Seeing Bundoran? Begin at Fairy Bridges and Wishing Chair
The urban area itself has 3 places on our list; 3 others are within 5 km of its edge. Among them are 2 museums, a natural landscape and a water park. Close to the centre, within 1 km, are 2 of them. Further afield, Donegal Castle is 23 km from the centre.
Start here in Bundoran
2 museums, a water park and a theme park follow Fairy Bridges and Wishing Chair.
MuseumBallyshannon and District Museum4.8 km outside town, to the northeastVisitor farmVisitor farmCampview Farm2.9 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumThe Water Wheels4.6 km outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Places on the map
Leave town to the northeast for most of the 3 nearby.
The dashed line is Bundoran’s urban area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · CSO 2022 outline
Sorted by kind
Zoos, theme parks or other days out lead the count with 3; 2 are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Bundoran. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every entry
6 places in all: 3 in town and 3 within 5 km of its edge.
The 3 inside Bundoran come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Churches, protected structures and monuments belong to the History page, not here.
Monuments and historic buildings in Bundoran → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Bundoran →
Within a day
First of the 10 big names within reach is Donegal Castle, 23 km away.
Castle · Office of Public WorksDonegal Castle23 km northeast
CastleClassiebawn Castle12 km west
Castle · Office of Public WorksParke's Castle24 km south
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo26 km southwest
Abbey or priory · Office of Public WorksSligo Abbey26 km southwest
GardenLissadell House & Gardens24 km southwest
CathedralSt John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo26 km southwest
Abbey or prioryCreevelea Abbey27 km south
MuseumDonegal Railway Heritage Centre23 km northeast
Art galleryModel Arts and Niland Gallery26 km southwestPlaces well known beyond Bundoran (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Office of Public Works or National Parks and Wildlife Service property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Visiting Bundoran: questions
What are the main attractions in Bundoran?
The best known inside Bundoran’s urban area are Fairy Bridges and Wishing Chair, Waterworld Bundoran and Bundoran Adventure Park. In all, 3 places to visit are mapped inside the town, and 3 more within 5 km.
Does Bundoran have a museum?
2 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Bundoran: Ballyshannon and District Museum and The Water Wheels.
Is there a Heritage Ireland (OPW) or national park property near Bundoran?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Donegal Castle (Office of Public Works), 23 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Bundoran?
Within 40 km: Donegal Castle (23 km), Classiebawn Castle (12 km), Parke's Castle (24 km), Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo (26 km).
How is this list made?
From Fáilte Ireland’s open data on attractions (museums, castles, historic houses, abbeys, gardens, national parks, landscapes, islands, zoos and visitor farms: restaurants, pubs, shops and tour operators are left out), OpenStreetMap (places open to visitors; a ruined castle on farmland needs a sign it can be visited) and Wikidata (what each place is, who looks after it, its Wikipedia articles), merged into one list and placed in the town’s CSO 2022 outline or within 5 km of its edge.
Places to visit: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in each town’s CSO 2022 outline. Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (11)
- Ballyshannon and District Museum: Gavigan 01 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Donegal Castle: Benson Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Classiebawn Castle: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parke's Castle: John Darcy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sligo Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lissadell House & Gardens: Aspdin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St John the Baptist Cathedral, Sligo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Creevelea Abbey: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donegal Railway Heritage Centre: louise price, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Model Arts and Niland Gallery: Val, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).