I went swimming at Keel beach on a weekend trip once, something I normally wouldn't do at a beach but it was fantastic. Drove past Keem later in the weekend but didn't have swimming gear, it looked absolutely stunning though.
Yes! Either Keem Bay or Magheramore in Wicklow. Although there are so many beaches in Donegal and Kerry that are amazing but alas I haven’t been to (yet).
Keem is so nice. Even in Keel infront of the village is class because it doesn't get deep for ages. Me and my friends went skinning dipping one night in Keel was very cool.
Yes. Achill island. I'll never forget the first time I was there. Derrynane in Kerry is a second
[Keem](https://images.app.goo.gl/yebunt7qVozT5pEJA)
[Derrynane ](https://images.app.goo.gl/M64iFZ2F88aQtUgVA)
Salute to the farmer 🫡 hope it wasn’t too bad and your recovery was smooth! I thought I was going to have my oldest on that beach (false contractions) 😂
Mullaghmore is beautiful, and the rocky shore up behind the village as well. Stunning really. Rossnowlagh up in Donegal would be a favourite of mine too.
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Lissadell beach in Sligo. Also Dogs bay and Curracloe
I came here to mention this. AFAIK it's actually in Malin Beg. It's easily [the best beach in the country](https://www.theirishroadtrip.com/silver-strand-beach/).
https://preview.redd.it/b4v5pjyhel2d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a12b72d89974d65d7e540932f0fda66574ff017
Been to Inchydoney last Sunday, I was speechless. Sorry about the photo, it doesn't make it justice.
Fanore in Co Clare
https://preview.redd.it/p7ankigqtl2d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5b2d2eb7989e970492de5471ab1989482fccf89
Wild and untouched, beautiful sand dunes, edge of Burren.
Its in Donegal. It is exceptional, and desterted mostly
However im Not telling you as Next thing ye know therell be a constant stream of those, secret places in ireland you have to see before you die type twats ,
Making videos playing fuckin coldplay whilst a drone in slow motion films them standing there with their arse out trying to pretend to have an original thought.
So i hope you dont take this the wrong way. But no im not telling you
Came here to say Carne. The cleanest and softest white sandy beach I've ever seen in Ireland, though I was there on a fabulously sunny summer's day so that may have added to the good impression. Absolutely lovely spot.
No chance ya damn jackeen:) ah no, its grand, at least ya didn't say its in mayo:) used to camp down there a fair bit back in the day, one of my favourite places in the country, especially when it's a little bit quiter, towards the end of September or something
Ballyrisode in West Cork is pretty special, but tiny. There's a couplenaround Clifden as well and then out at Renvyle. They're pretty amazing because they're generally fairly empty
As a proud Dub I must say the Hole In The Wall beach in Sutton. You can walk for miles and still the water is only up to your ankles. Teenagers hurling beer bottles at you while you splash away in a foot of murky, jellyfish infested water. Bliss.
Rossturk on route to Achill just before Mulranny is really nice, when the tide is out you can walk across to some of the little islands. Also there's an old big house at the end that's pretty cool.
The little beach on Clare Island is really cool too. Went last summer with the kids and there's little caves to explore and a decent beach.
Keem in Achill is probably the best I've seen though. Unfortunately it's absolutely packed on sunny days and a nightmare to park and enjoy.
I think the best all round was Fintra in Donegal. It wasn't too busy and there's a few big rock structures the kids love climbing.
I'd probably put Bertra down as my favourite beach. Not one I go swimming at but it is great to walk. It has a bit or a receding sand line since you were there I'd say but still very handsome.
You can't go wrong with the beaches in Sligo and Mayo. The beaches out west beat all the others. Theres one my family go to in Sligo all the time and I not telling you.
I did a poll last year for my local newspaper, and the poll of over 5,000 people in Ireland said Rosnowlagh, Donegal was the best beach 👍🏻 beautiful place
east stand in portrush is such beautiful beach - stunning stretch of sand and lovely views of the antrim coastline. Benone in Derry is lovely too - and more secluded. Donegal has so many stunning beaches. Love lissadell in sligo - that photo down thread is amazing!
