Barnyagappul
Strand is located on Achill Island, an island with a size of about 150
kmĀ² in the northwest of Ireland. In the nineteenth century large
amounts of seaweed was cultivated and harvested at this beach. In the
beginning, the seaweed was mainly used as fertilizer, later also as a
base for the production of iodine, glass, food supplements and cosmetic
products. But with increasing industrialization, fertilizers and other
substances could be produced more cheaply and easily, so that the
cultivation of seaweed became unprofitable. However, today small
quantities are cultivated again for natural food and cosmetic products.
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