Have you visited the incredible Irish beach of Portnoo in Donegal on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way?
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- We’re in beautiful County Donegal again and visiting the amazing Portnoo Beach, surely one of Ireland’s most beautiful, even in the middle of winter.
It is nestled in the sheltered Dunmore Head.
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On entering the beach you get a feel for this unique geographical location. Ahead of us is Gweebarra Bay with Inishkeel Island sitting out in the water ahead of us. This landmass is reachable on foot at low tide. Low tide offers you an hour-long window to reach the island on foot, but you’d need to be sure you check the time of the tide before venturing out. If you do manage to get out to the island you’ll find the ruins of a 6th Century Christian church there.
As I mentioned, this is winter time in Ireland, but while the skies are overcast I think you’ll agree that the beach is still very beautiful. And of course it’s always great not to have to share the beach with too many other people.
The beach is just a 10 min drive from Ardara and 30 mins from the fishing port of Killybegs, which we visited in another Naked Ireland film. Nearby Narin village has parking, shops, bars and restaurants. There are also caravan sites in the vicinity as well as a the beautiful Narin and Portnoo links golf course.
As you can see it’s a lovely sandy beach, in fact it’s a strand that stretches for 2km and is backed by sand dunes.
Because of the beach’s sheltered position it is good for swimming, but remember this is the Atlantic Ocean, so you do have to take care. There’s lifeguards on duty here between 12 and 6.30 during July and Aug, but be cautious outside of those months. It’s one of Donegal’s many blue flag beaches, which means that you can count on the water quality here being very high. Donegal is of course famous for its beaches, and we’ve visited quite a few of them now: Fintra Beach, Marble Hill Strand, Knockalla Beach and don’t forget to check out the secret Donegal Beach that we also visited.
If you have a favourite Donegal beach, be sure and let me know in the comments, it might prompt a visit. It’s always great to be able to share these fantastic places with everyone.
What an amazing beach, it’s breathtaking and beautiful. Blows the cobwebs away on a winters day
It’s a cracker!
Living in co. Donegal I’m spoiled for choice… Impossible to say what is my favorite beach. There are simply too many breathtaking places!
You’re absolutely right Frits, Donegal is so amazing when it comes to beaches!!
A lovely stunning area pity you didndo it on a sunny day , the drive you took over looking the beach is breathtaking. It gets quite a few on a sunny day which is very strange for a donegal beach . Countless amazing beahes which you can have to yourself
Thanks Shane. Yes it’s a fantastic beach, but as you say it’s quite popular. Though as you know there’s lots of great beaches to choose from, many of which I’ve made films of. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Thanks Greg ☺
I've known that Donegal has it's own charm & beauty (& famous for Anna from Buncrana lol!) so congrats on showcasing Portnoo very well in this video, which incidentally is a new beach to me!
I've never set foot in the counties of Donegal, Sligo & Leitrim, the only ones in the Republic of Ireland left for me to visit, but probably because they're at the opposite end of the island from Kilkenny.
Have a truly beautiful Christmas my friend, Nollaig Shona! 🤗🎅🎄🦌🦃☃
Hi Rue, you should get up to Donegal, there’s some outstanding places waiting for you to vlog on! Nollaig Shona duit!
@@nakedireland Someday Greg, someday *sigh*, although I've sort of lost my mojo when vlogging in Ireland at the moment as familiarity breeds contempt (but in a nice way) as they say!
In any case I've still loads of footage to sift through for a few more vlogs of Bangladesh at least 😊
I’m sure you’ll keep yourself busy with the editing! But you should go to Donegal and leave the camera at home - you won’t regret it!
Another great video, thanks.
Not sure if you had video dediacted to Westport or plan to shoot one?
I really wanna shoot Westport and, I’m particular, Matt Molloy’s pub.