County Mayo

Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh

Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh is one of the waters the EPA tests and grades in County Mayo, 1.3 km north-west of Louisburgh. The Environmental Protection Agency classified it sufficient for water quality for the 2025 season. The register records a lifeguard, toilets, parking, bins, recycling, a lifebuoy, first aid, an information board and a beach wheelchair.

Sufficient

water quality, 2025

Blue Flag

Yes

lifeguard

1.3 km

from Louisburgh

Water quality: Sufficient, 2025
Seasons before: 2024 Sufficient, 2023 Good, 2022 Good
Water testing: Tested by the EPA sampled through the season and given a water quality grade
Season restriction: None in place
Pollution after rain: Prone to short term pollution, closed 30 days last season
Awards: None
County: County Mayo
Managed by: Mayo County Council
Nearest town: Louisburgh, 1.3 km north-west of it, in a straight line
From that town: 1.8 km by road, about 3 min drivingor 2 km on foot, about 24 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard: Yes, hours not recorded
Toilets: Yes
Parking: Yes
Access: A beach wheelchair is available. Access ramp to the beach
Dogs: Dogs only allowed before 12pm and after 6.30pm during the bathing season (1st June to 15th September), otherwise allowed at all times onto beach.
Cars on the beach: No
Public transport: No
Protected area: Recorded as a natural sensitive area
Position: 53.7711° N, 9.8245° W
Record changed: 2026-04-08

Carrowmore Strand·Robert Ashby, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Carrowmore Strand·Robert Ashby, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Carrowmore Beach is a fine sandy beach consisting of a sandy dune area to the east. Swimming is prohibited towards the eastern end of the beach in the general area of Bunowen River and Tulin Beach. Carrowmore Strand forms part of the Cloghmoyle Dunes proposed National Heritage Area (pNHA) (Site Code 001483). Activities include swimming, surfing, windsurfing, sailing, canoeing, waterskiing, jet skiing, scuba-diving/snorkelling and fishing. The bathing water is approximately 0.3km2 in area. The medium and maximum water depth within the designated bathing water is 0.5m and 5.0m respectively depending on tides.

Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh is classified as achieving Sufficient Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh achieved a Sifficient Water Quality in 2024 and a Good Water Quality rating in 2023 and 2022. Annual water quality ratings are generally calculated using monitoring results over a four-year period and are assessed against stringent bacterial limits to protect bather health.

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Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh is in Louisburgh, County Mayo. 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 Louisburgh, 1.3 km north-west of the beach. The register records 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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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh?

The EPA classified it Sufficient for the 2025 season, which is worked out from four years of samples. Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh is classified as achieving Sufficient Water Quality in 2025 based on the assessment of bacteriological results for the period 2022 to 2025. Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh achieved a Sifficient Water Quality in 2024 and a Good Water Quality rating in 2023 and 2022. Annual water quality ratings are generally calculated using monitoring results over a four-year period and are assessed against stringent bacterial limits to protect bather health. A classification is a record of seasons that have finished; it is not a reading of the water today.

Is swimming restricted at Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh?

The register records no season-long restriction. That is about the season, not about today: a short notice after heavy rain would not appear here, and this water is recorded as prone to short term pollution. Check with Mayo County Council before swimming.

Does Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh 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 Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh?

The register records one, without giving hours. Outside those hours nobody is watching the water.

How do you get to Carrowmore Beach, Louisburgh without a car?

The nearest stop in the national timetable is Louisburgh, 1.3 km from the beach in a straight line, and bus 450 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 2026-04-08. 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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