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Those entering County
Donegal from Sligo will first meet Bundoran one of Ireland’s leading
seaside resorts. This town has a lovely situation on the shore of
Donegal Bay, backed by mountains. It is very popular with families,
having a wide range of outdoor and indoor activities including a
fine beach. The name Bundoran (from bun dobhráin, meaning the place
where a little stream of water enters the sea, i.e. the inlet near
the Allingham Hotel) was first used in print in 1777. At that time
there were two separate villages - Bundoran which referred to what
is today called the West End, and Single Street, about a mile away
towards Ballyshannon. Well into the second half of the nineteenth
century the two villages were separate, with the original Bundoran
remaining a small and genteel watering hole for the better off,
centred around ‘Bundoran Lodge’, a summer house built by Viscount
Enniskillen. Viscount Enniskillen’s summer house was similar to
those which had become very popular on the south coast of England. |
Bundoran Holiday Homes - Donegal, Ireland