The sauna scene: Take in the hottest views of Ireland 

With outdoor saunas popping up all over Ireland in the last five years, Mimi Murray chats to two couples at the coalface of the warm wellness sensation

Ballynahinch Castle's sauna offers outdoor lake views in the heart of Connemara.

Megan Gayda and Cillian Ryan set up a mobile sauna (@blazeitsauna) at Mullaghmore Pier in Co Sligo on Saint Patrick’s Day 2024. Situated in a pocket of pure idyll, the small sauna looks onto the Dartry Mountains and is encircled by Atlantic waters as well as the pretty Sligo village where you can eat 99s with legs dangling from the pier on a summer’s day. 

Megan Gayda and Cillian Ryan with their mobile sauna (@blazeitsauna) at Mullaghmore Pier in Co Sligo.