Find Nearest Blue Flag in Galway

Blue Flag beaches in Galway, the Blue Flag award is a prestigious, international award scheme that aims to provide an assurance to tourists that a beach has met a minimum standard. To collect a Blue Flag any UK and Ireland beach must achieve the highest quality of water, facilities, safety, environmental education and management.

Below we list the current Galway beaches holding the Blue Flag award.

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Find Galway Dog Friendly Beaches

Heading to the Galway coast with your dog and not sure if they are allowed on any beaches?

This Galway list of dog friendly beaches will help in planning your next trip to the beach, beaches for dogs near Galway

Our Galway dog friendly beach list currently has no Galway beaches listed where dogs are allowed with 3 beaches that have some dog restrictions, and there are no beaches on which a full dog ban is in operation.

Galway dog friendly beaches Galway Beaches allowing dogs

We have no Galway beaches recorded that have no dog restrictions.

Galway beaches with dog restrictions Galway Beaches that have dog restrictions

This list shows 3 Galway beaches allowing dogs but with some restrictions. These restrictions could be a time of day, restricted zones, dogs to be kept on a lead or only allowed out of season. Check our beach information page for details of the restrictions in place.

  1. Cill Muirbhthe Kilmurvey Beach, Inishmore
  2. Silverstrand Beach, Galway Area
  3. Spiddal Beach, Spiddal

Galway Beaches that do not allow dogs Galway Beaches that do not allow dogs

We have no Galway beaches recorded that do not allow dogs at any time.

Galway Beaches that we have NO dog restriction information

This list shows 12 Galway beaches where we have no information on dog restrictions.

  1. Salthill Beach, Galway area
  2. Tramor Coil Rua Beach, Spiddal
  3. Traught Beach, Kinvara
  4. Dogs Bay Beach, Connemara
  5. Glassillaun Beach, Connemara
  6. Gurteen Bay Beach, Connemara
  7. Inisheer Beach, Inisheer
  8. Lettergesh Beach, Connemara
  9. Loughrea Lake Beach, Loughrea
  10. Coral Strand Beach, Connemara
  11. Portumna Beach, Portumna
  12. Tra Mhor Beach, Indreabhan

  13. If a Galway beach is not listed above then we have no information and you will have to check local beach information boards.

    Note that we try to keep this dog beach information up to date but restrictions are set by local councils and occasionally we may miss a change.