Founded in 1894, Ballinasloe is one of Connaught's oldest and most treasured golf clubs. A mature and testing parkland course playable all year round, Ballinasloe offers a challenging variety of superb golf and is noted for its excellent greens and dogleg holes.

In 1984, Eddie Hackett supervised the expansion from nine to eighteen holes with Eddie Connaughton responsible for improvements in recent times, notably the water features on the 11th and 12th. The 11th, incidentally, is an interesting par five where a good drive to a turn to the right for the approach to the green is required.