Irish beach washed away 33 years ago reappears overnight
Team Udayavani, Jun 18, 2017, 11:15 AM IST
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.
But after a freak tide around Easter this year, hundreds of tons of sand were deposited around the area where the beach once stood, recreating the old 300-metre stretch of golden sand.
Sean Molloy, manager at Achill Tourism, said local people were delighted to have the beach back.
Recalling the events of 1984, he said: “Some big storms destroyed the beach. It was completely washed away and 1984 was the last time the beach was there.
“Then in April we had that cold snap over Easter and the wind was coming from the north. It was steady and must have transported sand in from elsewhere.”
Alan Gielty, who runs a local restaurant, said the reformed beach was attracting a new influx of tourists.
“We have a beautiful little village as it is, but it is great to look out and see this beautiful beach instead of just rocks,” he said. “Since people have seen the news of the beach, we have had plenty more visitors from the middle of the country.”
Achill is a remote, rugged and unspoiled island in the west of Ireland. Its most famous inhabitant was Heinrich Böll, the German anti-Nazi Nobel prize-winning writer, who lived there in the 1950s and 60s.
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