Vote for Cork's Best Beach in Round 2: Ballyrisode v Silver Strand

Calling all Corkonians, The Echo needs your help to crown Cork’s best beach.

Unlike the Irish summer we are having, things are heating up in our online Battle of the Beaches competition.

As part of The Echo’s Cork Coast series, we asked the experts at the People’s Republic of Cork website to compile their list of the best beaches in our county.

Now, it is up to you, our readers to help decide who will earn the title of Cork’s best beach.

The winning beach will be awarded with a plaque showcasing that is has been voted by the people of Cork as the best in the Rebel County.

Not to mention the bragging rights that comes with being named number one.

Cork is spoilt for choice when it comes to a trip to seaside, with countless beautiful beaches on our doorstep, many of them proudly boasting blue flags.

Many of us will have a favourite place to balm out on the sand or stick our toes into the cooling water: for some, it may be a place we have visited since childhood, for others it could be the nearest stretch of sand - some still may be happy to drive miles to their favourite.

In the first round of our competition, we saw 16 of Cork’s most well-known beaches go head-to-head.

From there we saw Heir Island, Garrylucas, Inchydoney, Barleycove, Ballyrisode, Silver Strand, The Warren and Red Barn emerge victorious and secured their place in the quarter finals of Battle of the Beaches.

In our latest poll, Ballyrisode will take on Silver Strand.

The vote is building up to August 5 when we will announce who has been named as Cork’s number one.

Want your favourite beach to win? Then head to Cork Lives on EchoLive.ie to have your say now.

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Cork has around 30 beaches, but which is the finest? As part of our Cork Coasts series, the People’s Republic of Cork have picked out their favourite 16.

They have concluded the countdown from No.16 to No.1 - and readers now get the chance to have their say.

You can read more on what the People's Republic of Cork had to say below: