Heading to the Aviva stadium Dublin for rugby? Then stop by Firstlight The K Club, Ireland’s No1 private residence club!

And if you’re heading to Dublin’s new Aviva Stadium for the nail-biting games on Nov 13^th or Nov 27^th why not de-stress at Ireland’s top golf resort, The K Club?

With a top spa and gym, luxurious boutique hotel, fine dining and two championship golf courses, you simply won’t get a better stay than at this five-star historic country estate in the heart of County Kildare.

The K Club, which played host to the 2006 Ryder Cup, is just 30 minutes from Dublin airport and set in 550 acres of luscious countryside. And as a fractional ownership resident, you can now live the dream as part of Firstlight The K Club’s fantastic fractional real estate offer.

Crowned Best Golf Development in Europe in 2010, Firstlight The K Club has one-eighth shares in titled property available from €131,500 – and family residential membership means you and your kids get to play golf whenever you like. One of your six weeks can also be exchanged for one of 40 premier destinations around the globe – from Australia and Aspen to Portugal and South Africa!

Designer apartments and family homes offer residents all the creature comforts they’re used to at home. And when you come for a viewing – a one or two-night Discovery Trip – you’ll get a free lesson at the new Michael Dixon School of Golf. Or you can enjoy an award-winning facial at the K Spa.

 

WIN A GOLF TRIP!

FIRSTLIGHT The K Club, Ireland’s No1 private residence club, is giving two lucky golf lovers the chance to win a free night’s stay along with free golf at the famous K Club.  And all you have to do is join us on Twitter! Click here for more details

Call +353 1 610 7111 for info on buying fractional ownership at Firstlight The K Club, or visit www.firstlightkclub.com for more info

Win a luxury trip to Europe’s ‘best golf development’ in Ireland!

FIRSTLIGHT The K Club, Ireland’s No1 private residence club, is giving two lucky golf lovers the chance to win a free night’s stay along with free golf at the famous K Club.  And all you have to do is join us on Twitter!

 Both Firstlight The K Club and The K Club are celebrating a double-whammy win after they scooped Ireland’s most prestigious awards in hospitality and property this month.

Fractional real estate specialist Firstlight The K Club was crowned Best Golf Development in Europe, while The K Club has been voted AA Ireland’s Hotel of the Year.

How do you win a free luxury golf trip to the K Club?

To win this fabulous, luxury night’s stay at Ireland’s top golf and spa resort, all you have to do is log on to Twitter.com/firstlightkclub and look out for a tweet.

Follow us, retweet the competition to your friends and you’ve entered!

When we reach our goal of 1,000 followers we’ll select a winner at random and let you know what to do next! Just for the record, you’re one 350 who could win this fabulous prize!

Call +353 1 610 7111 for info on buying fractional ownership at Firstlight The K Club, or visit www.firstlightkclub.com for more info

Your prize includes:

§  Luxury night for two people at the five-star K Club – home to the 2006 Ryder Cup

§  Round of golf on the famous Arnold Palmer course

§  Or an award-winning K Spa treatment

§  One hour’s golf tuition with our golf pro Michael Dixon, owner of the K Club’s prestigious Michael Dixon School of Golf.

About Firstlight The K Club

Firstlight The K Club is an award-winning private residence club set within the grounds of The K Club golf and spa resort in Kildare. Fractional ownership residents buy a one-eighth titled interest in a designer apartment or home.

Prices start from €131,500 and come with family residential membership and a holiday exchange program to over 40 international five-star destinations.

And if you’re the lucky Twitter winner you’ll be seeing this all for yourself:

§  The K Club’s historic country estate is home to some of Ireland’s most stunning scenery and one mile of the glorious River Liffey.

§  Catch a fish and have it cooked at our award-winning restaurant!

Ø  Ramble around our 550 acres of rolling countryside just 30 minutes from Dublin airport

Ø  Relax and dine in our French-style château hotel

Ø  Or simply unwind in the glorious K Spa.

As Irish stride out to play the game of their lives at the Ryder Cup, Montgomerie aims to match The K Club 2006

IRELAND’S CREAM of the golfing crop will be at the heart of a European Ryder Cup team tipped to regain the trophy it won soundly at The K Club in 2006.

In selecting “Ironman” Graham McDowell, above left, and “Superkid” Rory McIlroy, above right, many believe captain Colin Montgomerie has Europe’s new “Seve and Olly” show on his side. [Seve Ballasteros and Jose Maria Olazabal]

The last two times the Irish pair – dubbed the Supermacs – played fourball together at the 2009 World Cup they averaged 11 under par for the two rounds.

Telegraph golf pundit Mark Reason says: “That’s just how it was for Seve and Olly, the greatest ever Ryder Cup partnership. They played 15 matches together, won 11, halved twice and lost twice. They also loved the big pressure roles.”

“It gives you added pressure because you want to put blue on the board early. I enjoy playing that role. G-Mac and I bring the best out of each other,” says McIlory.

Back at The K Club – hallowed ground of the 2006 Ryder Cup where the European team putted home to victory – Firstlight The K Club is having celebrations of its own after winning “best” golf development in Europe.

