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Bundoran Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
Town and Country Homes are pleased to offer a selection of quality approved Bed and Breakfast accommodation in Bundoran, County Donegal. Our B&B's are all approved and value for money accommodation providers. After a day exploring County Donegal and Bundoran, our B&B hosts can assure you of a warm welcome and a relaxing stay. Whether you wish to stay in a town or in the country, we have a Bed and Breakfast to suit you in Bundoran, County Donegal.
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Bundoran, County Donegal
Bundoran (Bun Dobhráin in Irish) is a town on the coast of County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in Ireland. Attractions include a beach/seafront, golf course and swimming pool with slides. The town is located on the N15 road near Ballyshannon approximately 3 and a half hours drive from Dublin but this has decreased with the opening of a new inner relief road in Sligo.
Bundoran is popular for surfing, with a beach in the centre of town (Main Beach), and another beach, Tullan Strand, close by. The main beach has lifeguards on duty during the summer months. Tullan Strand has rip currents which make it unsafe for swimming, but it is a popular surfing beach during the summer, with bigger waves than in the town. Rossnowlagh, 15 minutes drive from Bundoran, is the safest beach for beginner surfers, with no rip currents and lifeguards on duty. There is a popular walk from Main Beach to Tullan strand around the cliffs called rougy walk. The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Realt na Mara. Its initial claim to fame was as a place of relaxation for the Ascendancy, and even into the early part of the 20th century was advertised as the Brighton of Ireland, in travel and tourist literature.
Bundoran, or as it is known in Irish Bun Dobhrain (which means the foot of the little water), was up until over a century ago, two separate villages. Bundoran was the village west of the bridge over the River Bradog. This area is now known as the West End. East of the bridge, around 2 kilometres away, was the village of Single Street. In between these two separate communities lay the historic townland of Drumacrin. The area of Drumcacrin is now part of what is today's town centre. It was only after the opening of the railway station in 1866, which was called Bundoran, that the two distinct communities developed and merged to what we known today as Bundoran.
The first official mention of Bundoran was in 1777 when Viscount Enniskillen built Bundoran Lodge, his summer residence. This building still exists to this day and is now known as Homefield House. The Viscount seems to have started a trend amongst his contemporaries as more and more of them discovered Bundoran and visited it to enjoy the seaside location and the associated health benefits.
With the advances in travel, in particular the railway, Bundoran's popularity spread across the class barriers. With the opening of the railway link to Belfast and onto Dublin more and more people from the east coast of Ireland discovered the appeal of Bundoran and returned year after year. It was during this period that Bundoran emerged as one of Ireland's most popular seaside resorts. Certainly by the end of the nineteenth-century, it had become one of the main seaside resorts in Ulster. Hotels and lodging houses started to spring up around the town. The best-known hotel and indeed one of Bundoran's best landmarks the Great Northern Hotel was constructed by the Great Northern Railway Company during this period.
Transport
In April 2006 the new 80 million euro Bundoran/Ballyshannon bypass rendered the resort more accessible for visitors who come there each summer. The Drowes River where the southern part of the bypass commences and which separates Leitrim and Donegal is also the demarcation point between the provinces of Connacht to the south and Ulster to the north. It was the largest major infrastructural development in the south of the county, since the inception of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland), which ran to Bundoran between 1866 and 1957. Bundoran railway station opened on 13 June 1866, but finally closed on 1 October 1957.The New Council Offices are now located on the site of the Bundoran Railway Station. Click here to book a B&B in Bundoran
Surfing
In recent times Bundoran has become synonymous with Irish surfing. Bundoran is unusual in that it has Surf breaks suitable for beginners and people looking to improve as well as world class surf for those who really know how to carve up the waves.
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