Dog's Bay

Roundstone, Connemara · 🇮🇪 Ireland

A dazzling horseshoe of pure white shell sand and turquoise water, a slice of the tropics on Connemara's wild coast.

Sea temperature

~15°C in the warm season

Water

Clear pale turquoise

Sand

Brilliant white shell sand

Swimming

Cold but clear and sheltered on the near-enclosed bay

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

A back-to-back white-sand bay of pure ground shell in wild Connemara

Beach type

Tropical & turquoise

Region

Europe

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