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Murder Hole Beach

Coordinates: 55°14′16″N 7°48′27″W / 55.23778°N 7.80750°W / 55.23778; -7.80750
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View of Murder Hole Beach from Rough Island, a tidal island

Boyeeghter Strand[1] or Boyeeghter Bay, commonly known as Murder Hole Beach, is a beach situated on the Melmore head peninsula beside Downings in County Donegal, Ireland. It has cliffs, hills, dunes, and small caves. The area is undeveloped with no road access.[2] When the tide is in there are two beaches, which merge into one, when the tide is out.[3] There is a small tidal island roughly 15 meters from the shore, called Rough Island.

Etymology

The official name of the beach, Boyeeghter Strand, derives from the Irish Trá Bhá Íochtair meaning the strand of the lower (or northern) bay.[1]

The common name of the beach, Murder Hole Beach, is rumoured to originate from the 1800s, when a young woman reputedly fell from a cliff near the beach. Other reports suggest that the name is derived from how the dangerous currents make swimming perilous.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Trá Bhá Íochtair / Boyeeghter Srand". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. ^ "WATCH: Murder Hole - Ireland's most mysterious secret beach". Independent.ie. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Boyeeghter Bay". thewildatlanticway.com. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Watch: Donegal's Murder Hole Crowned Ireland's Top Hidden Beach". donegalwoman.ie. Retrieved 25 September 2019.

55°14′16″N 7°48′27″W / 55.23778°N 7.80750°W / 55.23778; -7.80750


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