Enniscrone Totally Explained

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Enniscrone – also spelt Inniscrone and, officially, Inishcrone (Inis Crabhann in Irish) – is a small seaside town in County Sligo, Ireland. A sandy beach, tourist campsite, and golf course all attract a large number of visitors. The Enniscrone area includes the localities of Muckduff, Lacken, Lackneslava, Frankfort, and Carrowhubbock South.

Enniscrone beach

   Enniscrone’s public sandy beach stretches over a long area of shoreline. It is split near the lower part of the village by a small crossable river, and is watched over by lifeguards in the busy summer period.
   Visitors generally stay in the holiday home estates which are mostly only occupied in summer. A large number of walkers use the full stretch to the mouth of the river Moy, at which point Bartra Island can be seen. The beach is used extensively by the population of the nearby town of Ballina, County Mayo.
   The ‘Valley of Diamonds’ is one of the hidden attractions along the beach; it's the largest of volcano-like compositions among the long-grassed sand dunes, the inside of which is a mostly sandy circler-like valley, it's located near the end of the beach.
   New county council restrictions limit road access to the beach, this measure was taken to comply with the regulations for Enniscrone's famous Blue Flag.

What does it have to offer?

3km of Blue flag beach is the main attraction, for walking, surfing etc. There are also Seaweed Baths and surfing schools. Several pubs, three butchers, many supermarkets, takeways and an aqua centre. Waterpoint, the pool/acqua centre is a popular spot with tourists. Also there's a pitch and putt course as well as a 27 hole golf course. The pier offers the chance to do a little fishing in the Atlantic and socialise with the locals.

Name

The majority of the local population know this village as Enniscrone (Inis Eascair Abhainn), though local school teachers and historians use the official name of Innishcrone and have always done so. Sligo County Council has neglected the official version in favour of 'Enniscrone' which appears on their website and at least one local newspaper doesn't use the official name. Locally, the road signs are one of the few places "Inniscrone" can be seen.
Up until the late 1970s the name Enniscrone was used by local teachers. It was wrongly taught as being a derivative of the Irish "Inis Escar Abhann" meaning the island on the sandbank in the river.
On May 30, 2006, Google lists only 667 entries for 'Inniscrone', and 862 for 'Inishcrone', while 'Enniscrone' has 212,000 entries. A search restricted to the website of Sligo County Council finds 343 for 'Enniscrone', and only one entry for each of the other terms.

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