A TOUR ROUND THE COUNTY BUNDORAN directed by the county manager Bundoran, lying in the valley and the Urban District Council between the majestic Leitrim with a town clerk and a town mountains a n d the Atlantic sur.veyor. An energetic and proOcean at the Southern end of gressive Tourist Development Donegal, is one of Ireland's pre- Association, on which are repremier holiday resorts. The indus- sented all the various interests try of catering for the thousands of the community, takes care of of tourists who flock there dur- those matters which are outside ing the four months of the seas- the scope of the local legislative on is a full 12 month's occupa-authority (i.e. anything to do tion for the permanent residents; with promoting the claims of the the other eight months being de- town as a tourist centre, developvoted t9 p1annin_g and prepar- ing and ex·panding the town's ing for the new season. The town private and pu'blic amenities and is in the happy position that it attractions, etc.). The Associahas few unemployed and, so, tion works in harmonious colittle thought is .given to the in~ operation with the District Coundustrial (in the ordinary sense cil. Between them, these two of the term) development of this :bodies have done a vast amount area. Thus with energies concen- to enhance the natural attracttra:ted on maintaining its place ions of the resort. as the foremost Irish watering .As befitting a community deplace it has not been left to na- pending on the tourist industry, ture-and nature ·has ib e e n hotels, guest house, cafes. rebountiful-to do everything for staurants, licensed premises, and Bundoran. amusement halls, of which there The water supply is excellent is .great variety, are everything having been aug.mented in .1935 that could be expected in a firstby the addition of a modem c:ass holiday, seaside town. water tower {capacity 100,000 Amusemen'ts and Recreationgallons) and an electrically d.riv. Under this heading a.re dancing, en filtration plant. Sanitation is swimming, golf, tennis, cinema, perfect. The town is lighted by and drama and variety, angling, the E.1S.B. and the public Hghts boating. Gaelic football and are so numerous and effective walking. For the swimmers there th:tt th~ town is reputed to be nre numerous nnturnl pools. and one of the best-lighted in the nn artifir.ial swimming l)ooJ, as Irish provinces. Local affairs are well as surf bathing on the beach 339.
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