Dog walks: Portmarnock beach

Another beach where we started to go often is Portmarnock beach.
Portmarnock is on the coast between Malahide and Baldoyle, approx 15 km from Dublin city centre.
There is a big public car park and the town is served by the No. 32B and No. 42 bus service from Dublin City Centre, with a bus stop right at the beach!

The beach is very big as  you can see on the map so if it's a sunny day and there are too many people it's not difficult to find a spot where you can let the dog off leash and don't annoy children or people walking there.

The Velvet Strand is a long sandy beach, approximately 5 km in length, consisting of a large sandy dune area.
It would be better to let the dog play on the beach and not on the dunes as I read we should protect the dunes from erosion.

Here the photos of yesterday walk with Buddy and Jago.
They met few friendly dogs and they had a lot of fun running in the water and playing with the ball!

Here the rules of dogs on Fingal beaches:

Dogs On Beaches - http://www.fingalcoco.ie/Environment/BeachesinFingal/DogsOnBeaches/
During the period 1st June to 31st August in any year persons shall be allowed bring a dog onto, or allow a dog under his or her control to remain on the beach/foreshore

(i) under adequate personal control, before the hours of 11.00am and after the hours of 6.00pm
(ii) to be on a leash in all Reserved Bathing Areas (as defined in Schedule 2) between the hours of 11.00am and 6.00pm.

Persons in charge of a dog on the beach shall ensure the following:
- It is on a leash or under adequate control
- It is not causing annoyance to any person using the beach or worrying, chasing, injuring or disturbing any animals, birds or other creatures on the beach
- Removal of its faeces and depositing it in a litter bin or other receptacle which may be designated for this purpose. (Guide dogs for the blind are exempt from this bye-law as also are dogs kept by An Garda Siochana and wholly used by a member of An Garda Siochana in the execution of his/her duty).
-  Every person bringing a dog onto the beach area shall be responsible and liable for any damage or injury to property or persons which may be caused by it.


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Dog walks - Malahide beach

One of the first Jago’s walk has been Malahide beach!

He was only a 3 months old puppy and it has been fantastic watching him enjoying and discovering the water!

Since then we are going to Malahide beach often.

Malahide village is 16 km from Dublin, on the North side.

I usually go by car, there is a free public parking with a lot of space.

The town is served also by the DART and some buses going there (42, 32 if I am not wrong).

There is a nice coastal walk from Malahide town to the beach, however you will need to keep the walk on leash because the path is near the road.

During the weekend if the weather is nice there could be many people on the beach, but there is a lot of space so I never had problem leaving Jago running free!

We always meet other dogs, so Jago can socialize and play with them!

He learnt swimming after a while, and now he really run into the water as soon as we arrive there.

He loves as well the sand dunes.

He starts walking, running, sniffing, hiding and discovering things around.

The funny thing is that after his swim he rolls in the sand... like a breaded dog!!

I will post later more information about Malahide and our review about Malahide park and Castle!

Have you been there? Do you have any suggestion / story to tell us?



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