County Galway

An Trá Mór, Gorumna Island

An Trá Mór, Gorumna Island is on the EPA's list of places people swim, though not one of the waters it tests in County Galway, 1.9 km south-east of Tír an Fhia. The State does not test the water here, so there is no grade. The register records a lifebuoy. It leaves 2 of the questions on this page unanswered, and those are shown as not recorded rather than as a no.

Blue Flag

lifeguard

1.9 km

from Tír an Fhia

Water quality: Not monitored for a classification
Water testing: Not tested by the EPA on its list, but not sampled for a grade
Season restriction: Not recorded
Pollution after rain: Not recorded
Awards: None
County: County Galway
Managed by: Galway County Council
Nearest town: Tír an Fhia, 1.9 km south-east of it, in a straight line
From that town: 2.4 km by road, about 3 min drivingor 2.4 km on foot, about 30 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard: No
Toilets: No
Parking: No
Access: no designated access but beach is at road level
Dogs: Allowed on a lead
Cars on the beach: No
Public transport: No
Position: 53.2583° N, 9.6430° W
Record changed: 2023-09-16

Island summit geograph.org.uk 1449727·Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Island summit geograph.org.uk 1449727·Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Rough land at Tír an Fhia (Teeranea) The east end of Garmna (Gorumna) island, with An Cheathrú Rua Theas (Carraroe South) across Cuan an Fhir Mhóir (Greatman's Bay).·Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Rough land at Tír an Fhia (Teeranea) The east end of Garmna (Gorumna) island, with An Cheathrú Rua Theas (Carraroe South) across Cuan an Fhir Mhóir (Greatman's Bay).·Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

An Trá Mór is a small sheltered sandy beach facing east. It is located on the island of Garumna (Oileáin Garma) in south Conamara and lies between Carraveg and Greatman's bays in the wider Kilkieran Bay and islands protected area. The shoreline in general is rocky with small cove like beaches scattered along its length. It is approximately 7 km south of Beál an Daingin where the mainland is connected by the R374 road to Lettermore and Garumna islands. The beach is accessible via the L52323-0 local road.

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An Trá Mór, Gorumna Island is in Tír an Fhia, County Galway. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. The entrance has not been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.

The nearest settlement is Tír an Fhia, 1.9 km south-east of the beach. The register records no parking here. Getting to the town is not getting to the beach, so the journey below is worked out to the beach itself and the last stretch on foot is measured rather than left out.

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The nearest scheduled stop is Bun an Charnáin (533581), 1.6 km away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at An Trá Mór, Gorumna Island?

An Trá Mór, Gorumna Island is on the EPA's list but is not one of the waters it tests, so the State works out no grade for it and none exists. Nothing here says the water is clean or dirty, because nobody has published either.

Is swimming restricted at An Trá Mór, Gorumna Island?

The register leaves this blank for An Trá Mór, Gorumna Island, which it does for the 89 waters it does not monitor. A blank is not a no. Check with Galway County Council.

Does An Trá Mór, Gorumna Island have a Blue Flag?

No. A beach without one can still have excellent water: the Blue Flag also asks for facilities, lifeguards and information boards, which a quiet strand may not have.

Is there a lifeguard at An Trá Mór, Gorumna Island?

No. The register records no lifeguard here, so nobody is watching the water.

How do you get to An Trá Mór, Gorumna Island without a car?

The nearest stop in the national timetable is Bun an Charnáin, 1.6 km from the beach in a straight line, and bus 424 call there, run by Bus Éireann. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways, and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you pick. Where no footway joins the stop to the beach it says so rather than making a number up.

Where does this come from?

The Environmental Protection Agency's list of places people swim, which it calls the bathing water register, read on 2026-09-20, where this record was last changed on 2023-09-16. Water quality, awards, lifeguards and facilities are the EPA's own fields, and a field it leaves blank is shown as not recorded rather than as a no. The distance to the nearest town is this site's own measurement, in a straight line.

Water quality, awards, lifeguards, toilets, parking and access are the Environmental Protection Agency’s own fields, from its bathing water register, read 2026-09-20. The classification covers four years of sampling and is not a reading for today: after heavy rain the water can be worse than the classification suggests, and the EPA and the local authority post notices when it is. Positions are the EPA’s grid references, projected to latitude and longitude. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable.

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