Irish Beach Lost to Ocean 12 years ago Reappears ‘Overnight’
So much for sea level rises! Another vanished beach has just appeared on Achill Island, reports Irish Central. Dooagh Beach’s re-emergence led to worldwide attention and now Ashleam Bay has a sandy strand too.
The County Mayo island on the Wild Atlantic Way made international headlines back in May after the sea retreated to reveal the pristine sandy white Dooagh Beach that locals had not seen for 33 years.
12 television crews made the trip out to Ireland’s largest offshore island and an estimated 1.16 billion people read about the story online. Now, a similar phenomenon has happened at Ashleam Bay, where the Atlantic usually crashes against hard rocks and pebbles, but is now lapping up against soft, wet sand.
Local man Malcolm Cooney visits the cove every day and said, “Folklore says the sand comes in once every seven years, it has been roughly 12 years since it was last in.
“The last time the sand was in, it only lasted a year. And before that the last time the sand was in was many, many years.
“I was a young child and it just created some great memories. And I was always bringing down my own children and they’ve never seen the sand. I’m looking forward to them having the same memories as I have growing up.”
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