidan Dunphy (Castlecomer), Ronan Flynn (Limerick), Daire O’Flynn (Limerick), Tom Halpin (Cahir Park), Lee Harkin (Gowran), Luke Hayes (Killarney), Ruadhán Hogan (Killarney), Tadgh Horgan (Killarney), Isaac Hutchinson (Tralee), Sean Keane (Ballybunion), Evan Kelleher (Clonakilty), Matthew Longan (West Waterford), Ronan McSweeney (Cork), Dylan Moynihan, Liam Murphy (Cork), Eoin Murphy (Faithlegg), Nathan O’Mahony (Skibbereen), Matthew O’Carroll (Fota Island), Marcus O’Donnell (Kanturk), Laurence O’Donoghue (Kanturk), Odhran O’Brien (Fermoy), Ruadh O’Brien (Bandon), Morgan O’Driscoll (Tralee), Tadhg O’Sullivan (Youghal), Patrick Quaid (Cahir Park), Seamus Shortall (Tramore), Ben Stack (Fota Island), Charlie Twomey (Bandon), Brian Walsh (Limerick). 

South-East

U16 Girls 
Julia Butler (Elm Park), Olivia Butler (Elm Park), Sinead Seifried (Greystones), Ziqi Zheng (Dun Laoghaire). 

U15 Girls 
Lorena Butler (Elm Park), Charlotte Leamy (Elm Park), Jody Wang (Elm Park), Peggy Meehan (Milltown), Hazel McNiff (Castle), Mia Phillips (Grange), Kayah Russell (Grange), Clara Sargent (Stackstown). 

U14 Girls 
Jessica Copeland (Courtown), Celeste Dace (Elm Park), Aisling MacCanna (Howth), Andrea Whelan (Elm Park). 

U13 Girls 
Holly Browne (Hermitage), Lucy Cullen (Carlow), Eryn Dunne (Carton House), Kate Idzhar (Hermitage), Hannah MacGovern (Woodbrook), Zarah Manley (Greystones), Georgina McElligott (Rathfarnham), Alisha O’Connor (Grange), Ava O’Buachalla (Grange), Milena Russell (Grange). 

U16 Boys 
Rory Bagnall (Edenderry), Michael Curran (Blainroe), Sheng Yu Han (Carrickmines), Ben O’Keeffe (Carton House), Jack O’Brien (Bunclody), Jordan Rosato Harrington (Stackstown), Seán Robinson (Highfield), Danny Walsh (Old Conna), Ryan Whelan (Dun Laoghaire), Harry Wrynn (Powerscourt). 

U15 Boys 
Dylan Adamson (Carton House), Oliver Bearpark (Killiney), Joe Browne (Enniscorthy), Brandon Burton (Powerscourt), James Doherty (Bray), Max McLarnon (Carton House), Rory McKeon (Carlow), Hugh Murphy (Elm Park), Tyler Neill O’Toole (Edmondstown), Cillian O’Rourke (Naas), Jonathan Ryan (Grange). 

U14 Boys 
Cian Butler (Naas), Oisin Cully (Edenderry), Henry Fenn (Lucan), Oisin Gillespie (Castle), Harry Kennedy (Courtown), Andrew Neville (Naas), Cillian O’Connor (Grange), Scott O’Gara (Killiney), Oisin Quinn (Dun Laoghaire), Max Ryan (Grange). 

U13 Boys 
George Campbell (Rathfarnham), Conor Casey (St Helens), Ruairí Casey (Woodbrook), Sebastian Fletcher (Newbridge), John Harty Jnr (Carton House), Conal Kelly (Greystones), Devin Kelly (Greystones), Paddy Kehoe (Royal Curragh), Bowe Kelly (Lucan), Patrick O’Connor (Grange), Sam O’Beirn (Castle), Jack Rattray (Newlands), Brennan Rochford (Newbridge), Harley Stumm (Milltown), Lucas Wang (Castle). 

West

U16 Girls 
Grace McDonnell (Athenry). 

U15 Girls 
Emma Canavan (Athenry), Sophia Doyle (Lahinch), Ciara Gleeson (Lahinch), Caoimhe Mahoney (Strandhill), Ava Niland (Strandhill), Ella Whyte (Athenry). 

U14 Girls 
Holly Donohue (Galway), Emilia Kenny (Castlerea), Alexandra McDonald (Co Sligo). 

U13 Girls 
Harriet Haughey (Co Sligo), Erin Mahoney (Strandhill), Aibhin Moroney (Narin & Portnoo), Pearl Murphy (Co Sligo), Sadie Neylon (Gort), Nell O’Neill (Co Sligo). 

U16 Boys 
Joe Casey (Ballinasloe), Blake Corbett (Shannon), Callan Dolan (Galway Bay), MJ Hehir (Spanish Point), Bobby Sweeney (Strandhill). 

U15 Boys 
Patrick Griffith (Westport), Johnny Glynn (Bearna), Devin Hanley (Carrick on Shannon), Conall Martin (Athlone), Daniel McNulty (Roscommon), Matthew Scovell (Dromoland Castle). 

U14 Boys 
Daniel Buckley (Ballyhaunis), Ryan Clogher (Roscommon), Seán Gibbons (Galway), Cian Hanley (Co Cavan), Simon Healy (Oughterard), Billy Hughes (Ennis), Patrick Maher (Ballyneety), Noah McCormack (Strokestown), Calvin Stenson (Galway Bay), Harry Walsh (Dunmore Demesne). 

U13 Boys 
Ferdia Arnold (Co Sligo), AJ Barry (Strokestown), Tom Burke (Gort), Éanna Browne (Ballinrobe), Theo Cahill (Ennis), Paddy Chambers (Woodstock), Ethan Considine (Woodstock), Cian Courtney (Woodstock), Ted Cosgrove (Co Sligo), Fionn Deasy (Strandhill), Max Doyle (Carrick on Shannon), Rian Gallagher (Co Sligo), Travis Garvey (Ballinasloe), Ryan Gannon (Roscommon), Darren Greene-Twomey (Spanish Point), Oisin Glynn (Cregmore Park), Oisín Hennessy (Lahinch), Cillian Henchy (Athenry), Cillian Hirst (Athenry), Oran Johnston (East Clare), Dara Keating (Co Sligo), Luke Keogh (Woodstock), Ronan Lahiffe (Ennis), Tom Mallin (Galway), Charlie McCoy (Roscommon), Seanán McTiernan (Co Sligo), Keelan McKeon (Ballinasloe), John McInerney (Lahinch), Flynn McPartland (Strandhill), Thomas McDonagh (Westport), Lorcan Morrissey (Athenry), Seán Naughton (Ballinasloe), Ruan Nelson (Connemara), Tom Neylon (Gort), Thomas O’Conallain (Strandhill), Rúadh O’Donnell (Swinford), Ruairí O’Malley (Westport), John O’Neill, Ryan O’Looney (Woodstock), Oisín Ó’Ceidigh Kelly (Galway), Charlie Peaker (Oughterard), George McQuillan (Westport), Conor Sinnott (Tuam), Cillian Small (Oughterard), Harvey Tolan (Co Sligo), Eanna Ward (Woodstock), Daniel Whelan Skelly (East Clare). 

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