BUNDORAN
From Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)
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BUNDORAN.—A few miles distant from the town of Ballyshannon is the pretty village of Bundoran, near the mouth of the harbor. It is, says Mr. S. C. Hall, much frequented by sea-bathers, and is exceedingly healthy; the wide ocean immediately facing it, and a line of mountains inclosing it from harsh winds. It is the most attractive summer resort in the whole northwest of Ireland. The scenery of the locality is peculiar, the action of the sea having wrought the seacoast, as in other portions of the northern tempest-beaten coast, into strange forms. One of these, called the Fairy Bridge, is composed of an arch 24 feet in span, "with a perfectly formed and detached causeway 12 feet in breadth." All around the Donegal coast the cliffs and headlands are magnificently striking, where here and there as in the case of Bundoran, a quiet, pretty village is nestled on some sheltered bay or river.
Bundoran
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