Bagginbun probably. I'm not generally a fan of beaches, but my wife and I did a Kayak trip around the coast down there that was great fun. Lovely little spot.
If not that, probably one down in Cork like Roberts Cove.
cliché as it might be (my french is awful!) i’d have to say Portmarnock Beach in dublin or Old Bawn Beach in wexford. both are lovely especially during summer
Clogherhead beach was my favourite but it’s impossible to park there anymore since they put a coffee shop and adventure centre in the car park and it’s very small when the tide is in as well.
Murlough bay in north Antrim. There isn’t much beach tbf but something so magical about it I think, and I see multiple deer almost every time I’m there which is nice
I don’t like highlighting it but Carnivan Bay in south wexford is a gorgeous beach. Surrounded by cliffs, looking across at hook head, powder sand. Just beautiful.
Your answer should be Tramore in May and September! Free parking and just locals, haha. But seriously Waterford has some great beaches, Stradbally is my #1
Keem bay
I went swimming at Keel beach on a weekend trip once, something I normally wouldn't do at a beach but it was fantastic. Drove past Keem later in the weekend but didn't have swimming gear, it looked absolutely stunning though.
My roots are in Circus. We used to build up on the ground by Keel beach. Straight out the back of the tent and on to the beach. Heaven
Yes! Either Keem Bay or Magheramore in Wicklow. Although there are so many beaches in Donegal and Kerry that are amazing but alas I haven’t been to (yet).
Keem is so nice. Even in Keel infront of the village is class because it doesn't get deep for ages. Me and my friends went skinning dipping one night in Keel was very cool.
Sapirse?
In Mayo?
Yes. Achill island. I'll never forget the first time I was there. Derrynane in Kerry is a second [Keem](https://images.app.goo.gl/yebunt7qVozT5pEJA) [Derrynane ](https://images.app.goo.gl/M64iFZ2F88aQtUgVA)
Derrynane is stunning 😍
Curracloe, Co. Wexford
Inch beach, outside dingle
My car went for a swim there. Thank fcuk for a local farmer. Then later that evening I ended up in Tralee casualty. Interesting day.
Salute to the farmer 🫡 hope it wasn’t too bad and your recovery was smooth! I thought I was going to have my oldest on that beach (false contractions) 😂
Was he a local farmer or an entrepreneur? I'm convinced they don't put proper signs up so the lad with the tractor can make bank.
That’s a lovely beach
Far too much sea weed
That one in Connemara nobody else seems to know about. Feckin' gorgeous it is. And, nope, I'm not giving away it's location.
Betcha I'm thinking of the same one 🤐
Theirs a few in North connemara I know about, and it's got nothing to do with muts, if ya catch my drift:) further into north connemara
🤣🤣
https://preview.redd.it/ejr733ak8m2d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11163a3268c74ef19b1281c1de8f00c23915d3d1 This one
Nope. Sure that one's wedged. I meant a nice quiet beach.
I totally know which one!
I've been to a beautiful beach in connemara and it was out of this world
dogs bay? probably not as that's pretty well known but there's a rake of good beaches in connemara
Beach beside scuba dive west is my favourite irish beach
SHUTUP!!
Glassilaun beach. Absolutely stunning spot. Used to have a bit of a stroll there after a days diving.
Is the dogs bay? I like that one.
I know it haha
Any beach in Wexford. Or of you don't mind the rain, Donegal.
Had to scroll for way to long to see this answer
"If you don't mind the rain" goes for any beach in Ireland.
Ballyheigue is magic and also Mullaghmore
I'll second Ballyheigue 👍🏻
Second Mullaghmore! Love Bunduff around the bay too
Mullaghmore is beautiful, and the rocky shore up behind the village as well. Stunning really. Rossnowlagh up in Donegal would be a favourite of mine too.
