(first published in the H&E April 2021 edition) Supreme moments Being naked is so natural for me, whether knocking about the house or being out and about, with limitations of course. Like many I’ve enjoyed being naked at events, clubs, swims, beaches and free range naturism. By and large being naked has always been enjoyable […]
Category Archives: Beaches
Reviews and personal experiences on beaches
02
Oct
Oct
“Were you here for the last full moon?”, one of the regular nudist swimmers at White Rock (Dalkey, Co. Dublin) asked me one day. No, I wasn’t but it sounded intriguing enough to want to find out more. So far I had organised events for winter and summer solstice, spring and fall equinox, a Lughnasadh […]
17
Sep
Sep
Solitude is good. To be at one with nature is also good. And I want to share with you three spots where I can embrace both. The coastline of Donegal is peppered with small beaches, mostly sandy and not always known or accessible. I have found one such, which I have used as my twilight […]
11
Sep
Sep
Prison Cove: 51.5507395, -9.0976209 Prison Cove or Reenogrena bay near Glandore in Co. Cork has been used by naturists in West Cork for a number of years. This is a very Stoney beach but also very secluded place to swim and relax. One would need to use googlemaps as the roads are narrow and the […]
26
Aug
Aug
Coastal Bodies Tour 2020 – Shedding the shame, by artist Ciara Patricia Langan The Coastal Bodies Tour started in 2019 as a response to an awareness of a problem within Irish society on how we feel about our naked body. The tour aims to document all coastal counties of the Island of Ireland . These […]
03
Aug
Aug
White Rock Beach GPS coordinates: 53.267261, -6.106309 Just a 5 minute walk up the Vico Road from Hawk Cliff, a path leads down to White Rock beach, a beautiful sandy beach that offers safe nude bathing. Naturists regularly bathe at the extremities of White Rock beach. Strong swimmers can be observed carefully swimming to Hawk […]
21
Jul
Jul
On Sunday 21 June 2020 Ireland was still under covid19-related local travel restrictions, so our annual summer solstice celebration had to be limited to a small group of local naturists. Naked qigong on the beach was a new activity for Irish Naturist Association but it was entusiastically received by our members. With the lifting of […]
12
Jun
Jun
Puppy’s Cove, by An Taiscéalaí Nochtach For our next outing, we decided to visit South Connemara. So we decided to head to the beautiful, picturesque village of Roundstone. I had read articles on how stunning the beaches were in Roundstone but nothing prepared is for the amazing experience. It is a natural haven. Taking the […]