#Bundoran

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1824 – Birth of poet, William Allingham, in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal.

William Allingham was a poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem ‘The Faeries’ was much anthologised; but he is better known for his posthumously published Diary, in which he records his lively encounters with Tennyson, Carlyle and other writers and artists. His wife, Helen Allingham, was a well-known watercolourist and illustrator. Working on an…

[zoe-jae-w]

Out In The Wild no.35 featuring The Realm in Bundoran.

A nice spot along the Wild Atlantic Way.

A lovely surfing spot that we stopped at to obviously not surf but to visit the fairy bridge and wishing chair. It was truly a magical feeling space, especially the wishing chair.

🇮🇪 The Fairy Bridge

🇮🇪 Wishing Chair

[skapkap]

It was such a nice evening!!

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Hello from the Wishing Chair in Bundoran, Ireland! 💫🪑🇮🇪

Legend says you are supposed to approach this stone chair with caution in order to not disrupt the powers of the chair. When making a wish, you are to gaze with respect the scenery around, make a wish and then when getting up, tap the chair twice to show your wish is a genuine one.

I honestly had to read the instructions on the board a few times because I didn’t want to mess up or have some powers following me if I did it wrong 😳 but I think I’m okay…I haven’t grown a tail or anything yet

What do you think I wished for? 🤔

[dakinewave2]

The Greenroom

Bundoran Ireland

[princeloww]

i have such a terribly, sloppy soft spot for rosalie garrity. this will probably seem extremely niche and very random, but i fell in love with her when she talked about taking robbie to bundoran. it's such a simple little thing, but it's so shockingly close to home for me - in a way TV shows usually aren't - that i can't help but always think about it when i think of her.

rosalie's actress is from just down the road from me. she's from where i'm from, pretty much - and, unlike most irish/northern irish characters in media, there's something so just... incredibly real about her. she's someone i know. she lives down the road.

the bundoran line particularly stuck with me, because it makes me think of long drives in my grandad's rented car, when he was still with us. it makes me think of running down the beach and breathing in the bundoran air. we rarely went. maybe only once or twice - but something about it stuck with me, and rosalie's simple bundoran line really brought that out in me.

it makes me think of school trips, down to water world and the seaside. that little park, just off the beach. i sat with my friends there, having lunch and laughing and enjoying life - when things were still much simpler and i had no notions of life at all.

it's so jarring for me to hear about places i have been in media. i imagine this might sound a bit funny, to people from places like england or america. you hear about those all the time. but here?? you just don't. you just don't, to the degree that this silly little simple line makes me so unbelievably happy.

i know what her trips to bundoran with robbie were like. i have lived them. and that's something about TOTA that I just love so, so much. It feels so down-to-earth and completely real. it doesn't feel like a television show, or a drama. it just feels real. real experiences, real lives, real everything.

and rosalie is just one part of the jigsaw, that makes this show so absolutely beautiful, in even the most mundane of ways. even in the simple one off lines, about a trip to bundoran.

[bonfire-at-the-crossroads]

Days begin very early now. Barnum goes into his act about 7:00 AM, and it’s time to hit the floor and gallop outdoors for the first dog-walk. It’s ALWAYS freezing rain…

This morning I told him the whole way up the road “Great idea Barn…we could all still be sleeping nice and warm in our beds - but you’re right. WHO would want to miss this? Grey skies, still dark, icy wind and rain down the back of my neck? You are a LEGEND. Thanks for this, it is awesome.”

He was not amused.

But early days push us to get moving and get stuff done. Many stops to make today, and as Murphy needs work to learn how to “car” - he allowed himself to be lured into the back seat with a lot of coaxing, and the leftover bone from last nights lamb stew.

Off we went over hill and dale- Manorhamilton, Sligo, Bundoran - with several errands in each.

Murphy slouched out of the car at the Sligo Pet Food store. We made it to the front door, but his past history set in and he dropped onto his belly, refusing to walk in. I can’t imagine what his former life was like - he seems terrified into some sort of submissive posture when confronted with doorways or moving from outside into a room…?

No pressure from me, just allowed him to come to grips with his fear, and learn that there was nothing that’s going to hurt him. He stood up, and we moved indoors. A nice lad who works there made a big fuss over him and told me “If you ever want to give him up - I WANT HIM” Murphy was fine with the patting and the stranger - so YAY.

We moved down one of the aisles, and he followed cautiously.

Bri was buying the bag of dogfood, and Murphy and I were standing by a bin filled with rawhide snacks. His nose started twitching, he stuck his snoot into the bin, and brought out a rawhide doughnut. He laid it onto the floor, and went back for another one.

He stretched out on the floor while I paid, happily munching his prize. I slipped the second doughnut into my pocket and we headed out to the parking lot, doughnut happily held in his teeth…up into the car, no problem - and he monched his way back home.

Murphy has always refused all offered treats, won’t even consider taking a snack from my hand - even as reward for “sit” “stay” or “NO” Murphy needed to be dragged into the car, and is terribly shy around people and dogs.

