Na Sceirí: Discover the beach, art and mills

Na Sceirí, also known as Skerries, combines coastal experiences with art, local history and a special insight into a historic mill. You can focus your stay on beach walks, discover an art trail or see how a waterwheel works on a guided tour. These different highlights give you practical points to consider when choosing where to stay and which holiday rental to book.

Beach and coastal paths

Skerries South Beach is 2.5 kilometres long, and you can take a walk there in the evening by the Irish Sea. Skerries South Strand is a 2-kilometre-long sandy beach with an esplanade and coastal path. South Strand is a two-minute walk from Skerries and a 20-minute walk from Skerries railway station. If beach walks are important to your trip, you can take these location and walking-distance details into account when choosing where to stay. The coastal path and esplanade give South Strand its distinctive character, while evening walks at South Beach offer a direct connection to the Irish Sea.

The natural environment around Skerries is also part of its coastal character: the nearby area has ecological features, particularly ornithological ones. If you are interested in birds and nature, this gives you another reason to take in the surroundings, alongside the beach and sea.

Art and history in Skerries

St Patrick’s Way and Art Trail is an extended walking experience in Skerries. Map boards and information boards at key sights guide you along the route, which also includes an art trail. The experience thus combines walking with orientation and art. Five new public artworks have also been installed along Skerries’ seafront promenade. If you enjoy discovering public art during your stay, you can include these works and the art trail as separate themes in your itinerary.

The Skerries Audio Guide tells the story of the town, its harbour and the offshore islands. It draws attention to several aspects of local history: the harbour, the town and the islands off the coast. Skerries Martello Tower also features a site-specific art installation with twelve screens. These examples offer different ways to discover Skerries—through stories about its history or through an installation created specifically for this location.

Experience Skerries Mills

Skerries Mills is on the Dublin Coastal Trail and offers a different focus from the beach and art. On a guided tour of the mills, visitors can grind grain themselves in the four-storey watermill and watch the waterwheel in operation. This gives visitors a vivid insight into milling: rather than simply looking at a building, they can experience individual stages of the work and see the wheel in motion. The Watermill Café serves scones, cakes, tarts and traybakes. Skerries Mills Farmers’ Market takes place every Saturday.

When planning your holiday, you can prioritise the interests that matter to you: the beach and coastal path, art and history, or the mills, guided tour and market. If you want to make the coast the focus of your stay, you can use Skerries South Strand and its walking distances as a guide. If you are particularly interested in crafts and the history of milling, Skerries Mills offers a specific subject to explore. A holiday rental in Na Sceirí is a good starting point for your search if you would like to plan your stay around experiences in Skerries.

Discover more places

If you’d like to expand your search to include other local pages, you can find Gormanston, Blanchardstown, Donabate, Sutton, Balbriggan, Howth, Lusk and Ballyboughal here.

For the main travel overview: County Fingal.