Ireland’s top 10 beaches revealed for 2024 – the winner ‘feels like you’re out foreign’

A sandy paradise in Co Wexford wins ‘Ireland’s Best Beach’ in our Reader Travel Awards 2024

Walk the Raven Point loop at Curracloe beach, Co Wexford

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“The west coast has become over-hyped,” one Irish Independent reader has boldly noted, proclaiming Curracloe, Co Wexford, the best beach in Ireland for 2024.

“Yes, the west is best for surfers, adventure seekers and limit-pushers. But there’s a lot to be said for the casual beach-goer who loves to see nothing but endless sand in either direction, a horizon without obstacles and sand dunes to add a state of paradoxical enclosure.”