Rosses Point Beach
About Rosses Point Beach
Rosses Point is a Blue Flag beach on a scenic peninsula north of Sligo town, a sandy strand looking out to Coney Island, the Metal Man and Benbulben beyond. Lifeguarded in summer with safe, family-friendly swimming, it is a beautiful, popular beach in Yeats Country, with a championship golf links and the village close by.
Rosses Point in detail
Rosses Point has three sandy beaches — First, Second and Third — with gently shallow, family-friendly swimming, lifeguards in summer and showers and toilets at the strand. From the pier you can take a boat across to Coney Island or head out sea angling with Ewing's. Above the shore stands the Metal Man, a cast-iron navigation beacon in place since 1821, and the whole peninsula is steeped in Yeats associations; the house known as Elsinore looks out over the water. It is one of the loveliest corners of Yeats Country.
Nearby beaches
The line of stone pillars from Rosses Point marks the tidal crossing to Coney Island — and the pier boats are the safe way across when the tide is in.
Get directions to the car park
This opens the verified car-park pin — never the beach itself or a mid-route point.
📍 Get directions to the car park
Pin confirmed at 54.3078, -8.5718. Always verify the car park on arrival — access can change.
Map
Verified car-park pin.
Activity suitability
- Swimming — Safe
- Surfing — No surf
- Walking — Good walk (1–3km)
- Lifeguard (summer) — Yes
Facilities
- Toilets — Yes
- Car park — Free
- Lifeguard — Yes
- Not yet confirmed: Disabled access, Shower, Café nearby
Facilities confirmed from Sligo County Council and Fáilte Ireland Source.
Water quality
EPA classification: Excellent (latest annual bathing-water assessment). Always check beaches.ie for the current rating.
Where to stay nearby
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