Well, it must be my lucky day again as I found another course from Cello that I like, maybe because it is supposed to be located in the... Irish hills !
With its nice plantings and rocky hills (and outcrops), this par 72 is quite pretty but it is also very challenging, with steep elevation changes, plenty of blind shots, a few water hazards, and a finishing stretch with (especially) par-5 holes, very hard to figure out, if you want to break par.
Thankfully, the front 9 is a little bit “easier”, even though you might think otherwise after staring at the nice but tough left dogleg par-5 1st hole, with its rollercoaster fairway and its very long and blind second shot over deep rough and shrubs downward to the slanted green.
After enjoying the par-3 2nd hole and its steeply-downhill green (with no bunker in sight !), you will reach the “very sheep” and beautiful par-4 3rd, with plenty of... sheep grazing around the narrow and downhill fairway, framed by high cliffs near and around the green, before walking over to the right dogleg par-5 4th, with a blind and steeply-downhill tee shot and a long, blind and uphill second shot toward the green, set on a plateau.
Like plenty of Cello’s courses, you will find, on the goregous par-3 5th hole, your island green (this time, surrounded by a rocky hilltop), reachable with a blind and downhill tee shot over plenty of deep rough and shrubs, and follow up with two right dogleg par-4 holes, the 6th, uphill all the way, with a rollercoaster fairway, split halfway in the corner by deep rough and shrubs, and the 7th, with a fairway winding its way up until the right corner, next to a big bunker, and a blind and downhill approach toward the undulating green.
You will finish the front 9 with the pretty and steeply-uphill par-3 8th hole, with a green surrounded halfway by a small rocky hilltop, and the very long (more than 620 yards) and straight par-5 9th, uphill all the way, with a rollercoaster and narrow fairway to deal with.
Coming back, you will start with the straight par-4 10th hole, with an uphill tee shot over deep rough landing down onto a narrow fairway and a green, surrounded by a high rocky hilltop, then face the pretty and wide open par-3 11th, with its panoramic view of the valley and a green set on a small rocky plateau, with a bunker down in front.
But on the very tough par-5 12th hole, you can forget about getting an eagle : after an uphill tee shot landing onto a serpentine and narrow slanted fairway (not far from a crescent-shaped bunker, midway), and a blind and long downhill second shot over a wide ditch, filled with big shrubs and small trees, you will need to hit a short approach to reach the green, quite narrow at the entrance, with another rocky hilltop all around.
The par-4 13th hole, uphill all the way, is no pushover either, with a blind tee shot over trees on a hilltop and a green, surrounded by a small rocky wall, unlike the nice par-3 14th, with a downhill tee shot landing past a big rocky outcrop, all across in front of the green.
Your final scorecard might be determined by the beautiful but very tricky right dogleg par-5 15th hole where, after hitting a blind and steeply-downhill tee shot landing onto a slanted fairway (all along a big hill on the right), and short of a small and deep pond in a rocky crater in the middle, you will need to fire a very long and uphill second shot (with deep rough, shrubs and a few trees in between) to try to reach the green, set on a rocky plateau.
As if you were not challenged enough, the unusual-looking right dogleg par-4 16th hole might add to your misery, with an uphill tee shot over a big elongated pond landing onto one of the rocky plateaus, and an uphill approach to the elevated green, surrounded by five pot bunkers, over more rocky outcrops.
Fortunately, the pretty downhill par-3 17th hole should provide you with a birdie opportunity if you can hit your blind tee shot past a few rocks surrounding the green in front, before finishing with the “hard-to-figure-out” right dogleg par-5 18th, with an uphill tee shot over an elongated pond (surrounded by a rocky barrier), landing onto a narrow fairway (next to a big rocky outcrop on the left), a blind second shot over the big hill landing down, and a third shot toward the elevated green.
Unlike most of Cello's courses, this Hiberian Hills is less eccentric (even if the "fly-by" option on some holes won't help you out on some of them), and quite enjoyable, provided that you can "go over the hills" and still remain young at heart...

Always different and fun too play, nice course enjoy my rounds, thank you for your time and effort

very funny and really fantasy course. I played with the computer AI: it was stucked! :D

There are many Cello Courses that cannot be played when you are sober..
But this one is a special one: looking great, very adventurous, pleasure to play.
Even the Union Jack looks special.
Come everybody: install it and play it: 4 1/2 stars.
Thank you Cello, it was worth while!

Thinking of the course designer Cello, always reminds me of Sir James Paul McCartney. They both have a talent for creating quality works, and sometimes yield gigantic hits.
IMHO, this course is one of his best works. I am really stunned noticing he still has an ability that can create such a masterpiece atter his long career.
Splendid scenery, astounding fairways, I really enjoyed them all. If I can, I would like to actually play this paradise, but where's my cart? lol
Thanks so much, Sir.

good course good lay out, played well..have to think of your shot before hitting