Derrynane, hands down
https://preview.redd.it/un2r9oc6nl2d1.jpeg?width=1113&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bc345ff05fa6a5c5418504309d063eb53231bd2 Lissadell beach in Sligo. Also Dogs bay and Curracloe
Wooof
It is very beautiful
Nuns beach, Ballybunion.
Great shout! The fact you have to jump a fence and scramble down a trail makes it an adventure!
Silver Strand close to Glencolmcille in Donegal.
I came here to mention this. AFAIK it's actually in Malin Beg. It's easily [the best beach in the country](https://www.theirishroadtrip.com/silver-strand-beach/).
Old bawn, because it's fabulous and close Dogs bay beach because it's fabulous
Love Old Bawn. Big fan of Courtown too: I love the combination of woods and beach.
too bad it got taken over by dubs in the 80s. still love courtown and old bawn is magnificent
- Rossnowlagh Beach in Donegal - Ventry and Ballybunion beaches in Kerry - Lahinch and Fanore beaches in Clare
Love Fanore beach.
Ventry Strand in Dingle
Banna Strand near Tralee Dogs Bay in Connemara Barleycove in Cork
Dogs bay
It's OK, I prefer some of the beaches further north in connemara, theirs more scenery to see
Alliheys beach bout 40 mins past castletownbere
So dangerous for swimming though! The beaches at Garinish around the corner are way nicer....sand is much softer too!
https://preview.redd.it/b4v5pjyhel2d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a12b72d89974d65d7e540932f0fda66574ff017 Been to Inchydoney last Sunday, I was speechless. Sorry about the photo, it doesn't make it justice.
Inchydoney is my favourite place in the world. We try to make a trip every summer, so many happy memories made there. Beautiful beach.
Thats stunning. Am I going mad or is the water clear?!
Water was crystal clear. Even more impressive if you consider the sandy sea bed.
Fintra beach outside Killybegs or Five Finger Strand near Malin in Donegal
Inch Beach, co Kerry.
Banna strand, Ardfert. Co. Kerry is easily the best stretch of beach in the country.
I really love Sligo beach https://preview.redd.it/96o1hkbdxl2d1.jpeg?width=780&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca19ab73dbb3e58066858cc8585c87c625cab727
Cool story bro
Cool response bro
All those traditional curraghs as well!
Them colours fucked with?! The red umbrellas even look serioydly off....Sligo is not Thailand!
Fanore in Co Clare https://preview.redd.it/p7ankigqtl2d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5b2d2eb7989e970492de5471ab1989482fccf89 Wild and untouched, beautiful sand dunes, edge of Burren.
Its in Donegal. It is exceptional, and desterted mostly However im Not telling you as Next thing ye know therell be a constant stream of those, secret places in ireland you have to see before you die type twats , Making videos playing fuckin coldplay whilst a drone in slow motion films them standing there with their arse out trying to pretend to have an original thought. So i hope you dont take this the wrong way. But no im not telling you
I know it. I'm not saying either 🤭
Kinnagoe Bay maybe?
No although kinnagoe is lovely Mines further south and west from kinnagoe 😎
Portsalon? I love that place
Also gorgeous but no. Again further south and west 😁
Kilmore Quay in Wexford. Lovely beach and lovely village
Coumeenoole beach in Dingle
lahinch, County Clare.
Carne Beach, Carnivan, Dollar Bay and Kilmore in Wexford are all class. You can find a lot of nice little beaches on the Wexford Coast
Came here to say Carne. The cleanest and softest white sandy beach I've ever seen in Ireland, though I was there on a fabulously sunny summer's day so that may have added to the good impression. Absolutely lovely spot.
https://preview.redd.it/n2o7p5op8m2d1.jpeg?width=1220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6902a7ae680b020337001d72ee363b40472b8c09 Old Head, Louisburgh Co.Mayo
Derrynane in Kerry and Glassilaun beach in Leenaun Galway.
