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Brittas Bay is one of the finest beaches on the East Coast and is the most popular beach around for day tripping Dubliners to get out of the city on a summer day. Brittas Bay has a 5km stretch of beautiful white sand dunes and clean beaches. This beach has won a European Union (EU) Blue Flag - the interntional emblem for the highest quality beach areas in Europe - for five consecutive years. With no headlands to interfere with the peaceful rhythm, it is ideal for bathing, sailing and walking. Brittas has a 2mile/3.2km stretch of powdery sand and sand dune system which is a designated area of significant interest. The dunes are home to many interesting wildlife species and plants, including a number of rare species.
Brittas - the word, which occurs in Brittas Bay, the County Wicklow seaside resort, and in several Irish place-names is a direct borrowing from the Old French bretesche meaning "brattice/boarding/planking". The word refers to wooden defences often associated with a motte or castle-mound of the Anglo-Norman period; the use of the word "brittas" in place-names implies that the mound in question is an Anglo-Norman motte, rather than a native Irish raised earthwork.
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