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Beaches & bathing waters in Ireland

All 243 bathing waters the EPA monitors: water-quality records, current warnings, lifeguards, facilities and dog rules.

Blue Flag beaches 84

Beaches holding the Blue Flag for water quality, safety, services and environmental management.

Beach · Co. GalwayAn Trá Mór, Coill Rua, IndreabhánWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsAn Trá Mór is a sandy beach located along the Connemara coastline. The strand itself is located between areas of rocky shore and is surrounded by farmland. The beach supports a variety of plants, birds and animals…

Beach · Co. KerryBaile an Sceilg (Ballinskelligs)Water quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBaile an Sceilg is a sandy beach backing onto Baile an Sceilg village. The beach is sheltered from Atlantic wave action by Horse island. It is exposed to southerly winds. The lands behind the beach are primarily a…

Beach · Co. WexfordBaile na hEiscríBallineskerWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallinesker is a rural peaceful fine-sand beach with a relatively gentle slope. The sand type is soft and windblown and often covers the wooden walkway. Deposition offshore into a series of sand-banks offers protection…

Beach · Co. KerryBallybunnion NorthWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallybunnion North is an exposed sandy beach facing due west onto the Atlantic ocean, thus the beach can be rough at times. There is no vegetation of note as the rear of the beach is comprised of a concrete promenade…

Beach · Co. KerryBallybunnion SouthWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallybunnion South is an exposed sandy beach facing due west onto the Atlantic ocean, thus the beach can be rough at times. There is a narrow strip of vegetation separating the beach from the road and the footpath which…

Beach · Co. ClareBallycuggeranWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallycuggeran bathing area is sandy and extends approximately 80m along the shoreline of Lough Derg Special Protection Area. The shoreline in the vicinity of the bathing area is fringed with swamp vegetation. Lough Derg…

Beach · Co. KerryBallyheigueWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallyheigue is an exposed sandy beach facing due west onto the Atlantic ocean, thus the beach can be rough at times. There is no vegetation of note at the rear of the majority of the bathing water. A section of the…

Beach · Co. KerryTrá na BeannaíBanna StrandWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBanna bathing water is located in a rural area. There are no buildings located in the sand dune system or on the promenade to the back of the bathing waters. The majority of the Banna Bathing water backs onto an…

Excellent water quality 119

Classified "Excellent" by the EPA — consistently clean over four years of samples.

Beach · Co. GalwayAn Trá Mór, Coill Rua, IndreabhánWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsAn Trá Mór is a sandy beach located along the Connemara coastline. The strand itself is located between areas of rocky shore and is surrounded by farmland. The beach supports a variety of plants, birds and animals…

Beach · Co. KerryBaile an Sceilg (Ballinskelligs)Water quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBaile an Sceilg is a sandy beach backing onto Baile an Sceilg village. The beach is sheltered from Atlantic wave action by Horse island. It is exposed to southerly winds. The lands behind the beach are primarily a…

Beach · Co. WexfordBaile na hEiscríBallineskerWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallinesker is a rural peaceful fine-sand beach with a relatively gentle slope. The sand type is soft and windblown and often covers the wooden walkway. Deposition offshore into a series of sand-banks offers protection…

Beach · Co. KerryBallybunnion NorthWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallybunnion North is an exposed sandy beach facing due west onto the Atlantic ocean, thus the beach can be rough at times. There is no vegetation of note as the rear of the beach is comprised of a concrete promenade…

Beach · Co. KerryBallybunnion SouthWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallybunnion South is an exposed sandy beach facing due west onto the Atlantic ocean, thus the beach can be rough at times. There is a narrow strip of vegetation separating the beach from the road and the footpath which…

Beach · Co. ClareBallycuggeranWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallycuggeran bathing area is sandy and extends approximately 80m along the shoreline of Lough Derg Special Protection Area. The shoreline in the vicinity of the bathing area is fringed with swamp vegetation. Lough Derg…

Beach · Co. KerryBallyheigueWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallyheigue is an exposed sandy beach facing due west onto the Atlantic ocean, thus the beach can be rough at times. There is no vegetation of note at the rear of the majority of the bathing water. A section of the…

Beach · Co. KerryTrá na BeannaíBanna StrandWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBanna bathing water is located in a rural area. There are no buildings located in the sand dune system or on the promenade to the back of the bathing waters. The majority of the Banna Bathing water backs onto an…

Lifeguarded in season 120

Beaches where lifeguards are on duty during the bathing season.

