Mayo beach named the best 'wild swimming spot' in Ireland and Britain

Keem Bay is a blue flag beach and was formerly the site of a basking shark fishery. Picture: Seán Molloy

Keem Bay, in Achill Island in Co Mayo, has been named the best "wild swimming spot" in Ireland and Britain

Five other spots in Ireland featured in the top 20, including Trá an Dóilín (Coral Strand) and Dog's Bay in Connemara which came in sixth and 13th, Doeey Beach in Co Donegal (9th), Curracloe in Co Wexford (12th) and Enniscrone Beach in Co Sligo (4th).