Beach reappears 33 years after vanishing into Atlantic Ocean
A beach which disappeared 33 years ago from an island off the west coast of Ireland has reappeared. The 300-metre Dooagh beach on Achill Island vanished when storms washed away its sand in 1984, leaving only rocks and rock pools. Thousands of tonnes of sand were deposited above the rocky coastline following a freak tide around Easter, recreating the beach. 