Beach · Co. GalwayAn Trá Mór, Coill Rua, IndreabhánWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsAn Trá Mór is a sandy beach located along the Connemara coastline. The strand itself is located between areas of rocky shore and is surrounded by farmland. The beach supports a variety of plants, birds and animals…

Beach · Co. KerryBaile an Sceilg (Ballinskelligs)Water quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBaile an Sceilg is a sandy beach backing onto Baile an Sceilg village. The beach is sheltered from Atlantic wave action by Horse island. It is exposed to southerly winds. The lands behind the beach are primarily a…

Beach · Co. WexfordBaile na hEiscríBallineskerWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallinesker is a rural peaceful fine-sand beach with a relatively gentle slope. The sand type is soft and windblown and often covers the wooden walkway. Deposition offshore into a series of sand-banks offers protection…

Beach · Co. KerryBallybunnion NorthWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallybunnion North is an exposed sandy beach facing due west onto the Atlantic ocean, thus the beach can be rough at times. There is no vegetation of note as the rear of the beach is comprised of a concrete promenade…

Beach · Co. KerryBallybunnion SouthWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallybunnion South is an exposed sandy beach facing due west onto the Atlantic ocean, thus the beach can be rough at times. There is a narrow strip of vegetation separating the beach from the road and the footpath which…

Beach · Co. ClareBallycuggeranWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallycuggeran bathing area is sandy and extends approximately 80m along the shoreline of Lough Derg Special Protection Area. The shoreline in the vicinity of the bathing area is fringed with swamp vegetation. Lough Derg…

Beach · Co. KerryBallyheigueWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBallyheigue is an exposed sandy beach facing due west onto the Atlantic ocean, thus the beach can be rough at times. There is no vegetation of note at the rear of the majority of the bathing water. A section of the…

Beach · Co. KerryTrá na BeannaíBanna StrandWater quality: Excellent (2025)Blue FlagLifeguards in seasonToiletsBanna bathing water is located in a rural area. There are no buildings located in the sand dune system or on the promenade to the back of the bathing waters. The majority of the Banna Bathing water backs onto an…

Warnings and restrictions 2

Bathing waters with a restriction or warning recorded — check before you swim.

Beach · Co. ClareBallyallia Lake, EnnisBathing is temporarily prohibitedWater quality: Excellent (2025)ParkingWheelchair accessDogs on a leadThe bathing area at Ballyallia Lake is based around a small slipway, consists of small stones and extends 70m along the shoreline. Ballyallia Lake is a Special Area of Conservation as well as a Special Protection Area…

Beach · Co. DublinDun Laoghaire BathsSwimming is advised against for the whole seasonWater quality: Poor (2025)Lifeguards in seasonToiletsParkingThe Dún Laoghaire Baths re-opened in December 2022 after significant redevelopment of the facility. The works included the refurbishment of the baths pavilion, the construction of a new 35m jetty with built in seating…

Beaches & bathing waters by county

Every county, with the places we'd suggest first. Each county page lists them all.

Clare14 Cork31 Donegal21 Dublin25 Galway29 Kerry22 Leitrim1 Louth4 Mayo24 Meath3 Monaghan10 Sligo5 Tipperary1 Waterford18 Westmeath3 Wexford19 Wicklow13

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County Cork · 31

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County Donegal · 21

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County Dublin · 25

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County Galway · 29

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County Kerry · 22

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County Leitrim · 1

Keeldra LoughWater quality: Excellent (2025) · Toilets

County Louth · 4

County Mayo · 24

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County Meath · 3

County Monaghan · 10

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County Sligo · 5

County Tipperary · 1

Dromineer BeachWater quality: Good (2025) · Lifeguards in season

County Waterford · 18

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County Westmeath · 3

County Wexford · 19

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County Wicklow · 13

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