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AFTER VANISHING FOR over a decade, a beach on Mayo’s Achill Island has made a remarkable reappearance.
The return of the beach at Ashleam Bay is expected to provide a major boost to tourism in the area.
Situated along the Wild Atlantic Way, the beach at Ashleam joins another beach to have recently returned at Dooagh.
The scenic location of the Ashleam beach will draw in visitors to the area, Achill Tourism manager Sean Molloy said.
He told RTÉ’s Ray D’Arcy Show: “Anyone who’s been to Achill has been on the Atlantic drive… Just in that bay there, people would be familiar with a rocky coast.
It started to happen a few weeks ago. It’s building up and building up over the past few days. I can’t really say what has brought this back other than stormy weather.
The beaches originally disappeared due to the strong winds and high tides on the Atlantic coastal region, and it is most likely due to stormy weather that it has come back, he said.
“People were telling us the beach at Ashleam comes back every seven years,” Molloy said. “I didn’t really believe them.”
The new beach is the only west-facing beach on the island, and Molloy added that it would be the best place in Europe to watch the last sunset of the year on New Year’s Eve.
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Great news. Before and after pictures would be nice
Headline by the Craggy Island Gazette
@Jim W: Come back to us when you get a bit of intelligence
@Frankie Shanley: Lighten up.
@Frankie Shanley: Come back when you get a sense of humour.
The only beach to win at hide and seek.
Kenny fecks off the Mayo beach returns…strange coincidence.
Global cooling?
That’s mad Ted.
The prodigal beach.
That’s great news. Wondering is the House of Prayer still in operation in achill.? Haven’t heard about it in ages.
@C_O’S: no it’s not. Your one made a runner with all the cash. Now, she lives in her big mansion with her Cctv. Disgraceful.
@Nurse on call: that news to me. That story was well and truly put to bed by church and state. Or brushed under the carpet.
Sometimes life’s a ,beach.
Easy come, easy go….
Mistake was telling Ray Darcy show least amount of exposure pure waste of licence fee he is !
The Wild Atlantic Way is magnificent, however there exists in Ireland a beautiful south & south east coast with equally magnificent scenery , beaches etc not to mention the east & north east coast’s. Ireland Tourism should sell Ireland, not parts off. One would assume RTE presenters are on their own mission when promting the West but wake up to the charms of the East.
Looks about enticing as a nude beach in Iceland.?
Very hard to launch a boat from there….no pier etc
Swell looks decent. Must try a surf there.
But the place does be busy with Christina Gallagher’s place on that island? Doesn’t it?
Absolutely beautiful beech, deserves a film!
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