Keem Bay is a perfect horseshoe bay containing one of Achill's many Blue Flag
beaches at the head of a valley between the cliffs of Benmore to the west and
Croaghaun mountain on the east.

The bay was traditionally used by fishermen on Achill Island and is almost
certainly the location of the artist Paul Henry's famous painting
'Launching the Currach' (1910, on display in the National Gallery of Ireland).