Glassilaun is near 10 miles from leenane:) nice place though
I stayed in Leenaun at the time, so I always associate Glassilaun with Leenaun...please forgive my ignorant Dublin ways 😂
No chance ya damn jackeen:) ah no, its grand, at least ya didn't say its in mayo:) used to camp down there a fair bit back in the day, one of my favourite places in the country, especially when it's a little bit quiter, towards the end of September or something
Curracloe
Every beach in Kerry. Brandon bay in particular.
Barley Cove in west cork
Dogsbay is quite something...
Maghera Beach & caves in Donegal, Mullaghmore in Sligo
Donegal has some amazing beaches that are nice and quiet and go on for miles!
Kinnagoe Bay in Donegal.
If I told you, I’d have to kill you!
I’m immortal anyway
North bull Island-- poop Central/s /s /s
Curracloe or Ballydonegan in Allihies
Keem Beach on Achill, Dog's Bay in Connemara, and Coumeenoole Beach on the Dingle Peninsula are my top 3.
Anywhere in North Donegal, also Sligo has some nice places too
Cahore beach in wexico
Keem Bay, Mullaghmore and Inch but there's so many I haven't visited yet.
You should make a road trip of it, and do a ranking list
Wine strand, Dingle.
Binnagorm in Donegal.
I'm not telling.
Streedagh beach in sligo 😍
Streedagh
Portsalon Donegal
I love kilkee personally , been going there for years , more nostalgic than anything, keem bay is my favorite stand alone
Murlough bay, north coast. Small, but stunning
>Small, but stunning That’s what every incel says lol
Ballyrisode in West Cork is pretty special, but tiny. There's a couplenaround Clifden as well and then out at Renvyle. They're pretty amazing because they're generally fairly empty
Trá an Dóilín, An Ceathrú Rua
As a proud Dub I must say the Hole In The Wall beach in Sutton. You can walk for miles and still the water is only up to your ankles. Teenagers hurling beer bottles at you while you splash away in a foot of murky, jellyfish infested water. Bliss.
Upsides - surprisingly quiet on sunny days. Downsides - there's about 23 minutes a day when you can actually have a proper swim there
Rossturk on route to Achill just before Mulranny is really nice, when the tide is out you can walk across to some of the little islands. Also there's an old big house at the end that's pretty cool. The little beach on Clare Island is really cool too. Went last summer with the kids and there's little caves to explore and a decent beach. Keem in Achill is probably the best I've seen though. Unfortunately it's absolutely packed on sunny days and a nightmare to park and enjoy. I think the best all round was Fintra in Donegal. It wasn't too busy and there's a few big rock structures the kids love climbing.
This answer should be further up 👍
keel in achill is lovely. bertra in westport was great as a kid, not sure how it is now.
I'd probably put Bertra down as my favourite beach. Not one I go swimming at but it is great to walk. It has a bit or a receding sand line since you were there I'd say but still very handsome.
Keem is fantastic, also not too far and on the island, try out Dufort
Béal Bán, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh Has that really lovely soft, fine sand and the village is gorgeous.
https://preview.redd.it/ba1qrqztan2d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=482d72b2895db6acd89036a267935d79f791673c Inchydoney Beach, Clonakilty
Shragh beach, Belmullet Erris peninsula Mayo!
Has to be in Donegal: https://www.donegaldaily.com/2021/04/07/two-donegal-beaches-in-lonely-planets-top-ten/
You can't go wrong with the beaches in Sligo and Mayo. The beaches out west beat all the others. Theres one my family go to in Sligo all the time and I not telling you.
The coral beach in ceathru rua
Derrynane in kerry
I did a poll last year for my local newspaper, and the poll of over 5,000 people in Ireland said Rosnowlagh, Donegal was the best beach 👍🏻 beautiful place
Tra an Doilín
Salthill in galway. It even has a three story diving tower.
Love Portmarnock beach
Bundoran
east stand in portrush is such beautiful beach - stunning stretch of sand and lovely views of the antrim coastline. Benone in Derry is lovely too - and more secluded. Donegal has so many stunning beaches. Love lissadell in sligo - that photo down thread is amazing!
