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The Growth of Tourism in Bundoran
19th century travel writers provide some of the best accounts of Bundoran‘s history from this period. In 1826, John Scott travelled through the area. His party made Bundoran their base for excursions into the surrounding area. They hunted in the Dartry Mountains, sailed in Donegal Bay, bathed on the beaches and fished in the surrounding…
Nostalgic weekend for Bundoran Railway Festival
Nostalgia was the name of the game this past weekend in Bundoran as many gathered to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the closure of the Great Northern Railway on September 30th 1957. A number of events were held in various venues throughout the town to remember this time in the town’s history and included exhibitions,…
Unique Christmas Concert to take place in Bundoran
A juggernaut of local talent will descend on the Eclipse Cinema on Friay 15th December to take part in a unique Christmas Concert which will see the launch of a Christmas single to benefit North West Hospice and also to raise funds for the Bundoran Community Music Project. The Bel Canto Choir, Cór Creevy and…
Bundoran Christmas Concert this Friday!
In what has become something of local tradition, this Friday, December 4th will see the premiere of the Bundoran Community Christmas Concert. The aim of the concert is to raise funds for Bundoran Community Centre and to support the great work it does. This year for obvious reasons it is online but in keeping with…
Local musicians lining up for online Bundoran St Patrick’s Day celebration
A host of local musicians are lined up to take part in the special St Patrick’s Day celebration broadcast which will air on the Discover Bundoran Facebook page on March 17th in place of a real life parade through the seaside town. The special broadcast will kick off at 3pm (Irish time) and will feature…
Bundoran to feature on RTE’s The Records Show
This Sunday Oct 22nd at 6.30pm Katie Hannon comes to Bundoran to meet with Brian Mc Eniff, from the Mc Eniff Hoteliers, founders of the Holyrood and Hamilton hotels in Bundoran to find out more about the Irish tourism industry in the 1950s to 70s. Katie discusses Bord Failte Tourism documents from the 1970s about…