Have you discovered Ireland’s number one golf development?

Just 30 minutes from Dublin airport in the heart of glorious Kildare countryside, Firstlight The K Club is Europe’s leading private residents’ club – as voted by the International Property Awards 2010.

The luxury, gated development has apartments and homes for sale in one-eighth titled interests and come with family residential membership at one of the most stunning and historic country estates in Ireland.

Ø  Green fees to the same Arnold Palmer Ryder Cup that witnessed a European victory in 2006 are part of family residential membership

Ø  Play with PGA golf pro Michael Dixon of the Michael Dixon School of Golf when you book yourself on a Discovery Trip to see what Ireland’s No1 golf and spa estate has to offer.

Ø  Fishing, clay-pigeon shooting, horse-riding and endless family activities.

Ø  International holiday exchange program as part of your annual six weeks

Ø Prices of fractional real estate start from €131,500 per titled interest.

Call +353 1 610 7111 to book a one or two-night Discovery Trip and experience living in Ireland, home to some of the most friendliest and accommodating people in the world. Or, to find out more visitwww.firstlightkclub.com

Firstlight The K Club voted Europe’s ‘best’ golf development

IT’S OFFICIALLY the No1 golf and spa resort in Ireland – now The K Club officially has the country’s finest private residence club, Firstlight The K Club.

 

Firstlight The K Club, the fractional real estate specialist, has won Best Golf Development Europe at The European & Africa Property Awards 2010 in association with Bloomberg Television.

Project director Catherine Monaghan said facilities at The K Club, which include two championship golf courses, the award-winning K Spa and Riverroom restaurant, are part of the exceptional offering for fractional real estate owners.

 

“The K Club is well known for the quality of its golf, with two exquisite Arnold Palmer designed courses. This award is now confirmation of the outstanding quality of the properties and services offered at Firstlight The K Club. We are pleased to be the winner across this competitive Europe category.”

In awarding the Best Golf Development Europe to Firstlight The K Club, organiser Stuart Shield said: “This competition has proved over the years that innovation, flair, imagination and originality knows no bounds. This makes the results of the competition extremely exciting.”

Entries were judged by Ben Wood, industry head of property markets at Google UK; Peter Bolton King, group chief executive of the National Federation of Property Professionals; Fiona Nixon, chairman of the Australia Institute of Architects, Hendrik Nelde, president of FIABCI Belgium; Helen Shield, editor-in-chief of International Homes Luxury Collection magazine and Sven Johns, CEO of the German Real Estate Association.

Where?

The K Club Golf and Spa Resort is in County Kildare, 22 miles from Dublin. Firstlight The K Club owners benefit from full family membership of The K Club, including its two championship golf courses, venue of the 2006 Ryder Cup.

Find out more about fractional real estate for sale at Firstlight the K Club by visiting our on-site sales office at the prestigious K Club, Straffan, Co Kildare, Ireland. www.firstlightkclub.com

Notes on Firstlight The K Club

• One-eighth titled interests in designer apartments and family homes are set within the Ladycastle Estate at The K Club.
• Owners have access to 24-hour concierge and family residential membership.
• Companies can purchase a fractional ownership property to entertain clients and team members at Ireland’s top golf and spa resort. This can be off-set against your balance sheet
• Residents will also be part of an international holiday exchange program swapping a week of their time with a week in a five-star resort around the world. Prices of fractional real estate at Firstlight The K Club start from €131,500 per titled interest. 

The K Club becomes canoe club for 800 race-goers

THE K CLUB will turn into a water fest this Saturday with 800 canoers set to race from the famous golf and spa resort in Straffan down to Islandbridge in Dublin.

This is the 51^st year of the Liffey Descent, which is 28km in total. Every year, the race starts at The K Club, which has one mile of the River Liffey running through its 550-acre estate. This year, participants will be able to get to the water directly from The K Club car park.

And we’re hoping for an Irish win. Gary Mawer will defend his K1 title – he will be hoping to take his 13th race win at the event – while Liam Banks will also defend his junior K1 title.

• All entrants must be members of the Irish Canoe Union or National Canoe Federation
• The best winner times have ranged from 1:35:13 in 1988 (Michael Wells, Paul Wells from Ricmond CC) to 2:13:15 (D Green & A Stanley from England)

We wish all the participants good luck – and if anyone catches a fish then take it to the River Restaurant at The K Club and we’ll cook it for you as you like it!

New sales centre at Firstlight The K Club

The K Club in Straffan, Co Kildare, is also home to Ireland’s top private residence club, Firstlight The K Club.

We have a new sales centre that will be open all weekend where you can learn more about fractional ownership real estate opportunities at The K Club. Or, take a tour of the stunning country estate with one of our guides.

