Brittas Bay

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Brittas Bay in County Wicklow, Ireland is a 4km stretch of beach which is famous as it is the closest beach to Dublin and therefore is the most frequented beach by residents of the capital of Ireland during the summer.

Brittas, as it is commonly known (although this does clash with another place in Wicklow which is actually called Brittas), has been a summer holiday home for Dubliners since the second half of the 20th century. It brings together a mix of permanent residents and people who come down on sunny days to relax on the beach.

The busiest time of year in Brittas Bay is the public holiday on the first weekend in August (the August Bank Holiday) which brings hundreds of people down from Dublin to camp on the beach or in the dunes. There are often incidents over this weekend as the community and the authorities do not have sufficient numbers to cope with the melee of people from Dublin. Often during this weekend the permanent sites like Stauntons, O'Driscoll's, Ballinacarrig and Meadowfields are required to hire security in order to prevent intoxicated youths from causing damage to their properties.

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• Wicklow Irelands premier resource on the beautiful county of Wicklow.