BUT

Today is a red-letter day. He had a long car ride (only threw up once) - met some nice people, and went shopping for his own treatos.

We are making progress !

[grootficguy]

I have the worst outward perception when I go to food places that aren’t Irish like in Bundoran one time I went to a burrito place and they asked me if I wanted a knife and fork so I can unfold the burrito like a fucking IDIOT. just there now on lunch i went to a sushi place and they asked me if i wanted to see a menu and I, White Saviour of Ireland, said no because i know what my sushi order is and i asked for tons of soy sauce which is apparently really bad bc you’re basically saying their sushi tastes assy AND SHE MADE ME STAND OUTSIDE. LIKE A SCHOOLBOY LIKE A FOOL!!! LIKE SOME KIND OF NOISY BOY!!!

[advertua]

Officially in... 3D Animation course #pulsecollege #griffithuniversity thank you for that effort #springboard (Bundoran) https://www.instagram.com/p/CodVbjPNEuD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[radiomaxmusic]

Feature LP / Screaming Orphans - Life in a Carnival (2019) / 7pm ET / 12-16-24

Screaming Orphans are a Pop and folk band from Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland. The band consists of the four Diver sisters – Joan, Angela, Gráinne and Marie Thérèse. The group combines their own original melodic old-school pop songs with a modern take on traditional Irish music and song, inherited from their family roots. They have released 14 albums and two EP’s: Happy Christmas Vol. 1,…

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1824 – Birth of poet, William Allingham, in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal.

William Allingham was a poet, diarist and editor. He wrote several volumes of lyric verse, and his poem ‘The Faeries’ was much anthologised; but he is better known for his posthumously published Diary, in which he records his lively encounters with Tennyson, Carlyle and other writers and artists. His wife, Helen Allingham, was a well-known watercolourist and illustrator. Working on an…

[profesorleniuch]

Moment numer 17. Irlandzka robota.

Ten wpis jest kontynuacją “Moment numer 16. Oczarowany Irlandią.”

Było super! Kolejne dni upływały na spacerach wzdłuż plaż, zwiedzania okolic Bundoranu, jednak nadeszła ta chwila gdy trzeba było powiedzieć, stop! Pora poszukać pracy. Z racji tego że angielski nie był moją mocną stroną, w zasadzie nie był żadną, nauczyłem się raptem kilkunastu podstawowych zwrotów i wyszedłem z domu w poszukiwaniu swojej pierwszej irlandzkiej pracy.

Bundoran to przygraniczna miejscowość turystyczna z raptem dwoma tysiącami mieszkańców. Jak na tak malutką miejscowość to pełno tu restauracji, b&b, hoteli, pubów. Pomyślałem uczciwie że przejdę i zapytam po restauracjach czy gdzieś nie potrzebują kogoś do pracy. W sumie swoją pierwszą pracę znalazłem w mniej niż 10 minut. Dokładnie pierwsze drzwi do których zapytałem i dostałem robotę. Miałem zacząć nazajutrz wieczorem. Po krótkim spacerze wróciłem do domu gdzie lekko przerażony a zarazem szczęśliwy sięgnąłem po rozmówki polsko - angielskie.

O 17 zaczynałem swoją pierwszą dniówkę w Marlboro House Restaurant. Na początku pokazano mi co mam robić, gdzie co jest a później już był tylko młyn. Tak! Weekend w restauracji to okres gdy właściciel zarabia krocie a załoga dostaje wycisk. Pamiętam jak wróciłem wtedy do domu, urobiony jakbym co najmniej przerzucił z 10 ton mokrego piachu. Wiedziałem że to praca tymczasowa. Jak na początek pieniądze były dobre. Płatności z mniejszą lub większą punktualnością ale były. Starałem się nie narzekać. Każdy płaci frycowe mówiłem sobie, pracując po kilkanaście godzin dziennie. Byłem szczęśliwy, choć też coraz częściej wracając padnięty do domu myślałem gdzie ruszyć za poważną pracą.

W zmianie pracy pomogła mi choroba, która rozłożyła mnie na prawie miesiąc, czyszcząc większość moich oszczędności. Pamiętam że bardzo się wtedy rozchorowałem, schudłem wtedy prawie 9 kilogramów. Wyglądałem jak cień człowieka. Gdy tylko mi się polepszyło, to zabrałem się za szlifowanie języka a szefowi kuchni w rozmowie telefonicznej powiedziałem że już nie wrócę do pracy na kuchni. W sumie po raz kolejny mocno zaryzykowałem gdyż nie miałem nagranej innej pracy, ale też wiedziałem że praca na zmywaku mimo że blisko i dająca zarobić nie jest tym czego szukam w życiu.

