Article 2NQAZ Irish beach washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight after freak tide

Irish beach washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight after freak tide

by
Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent
from on (#2NQAZ)

Villagers express delight after entire beach that vanished in Achill Island storms in 1984 turns back sands of time


An Irish beach that disappeared more than 30 years ago has returned to an island off the County Mayo coast.

The sand at Dooagh, Achill Island, was washed away by storms in 1984, leaving only rocks and rock pools.

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