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About Bundoran

Bundoran, Bun Dobhráin in Irish, is a town in County Donegal, 143 km north of Galway. It stands on the N15, R267 and R280. The map gives it 2,909 buildings and 36 named streets, with 89 places named on them in 52 kinds, and 69 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 8th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.

Population
2,599, as the map records it
Where
143 km north of Galway, 182 km from Dublin
Position
54.4789° N, 8.2783° W, 12 m above sea level
Area
10.15 km²
Roads
N15, R267 and R280
Governed
Donegal County Council, in the province of Ulster
Twinned with
Bad Kötzting, Germany, Bellagio, Italy, Holstebro, Denmark, Houffalize, Belgium, Q9772, Netherlands, Niederanven, Luxembourg, Sigulda Municipality, Latvia, Altea, Spain, Granville, France, Preveza, Greece, Sesimbra, Portugal, Sherborne, United Kingdom, Karkkila, Finland, Judenburg, Austria, Chojna, Poland, Kőszeg, Hungary, Sigulda, Latvia, Sušice, Czech Republic, Zvolen, Slovakia, Prienai, Lithuania, Marsaskala, Malta, Siret, Romania, Agros, Cyprus, Škofja Loka, Slovenia, Tryavna, Bulgaria and Bachant, France
On the model
2,909 buildings, 36 streets, 89 named places in 52 kinds
A green of the Bundoran Golf Club, Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland
A green of the Bundoran Golf Club, Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland·Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Clubhouse of the Bundoran Golf Club, Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland
Clubhouse of the Bundoran Golf Club, Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland·Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Donegal since 1841

Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.

296,448108,344167,08418412022

Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.

What to see

Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.

All 69 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the N15, R267 and R280 running through Bundoran. 2 car parks on the map.

By bus or train

5 lines call at 18 stops here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

1 school or college on the map: Magh Ene College.

Questions people ask

Where is Bundoran?
In County Donegal, in the province of Ulster, 143 km north of Galway and 182 km from Dublin, on the N15, R267 and R280.
How big is Bundoran?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 2,909 buildings, 36 named streets and 89 named places, which by building count makes it the 8th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.
What is there to see in Bundoran?
69 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Astoria Ballroom, Bundoran beach and Wishing Chair.
How do you get to Bundoran?
5 bus and train lines call at 18 stops here in the published timetable, run by Bus Feda, Bus Éireann and TFI Local Link Donegal Sligo Leitrim.
Has County Donegal grown or shrunk?
The census counted 296,448 people in the county in 1841 and 167,084 in 2022.
2,909
buildings on the model
36
named streets
89
named places
52
kinds of place

Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata (item Q1009405). County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.

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