Founded in 1890, The Island GC is one of the first twelve golf clubs in Ireland, and is the third oldest in Dublin, predating Portmarnock by four years. Despite its name, The island is not on an island but on a spur of land with the sea on three sides. For the first 100 years of the club's life, even up until 1973, access to the golf course was via boat, across the estuar…