Clare footballer David Tubridy spent time at Doonbeg Golf Club when he was a boy (caddying for such visitors as Hugh Grant and Gary Player).

[2] When Tubridy became top scorer in National Football League history against Cork in May 2021,[3] his total score in the competition after this game (22–412, i.e. 478 points) causing him to overtake Mickey Kearins,[4] the then Trump-owned establishment celebrated by giving him lifetime membership of its golf club.

[5] Then Irish Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, was criticised for participating in a red-carpet welcoming party for Donald Trump when the latter visited Ireland after completing the purchase.

[12] As of January 2019[update], a decision on permission for "53 short term let cottages, ballroom and leisure building" was pending subject to a request for "further information" by Clare County Council.

[13] On assuming the office of United States president in January 2017, Trump (along with his daughter Ivanka) resigned as director of the golf complex; his sons Eric and Donald Jr.