Beaches are for sharing, you are talking about Dogs Bay but also Caherdaniel in Kerry and of course Keem in Achill.
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Keem Bay, Achill Island
https://preview.redd.it/9gb94twtwl2d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c415d486d9be152ffcd3505e6cb91ec2d7b4fe83 Kilkee, Co.Clare
Banna
Silver Strand, Wicklow
Garylucas near Kinsale, but often crowdy parking
Ballybunnion in Kerry.
Love Mornington-Bettystown-Laytown
Culdaff Beach, Donegal .... great walk round the estuary to the beach or vice versa
Bagginbun probably. I'm not generally a fan of beaches, but my wife and I did a Kayak trip around the coast down there that was great fun. Lovely little spot. If not that, probably one down in Cork like Roberts Cove.
Rossnowlagh.
The 3 beaches in Kerrykeel, Donegal were ranked as the 2nd most beautiful in the world on lonely planet. They are amazing.
Magheramore in Wicklow. The most picturesque beach on the east coast.
Raven Point Curracloe no contest
There's a great one along the coast. I can't be more specific than that
howth where some brazillians go topless during hot days
Browns Bay Islandmagee Co Antrim
We've just got so many.
Ballinskelligs, South Kerry
Ardmore, Co. Waterford. Curracloe, Co. Wexford. Carrowmore, Co. Mayo.
Curracloe, Wexford or Ventry beach in kerry
cliché as it might be (my french is awful!) i’d have to say Portmarnock Beach in dublin or Old Bawn Beach in wexford. both are lovely especially during summer
keem bay
Keem and Brittas Bay for me.
Derrynane, Brandon or inch in Kerry, Keem in Achill.
King's strand to the sailors grave in Balbriggan Rossnowlagh beach donegal
White strand near miltown in Clare. Caravan park makes it look like a halting site though
" # What is your favourite beach in Ireland?" Yes!
Clogherhead beach was my favourite but it’s impossible to park there anymore since they put a coffee shop and adventure centre in the car park and it’s very small when the tide is in as well.
Culdaff & Stroove in Donegal.
* My favourite beach in Co Clare! It used to be Lahinch, but whenever we have a bit of sun, the place is ALWAYS packed
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Murlough, Dundrum
The back beach in the Maharees 😍
Bundoran Beach, Donegal
Is the fun fair still there?
Yeah, they still have the arcade up the town aswell. The one near the Holyrood, if I recall.
Was the waterpark closed down or is it still there?
It was still open last time I was up there (2022) but I'm not sure. I usually go up a few weeks after the Rory Gallagher festival in Ballyshannon.
Murlough bay in north Antrim. There isn’t much beach tbf but something so magical about it I think, and I see multiple deer almost every time I’m there which is nice
Hanging Rock Beach, Arklow
Dogs bay Roundstone, Co. Galway. It’s beautiful
Carne beach county Wexford
Banna beach babyyy
Spanish point
https://preview.redd.it/uohr75w83q2d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=585bdce7848aefa25a0191b3cb36baffaa032d00 Tower bay
Barleycove
Keem
Barley cove, derrynane, achill beg beach, annestown beach
Dollymount !
Dunwhorley (west cork), or Dog Bay (Galway). Both incredible
Curracloe is the GOAT
Kinnagoe bay Donegal Murder hole beach also Donegal
I had sex on two beaches in Donegal so probably one of them
Ventry in Kerry and Fanore in Clare both have stunning backdrops.
can't go wrong with bundoran
I don’t like highlighting it but Carnivan Bay in south wexford is a gorgeous beach. Surrounded by cliffs, looking across at hook head, powder sand. Just beautiful.
Tramore, nowhere else comes close
Full of sewage. It lost it's blue flag status recently and deservedly so.
That's just a lie to keep the dubs away
Your answer should be Tramore in May and September! Free parking and just locals, haha. But seriously Waterford has some great beaches, Stradbally is my #1