beaches ireland

During the summer, the lake, with its cool, clear water fed from underground springs is a popular venue with locals and visitors. The Long Point with its car parks, changing and toilet facilities, is an excellent and safe place for swimming. An alternative site for younger children is the shallow sandy area at Coorheen. Because of its size, the lake is an excellent stretch of water for sailboarding and canoeing.

Boats can be hired by the day and offer an ideal opportunity to explore th...

Cranfield Bay is a Blue Flag Beach located in Kilkeel im County Down
The 'Place of the wild Garlic', Cranfield Beach has long been a favourite Summertime destination for many holiday makers. Its long, South Facing, sun-warmed beach looks out towards the Haulbowline Lighthouse built from hewn blocks of Mourne Granite.
Cranfield offers a choice in Caravans, self-catering chalets and camping, all serviced with excellent facilities....

Portsalon beach is quite simply stunning. Heather covered mountains plunge into the blue seas of Ballymastocker Bay.
This is a Blue Flag beach so you can be assured that it's clean, safe and is often a popular choice for holidaymakers....

This Blue Flag beach is located in north west Clare. Its waters are safe to swim in and it's always patrolled by lifegaurds.
Formerly known as Leath Inse, or peninsula, from its water-bound location, its present Irish name derives from a prominent member of the O'Connor clan who is buried here.

Lahinch, some 3km west of Ennistymon is a very popular holiday resort, noted for its bathing beach and even more famous for its championship links and 18-hole golf course. There...

This has be asigned as a Blue Flag beach.

Murvagh Beach is 2km long and is located approx 7 miles (12 kms) fom Donegal town, on the Ballyshannon Road....

This is an assigned Blue Flag Beach.
Fintra Beach is just located outside Killybegs and is a vey spectacular and safe beach....

Blue Flag Beach....

Two hundred kilometres of coastline on two seas; miles and miles of unspoilt golden strand and secluded coves, four Blue Flag awards attesting the purity of the water, added to the wild beauty and more hours of sunshine than any other part of Ireland make Wexford a beach lovers paradise.
The magnificent Curracloe Beach is the scene for the Stephen Spielberg and Tow Hanks Normandy Landing Movie 'Saving Private Ryan'.
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Mayo, with its many clean, sheltered beaches is ideal for swimming, sailing, surfing and other watersports. Carrowmore is a Blue Flag Beach; bathing areas which have met international criteria for clean water, freedom from pollution, safe access, sanitary facilities, lifeguards on duty, wheelchair access, and information centres. The Blue Flag Beach campaign's standards are 20 times higher than the minimum set by the EU directive on bathing water quality. But there are beaches which are clean,...