Portmarnock beach – no. 10 in TripAdvisor’s top 10 best beaches in Ireland – last Summer
1. Inchdoney Beach, Co Cork
2. Banna Strand, Co Kerry
3. Inch Beach, Co Kerry
4. Strandhill Beach, Co Sligo
5. Derrynane Beach, Co Kerry
6. Coumeenoole Beach, Co Kerry
7. Lahinch Beach, Co Clare
8. Rossbeigh Beach, Co Kerry
9. Ladies Beach, Ballybunion, Co Kerry
10. Portmarnock Beach, Dublin
Tripadvisor has released its list of the top 10 best beaches in Ireland, with Kerry emerging as the county with the most when it comes to coasts.
West Cork enclave Inchydoney took the top spot, with the beach famed for its crystal clear waters and expanse of powdery sand, but no less than six beaches from the Kingdom were awarded spots in the top 10 list.
The top 10 best beaches in Ireland have been revealed (RTÉ)
No Keem!
Your Top 10 only goes to 9, and you have two No. 2
Also Lahinch or Lehinch? You’ll never go to heaven.
Sorry, Mickey Twopints, fixed now. Thank you.
…Dublin has the most No.2 beaches…
There are 3 beaches on Achill island that are nicer than Portmarnock.
And numerous beaches in the Rosses.
yes but we are on the dart,
personally I’d rather the drunk hoard of teenage fools go west, west
Come to Ireland & enjoy raw sewerage supplied by Irish Water and Fine Gael spewing onto our beautiful shores!
Whatever about Fine Gael, Irish water don’t supply sewage you clot. They are engineers trying to fix the problem
Wastewater
Irish Water has sole responsibility for the cleaning and maintenance of the public sewer network. We also operate a network of wastewater treatment plants across Ireland. water.ie
Pity that Irish Water don’t have some way to raise funds to improve the water and waste systems…
I can’t believe Irish Water invented sewage
That would be yerself
And meself
And plenty of others
You forgot to add Rotile
whaaat?
sounds like tripadvisor did some very quick “research” & wrote up whatever the google thingy came up with
InchYdony is nice fair enough but for me it’s Dollar Bay on the Hook peninsula
Bear Island.
The water on Bear Island is second to none.
It’s Bere Island
Where is Bear Island? Alaska ?
You’ll ask who?
Thanks pal. Autocorrect got me.
I’ve spent a few holidays down there. West cork is a glorious part of the world.
Bare island. There is a nudist beach there…
6 of them in Kerry wahoo.
I don’t think they were in Portmarnock on a sunny day, maybe the score was based on burger vans and underage drinking in which case it is indeed a top 10. Nice out of season for a walk or a run for sure.
No coumeenoole, keem bay or silver strand?
Nah, not having it. No Wexford beaches at all mean this list is a travesty.
I agree. good article tho cos it got me thinking of June coming!
any particular favourite Daisy?
You can’t beat Curracloe/Culleton’s Gap, but if you’re looking for somewhere a little less busy and packed, Dollar Bay is lovely,
are you from wexford, daisy?
i heard the locals pronounce “dollar” as “dolore”. can you kindly confirm?
The list is based on seasonal visitors who then posted on Trip Advisor to share their positive experience. Hardly scientific.
No Donegal beach?
But Portmarnock gets included?
That’s just silly!
It’s just for the south…
ouch
Its a lovely beach! Ah the memories. It used to have the best dunes that went on forever, sadly not anymore. Thanks Golf! I’ve only seen some dodgy folk there on a couple of days in the height of summer. Even then, nothing too bad happens.
Ah Portmarnock beach, the location of many a ride I had in the dunes back in the day (well, twice). Good times
*high five*
i was running there recently and whimsically decided to go through the dunes.
woooah, what a sight that was before me. i almost didn’t stay to watch.
How does one whimsically go through dunes? I’m picturing a very skippy, frolicky BB gamboling through the sand. You can claim you’re practicing interpretive dance if you’re caught peeping
no, no, back up there
i *whimsically decided*. there’s nothing whimsical about my movement – it’s very much an athletic gallop. sometimes, i even turn myself on with my all-round hotness.
That’s a solid – and much needed -clarification.
A whimsical decision eh… just a bitta casual perving then. As opposed to the calculated, deliberate sort.
I’ll bet you did some backing up of your own while you were there
I also run there Brother, I’m the barefoot loon :)
as a youngfleh growing up in that neck of the woods, we used to go spotting couples riding in the dunes. we called it ‘elbow hunting’.
misred I can neither confirm nor deny any other barefoot activity
I also cannot confirm or deny the keeping on of my black boots in flagrante deep in the dunes. Nope, no comment to make on that!
East coast beaches need not apply..
6 in Kerry lads!
6 in Kerry!
John O’Donoghue provided those for ye – I hope you remember to thank him!
Five minutes of Google/Google Earth “research” and hey presto! A report which gives Tripadvisor a veneer of respectability when all they really do is fleece hotels and drive up hotel prices through their booking service (remember, you’ll always get the cheapest price by calling the hotel themselves and telling them you’ve seen such-a-such price elsewhere).
Wha’
Nothing in Wickla
n’ 6 in Kerry
ara’ would ya stop
Fake News
Etc etc
Yadda Yadda
nothing in donegal?
this survey is a nonsense.
So the most visited county has the “best” (ie most voted for) beaches. What a surprise. The fact that Portmarnock is even on there makes it laughable.
The best beaches in Ireland are in Donegal- Marble Hill beach near Dunfanaghy and the silver strand near Bundoran to name just two.
Ah, Bundoran.
Speaking of getting the ride…
I’m delighted Silver Strand, Murder Hole beach and other absolute gems in Donegal didn’t make the list for fear of being tortured by coach trips and Jackeens on their holliers.