The 300 metre beach near the tiny village of Dooagh on Achill Island vanished in 1984 when storms stripped it of its sand, leaving nothing more than a series of rock pools. But after high spring tides last month, locals found that the Atlantic Ocean had returned the sand. A woman walks her dogs along Dooagh beach after a storm returned sand to it, 30 years after another storm had stripped all the sand off the beach, on Achill island, County Mayo, Ireland, May 5, 2017. Sean Molloy/Achill Tourism Via Reuters"It's enormously significant," Sean Molloy of Achill's tourism office told the Irish Times newspaper, recalling how the popular beach once sustained four hotels and a number of guesthouses on the west coast of the island of 2,600 people. "Achill already has five blue-flag beaches, so we are hoping that in time it will be awarded a sixth."

Source: bd News24 May 08, 2017 15:33 UTC