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County Mayo

Silver Strand Louisburgh

Silver Strand Louisburgh is on the EPA's list of places people swim, though not one of the waters it tests in County Mayo, 8.1 km north-east of Tully. The State does not test the water here, so there is no grade. The register records toilets, parking, bins and a lifebuoy. It leaves 2 of the questions on this page unanswered, and those are shown as not recorded rather than as a no.

No
Blue Flag
No
lifeguard
8.1 km
from Tully
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 Mayo
Managed by
Mayo County Council
Nearest town
Tully, 8.1 km north-east of it, in a straight line
From that town
60.2 km by road, about 65 min driving
Lifeguard
No
Toilets
Yes
Parking
Yes
Access
No
Dogs
Dogs not allowed on beach during the bathing season (1st June to 15th September) between the hours of 12pm and 6.30pm
Cars on the beach
No
Public transport
No
Protected area
Recorded as a natural sensitive area
Position
53.6475° N, 9.8888° W
Record changed
2024-05-02
beach mayo
beach mayo·NTF30, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
beach mayo·NTF30, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Silver Strand below Mweelrea
Silver Strand below Mweelrea·Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Silver Strand below Mweelrea·Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What the EPA says about it

Silver Strand beach is located approximately 21km south of Louisburgh town. It is a large sandy beach with a gentle slope approximately 400m in length and situated in a sheltered inlet to the west of the foothills of Mweelrea Mountains. Silver Strand beach forms part of the Mweelrea/Sheefry/Erriff Complex Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and proposed Natural Heritage Area (pNHA). The site was selected for the wise range of habitats it supports including blanket bog, lagoons, machair, decalcified dunes and springs which are all priority habitats under Annex I of the EU Habitats Directive. It also supports populations of rare and threatened plant species. Activities include walking, fishing, swimming and windsurfing.

Where it is

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Silver Strand Louisburgh is in Tully, 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 Tully, 8.1 km north-east 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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No scheduled stop was found within 2.5 km of Silver Strand Louisburgh. On-demand services may not be included.

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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Silver Strand Louisburgh?
Silver Strand Louisburgh 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 Silver Strand Louisburgh?
The register leaves this blank for Silver Strand Louisburgh, which it does for the 89 waters it does not monitor. A blank is not a no. Check with Mayo County Council.
Does Silver Strand 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 Silver Strand Louisburgh?
No. The register records no lifeguard here, so nobody is watching the water.
How do you get to Silver Strand Louisburgh without a car?
No stop in the national timetable is within two and a half kilometres of Silver Strand Louisburgh. That is what the published timetable holds rather than a statement that nothing goes near: services that run on demand, and routes that file no schedule, are not in the feed at all.
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 2024-05-02. 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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