Zaryzykowałem to fakt! Ale ja już tak mam że wręcz obsesyjnie lubię ryzykować! Postawić wszystko na jedną kartę i mieć to genialne uczucie gdy grunt ucieka spod stóp. Wtedy czuję że przynajmniej coś się dzieje, jest ciśnienie żeby się zmobilizować. Dopiero pod presją ludzie poznają samych siebie.

Paradoksalnie po chorobie i zrezygnowaniu z pracy na zmywaku miałem czas, naprawdę sporo wolnego czasu. Od przyjaciółki dowiedziałem się że fabryka Belleek Pottery z sąsiedniej, oddalonej o 14 kilometrów miejscowości Belleek poszukuje pracowników. Pojechałem tam, z pomocą władającej biegle angielskim przyjaciółki wypełniłem aplikację. Zadzwonili żebym przyszedł na rozmowę.

Rozmowa była raczej ogólna, nic wielkiego. Podziękowali, powiedzieli że zadzwonią. Tak jasne! Zadzwonią! Też tak pomyślałem jak Ty teraz Czytelniku. Ale Irlandia to nie Polska, faktycznie zadzwonili. Zapytali kiedy chciałbym zacząć. Poprosiłem o tydzień czasu i zacząłem szykować się do nowej pracy. Tym razem w Irlandii Północnej. Dystans 14 kilometrów, ale to już inny kraj, inna waluta na wypłatę. Wszystko miało się zmienić.

Pamiętam dni kiedy miałem kiepsko z dojazdem do pracy, gdy nikt ze znajomych nie jechał w tamtym kierunku. Komunikacji na tej trasie nie było. Będąc zmuszonym iść w obie strony te 28 kilometrów nierzadko w deszczu, ponownie powtarzałem sobie w głowie że każdy płaci frycowe za zmiany. Cóż, trzeba przeboleć niedogodności, podnieść głowę do góry i robić swoje.

Belleek Pottery to fabryka porcelany. Bardzo pięknej, drogiej i ekskluzywnej porcelany. Na początku pracowałem przy produkcji i przy formach. Następnie wyszkolono mnie na lakiernika i grawera. W okresie świątecznym gdy mieliśmy ogrom zamówień pomagałem też na magazynie, ale tą pracę kochałem. Praca w fabryce z tradycjami, z genialnymi ludźmi, za fajne pieniądze i co najważniejsze była to praca dająca radość, czego więcej mógłbym chcieć. Pracując w Belleek Pottery czułem że coś tworzyłem i wiedziałem że już na zawsze będę częścią historii tej fabryki.

Życie pokazało po raz kolejny że ryzyko związane ze zmianami się opłaciło. Gdy się ryzykuje to często dostaje się w kość, ale wtedy trzeba zacisnąć zęby i czekać, aż los się uśmiechnie.

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Hello from the Fairy Bridges in Bundoran, Ireland! 🧚‍♂️🌊🇮🇪

Legend says that mortals are able to walk atop these mystical bridges no problem, but should avoid going under the bridges as that’s where the fairies gather. Some even say you can hear and see them if you get too close.

No problem, myths of Ireland. I’ll stay up here. The bridge is wide enough to cross, but my stomach got a little anxious as I’m afraid of heights and had a fear what if the bridge collapsed while I walked over it. There are records of this natural bridge dating back to the 1700s.

There is definitely an energy in this landscape. There was also a rainbow the same day I visited. And it’s full! I’ve never seen a full rainbow before.

Does anyone else think certain places have their own energy?

[jaydohertyphotography]

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[princeloww]

The line in Takin' Over the Asylum episode 5 where Rosalie is reminiscing about going to Bundoran over the summer with Robbie is so, so bittersweet to me - especially since Bundoran itself is so close to me and I have so many memories there. My granny and granda (before he passed) used to drive me and my brother there during the summer, and I remember sitting in the back and getting so excited when the beach came into sight.

I love all of Takin Over the Asylum, and I especially love Rosalie (although im a bit biased, with the whole Ireland thing), because she and the rest of these characters are just so HUMAN. They feel like real people with real lives and memories and feelings, and sharing those same fond memories of Bundoran that Rosalie does makes me feel such a weird, strong connection to that scene.

They are people who have been through hurt, have been discriminated against, and have suffered due to a stigma and lack of knowledge surrounding who they are. Yet they still smile and find joy in eachothers company and simple things like music and radio. THAT, the managing to find joy in simple things and sweet memories, is what makes these characters feel so close, real, and fundamentally human to me.

I'm not great at expressing my thoughts, but I just love how real the TOTA characters feel. They are so comforting to me, and I love them a weird amount.

"There used to be this bed and breakfast in Bundoran, where Jim and me used to take Robbie every summer. It was all whitewashed, with wee brass ornaments in the hallway. I don't suppose this place'll be like that, though."

"You can still be station manager. You know that."

"Aye. It's nice to belong somewhere."

SOBBING CRYING. AJAJAJDKDJSJDJS

[fairylandblog]

The Fairy Bridges, Finner, Strand, Bundoran.

Arents Cigarette Cards.