Beaches
in Ireland.
Explore beaches across Ireland. Search for a name, choose a county or find the places closest to you, with practical details on each place page.
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442
places in this collection
21
counties to explore
485
towns with places nearby
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Beaches across Ireland
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Explore by town or city 24 starting points
Towns with the most places nearby. A place can appear near more than one town.
- UnionhallCounty Cork57
- CastletownshendCounty Cork55
- SkibbereenCounty Cork54
- GlandoreCounty Cork47
- LeapCounty Cork46
- RosscarberyCounty Cork37
- BaltimoreCounty Cork29
- Dunmore EastCounty Waterford23
- KilcoeCounty Cork22
- CrookeCounty Waterford22
- DuncannonCounty Wexford21
- FethardCounty Wexford21
- SladeCounty Wexford21
- RathbarryCounty Cork20
- Passage EastCounty Waterford20
- ArthurstownCounty Wexford19
- RamsgrangeCounty Wexford19
- SuttonCounty Dublin19
- BallyhackCounty Wexford18
- SaltmillsCounty Wexford18
- PortmarnockCounty Dublin18
- SchullCounty Cork17
- Dún LaoghaireCounty Dublin17
- HowthCounty Dublin17
Local places.
A clearer picture.
County collections include places near their towns and villages, sometimes across a boundary. Each place counts once in the national collection.
How MyMap worksHow many beaches are there in Ireland?
OpenStreetMap records 442 in the Republic, across 21 counties. That is how many the map has, which is not the same as how many there are: anything nobody has mapped is missing, and anyone can add it.
Which county has the most beaches?
Cork, with 137, then Donegal with 57.
Do the county figures add up to 442?
No, and they are not meant to. A beach belongs to every settlement within twelve kilometres of it, so one near a county line is counted in both counties: 66 of them are. The figure in the heading counts each record once.
Which town has the most beaches near it?
Unionhall in County Cork, with 57 within twelve kilometres. That is what is near the town, not what is inside it.
Where does this come from?
The places and counts in this directory are based on OpenStreetMap records. Of 442 records in this category, 1 include opening hours, 0 include a phone number and 17 include a website. Individual place pages may add sourced visiting information. Check the venue for current details.