Tag Archives: Seaside

Salthill, Galway On A Sunny Day

Took these a few months back while walking on the Salthill Prom, Galway and it must be said Salthill was looking its very best that day.

Dinghy Sailing Galway

Galway Sailsports Club

Galway Sailsports Club

It’s been a summer of dinghy sailing so far. I have joined a new sailsports club based at the harbour in Galway. Galway Sailsports Club has been set up to cater for three sports, Dinghy Sailing, Kite Surfing and Sail boarding. The location is excellent and we sail twice a week on Thursdays and Saturdays. We have been sailing just off Ballyloughane beach some evenings. I’m delighted that there is sailing so close to the city; I always had a feeling that the local resources were being underutilised. Only issue I have with sailing is that you need a lot of gear necessitating me to use the car more than I’d like. Next stop Amazon to get large panniers for the bike….

Low Tide At Ballyloughane Beach Galway – Hare Island

At the beach and tide is so low you can walk over to Hare Island. I had seen on google maps that there looked like a walkway to the island below the water but I had never seen it before. Tide has been out for an hour now so will not walk out in case tide comes in and I get stuck out there! If I was a kid I’d say what an adventure it would be. Looks like there are oyster catchers among the rocks. Not seen any for a good few months round here. Must look up their habits. Too dull for pictures of the birds.


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* A handy app for your iPhone is Marine Day Tides so you can tell when high and low tide is.
* This is the google map where you can see the walkway to the Island from above.
* This is the link to an article I found about Tadhg Seoighe, a Ballyloughane man of note, who, in later life, wrote stories mostly in Irish based on memories of the past and local folklore.

Ballyloughane Beach, Galway, Ireland


I had a lovely lunchtime not too long ago wandering about Ballyloughane Beach, Galway, Ireland, taking pictures. These first two pictures are of the undisturbed sand just after the tide went out. The rest of the pictures are of Lugworm casts. To me the Lugworm casts and the sand they erupted from seemed to create some sort of alien landscape. I was fascinated by the thought that this landscape would exist like this for such a short time, it would not be too long before people, dogs and possibly even horses would leave their mark on the sand too and then the tide would rise again and wipe the slate clean.
Ballyloughane is a really great beach very near the city. It is a popular spot for joggers, power walkers, dog walkers, families and older folk who simply sit in their cars just looking out over Galway Bay. I have even seen guys in office attire down there after work picking shellfish, presumably, for a romantic dinner when they get home. Not being a big fish eater I have not tried it myself but it definitely appeals to the romantic in you!