Irish housebuilder Cairn Homes has approached Clontarf Golf & Bowling Club with a land swap proposal that it believes could deliver “several thousand new homes” on the prime 72-acre site, just north of Dublin’s city centre.
Cairn, which built 2,593 new homes here last year, has partnered with Green Land Capital on a land swap proposal that would involve the Clontarf club relocating to 185 acres in Kinsealy that were previously part of the Abbeville estate owned by late taoiseach Charlie Haughey.
The 18-hole championship course would be designed by Irish golfer and former Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley. Green Land, which is led by businessman Ray Cotter and his sister Barbara…