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Dooagh
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Dooagh () is a village located on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. It is best known for the nearby Keem Bay, a Blue Flag beach.
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- Connacht
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- Éire / Ireland
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- 582
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Dooagh () is a village located on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. It is best known for the nearby Keem Bay, a Blue Flag beach.
==Dooagh beach== Between May 2017 and January 2019, Dooagh beach had of golden sand. Previously, the sand was completely washed away in a storm in 1984, leaving a rocky foreshore that remained until the sand was restored by an unusually high tide in April 2017. The new sandy beach was reported as causing an increase in tourism to the village. Dooagh beach washed away for a second time in early 2019.
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