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Ireland
Fifteen spots split between wild Atlantic coast and sheltered Dublin Bay.
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Regions
West-facing wave beaches — Brandon Bay in Kerry, Lahinch in Clare, Tullan Strand by Bundoran — take North Atlantic swell and peak through the shoulder months and winter storms, while Dublin's five city spots (Dollymount, Poolbeg, Sandymount, Burrow Beach) are tide-sensitive bay water reached by DART, no car required.
Mayo pairs flat tidal Mulranny against wave-beach Louisburgh, and Duncannon on the Hook Peninsula gives Wexford 300 metres of waist-deep water at mid tide.
It's a cold-water, drysuit country that rewards riders who plan around tide tables as much as forecasts.
How we count
- Places
- 3 towns and 8 single spots
- Beginners
- where a spot record says a beginner can ride; the Beginners page also asks for a school there, so it lists fewer
When to go
month by month, from the towns' own wind series
The windiest town in season each month: its share of windy days
Windiest single town in any month: Dublin, 73% of days in March, from the Burrow Beach (Sutton) series.
No place here is in season in June, so those months carry no figure rather than a zero.
How this is modelled
A weather model's cell over this place, not a station on it. Good for comparing places, weaker for one beach.
Which place is yours
Grouped by region, the most spots first
How this list is ordered
The places are in the order of how many spots each place holds. None of them carries a wind score: the atlas scores wind reliability one spot at a time, against a named weather station and the distance to it, and a place that groups several spots has no single station to stand behind one number.For wind by month, see When to go above.
Standalone spots
Single spots with no town of their own
By region
The country's regions, the most spots first
Best for
Pages that pick the places in Ireland for one kind of riding
Destinations
All 11 places, by name
Destinations
All 11 places, by name
Every place in the lists above, by name only, in the order the country guide keeps them.
Brandon Bay (Kerry)DublinRosses Point (Sligo)Tullan StrandDuncannonLahinchLouisburghMulrannyTramoreElly BayMagheraroarty
Visa & entry
Money
Insurance
Driving
Regulation
Calendar & costs
- St. Patrick's Day (17 March, fixed) drives up accommodation prices and crowds nationally.
- Irish bank holidays generally fall on Mondays, with moving dates, and can affect availability and pricing.
Kite bag rules for your airline
Flying into IrelandType the carrier you are flying: what it charges for a kite bag, and the year of the policy that says so.
Every carrier, with limits and what riders report at the counter →
Still being checked
We have not verified these yet — tell us if you know.
Show the 5 open questions
- What entry rules apply to US and UK passport holders arriving in Ireland?
- SIM/eSIM operators and coverage for the Kerry (Brandon Bay) and Sligo (Rosses Point) coastlines.
- Is the tap water safe in Ireland, what are the emergency numbers, and are any vaccines advised?
- Kite-specific and drone regulations for Ireland's coastline and any protected-area overlaps at Brandon Bay/Rosses Point.
- What do Ryanair and Aer Lingus charge for a kite bag to Ireland?
Not written yet
Nothing has been written about SIM & internet and Health for Ireland yet, so there is no section for them above. That is a gap in what we hold, not a sign that there is nothing to know.
Last updated September 2026