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07th Apr 2017

It’s Official: These Are The Areas In Ireland Where You’ll Get The Most Sun

Sarah

Ireland and the word sun don’t usually go hand in hand, but bear with us – apparently there actually are areas in this grey little isle where you can stock up on your Vitamin D via those sunny rays.

A new study from Trinity College Dublin found that despite popular belief that the sun in Ireland isn’t strong enough in the winter to provide us with all the vit D that we need, certain areas are actually complete sun traps.

For such a small country, the difference in sun levels from coast to coast is huge, with a disparity in UVB between the North and South of the country – levels were 19% higher yearly UVB in Mizen head than Malin head.

Here’s the full scale of all the sunniest areas:

Sun Ray

Jaysis, Cork bai? We’ll be moving there for a bitta tanning so.

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