• One-eighth titled interests in designer apartments and family homes are set within the Ladycastle Estate.
• Owners have access to 24-hour concierge and family residential membership.
• Companies can purchase a fractional ownership property to entertain clients and team members at Ireland’s top golf and spa resort. This can be off-set against your balance sheet
• Residents will also be part of an international holiday exchange program swapping a week of their time with a week in a five-star resort around the world. Prices of fractional real estate at Firstlight The K Club start from €131,500 per titled interest.
• Firstlight The K Club is just 30 minutes from Dublin airport 

  

Call +353 1 610 7111 to book a one or two-night Discovery Trip at Firstlight The K Club, or visit www.firstlightkclub.com

Taste Kildare festival voted ‘best year yet’ as 17,000 food lovers flock to The K Club

THE K CLUB golf and spa resort turned into a food-lover’s heaven on Sunday[Aug 23] as a crowd of around 17,000 came to the Taste Kildare Festival.

Celebrity chefs from all over the county shared their cooking secrets and joined over 40 exhibitors to make Taste Kildare at The K Club its third and most successful event.

Missy Moo ice-cream bring smiles all round at Taste Kildare

Families, food-junkies and excited kids were treated to a day packed with food, art, crafts and live music at the 550-acre stunning country estate.

§  For kids there was a duck race on the River Liffey, which runs through The K Club’s grounds, as well as fun new flavours by Missy Moo ice-cream

§  Grown-ups chilled out in the mini spa, enjoyed top quality food from The K Club’s head chef Finbar Higgins, and joined in art and wine cellar tours

§  The Michael Dixon School of Golf also held a special one-day “golf clinic”

§   TV chef Clodagh McKenna promoted her new local cookery school, while other high-profile chefs included Louise O’Hare, Ciaran Cunningham and Rozanne Stevens.

Taste Kildare, whose proceeds supported the charity Enable Ireland, wouldn’t have been possible without the support of local restrauteurs, including Tenors Grill Room, The Westgrove Hotel, Chapter 16 at Silken Thomas, Vie de Chateaux, Bistro Sola and Indie Spice Naas.

Michael Davern, general manager of The K Club, said: “We were delighted to see so many people – it is really important to support the tremendous work that local food producers, crafts people and restaurants do.”

New sales centre at Firstlight The K Club

Staff at Firstlight The K Club, which offers stunning fractional real estate homes for sale in the grounds of the historic resort, were also on hand to show families around the spacious new sales centre at The K Club.

One-eighth titled interests in designer apartments and family homes are set within the Ladycastle Estate. This is The K Club’s very own private residence club where owners have access to 24-hour concierge and family residential membership.

High-profile residents within Ladycastle include former Kilkenny hurling legend DJ Carey and RTE’s Dragons’ Den star Sarah Newman.

Firstlight The K Club residents will also be part of an international holiday exchange program swapping a week of their time with a week in a five-star resort around the world. Prices of fractional real estate at Firstlight The K Club start from €131,500 per titled interest.

Call +353 1 610 7111 to book a one or two-night Discovery Trip at Firstlight The K Club, or visit www.firstlightkclub.com

If you have a question about shared ownership, comment on this page and Firstlight The K Club will get right back to you

Kildare’s masterchefs serve up their finest at The K Club

IT USUALLY plays host to great golfers, but tomorrow The K Club, Straffan, will play host to Ireland’s finest chefs at the Taste Kildare festival.

 

What’s K-ooking? Our culinary teams are ready to host you at the Taste Kildare festival

This is the third year for the food, arts, crafts and music festival, which was co-founded by The K Club’s executive chef Finbar Higgins. But also the first year that fractional real estate owners at Firstlight The K Club will get to see the finest talent from around Kildare on their own doorstep.

Over 14,000 people came to the event last year at The K Club but the Taste Kildare festival promises a bigger day of fun for all the family on Sunday Aug 22.

 

Chat to celebrity chefs and try out the local delights from food producers, arts and crafts people, farmers, chefs, painters, jewelry makers and musicians who will celebrate how rich in culture this beautiful county in Ireland is.

Local villages around The K Club – which is itself just 30 minutes from Dublin – include Naas, Maynooth, Kilcullen, Straffan and Athy, and will all be represented through food, art or music at the Taste Kildare festival.

Families and kids can enjoy big band hits from Harlequin, one of Ireland’s best event bands, as well as face-painting, mini golf, duck races and clowns. Fly-fishing will also be demonstrated down at the river Liffey, one mile of which runs through The K Club’s 550-acre historic estate.

 

You can even try the fine wines of Bordeaux’s Barton and Guestier –The K Club is the original home of the Barton family who built the grand house in the 1830s.

Fractional ownership homes at Firstlight The K Club

Firstlight The K Club now has a limited number of family residences available to purchase on a fractional ownership basis.

What is Firstlight The K Club?

Firstlight The K Club is a private residents’ club situated at Ireland’s top golf and spa resort, The K Club, Kildare.

Ø  Apartments and homes are sold in one-eighth titled interests and come with family residential membership in one of the most stunning and historic country resorts in Ireland.

Ø  Prices start from €131,500 per titled interest.

 

Call +353 1 610 7111 to book a one or two-night Discovery Trip. Or, to find out more visit www.firstlightkclub.com

If you have a question about shared property ownership, comment on this page and Firstlight The K Club will get right back to you!

The Taste Kildare festival

When? Sunday, August 22^nd 2010

Time? 12pm-5pm