holding hands

 walking in donegal town last week.

traffic jam

 in Donegal Town. 

killing time

in Donegal Town until my morning dentist appointment.

 

all aboard

 the bus to Ballyshannon

rainy day

 in Donegal Town

Christmas tree

putting it up in the Diamond in Donegal Town yesterday.

motorcycles

Yamaha Faser motorcycles seen in Donegal Town last month.  

saw this unidentified bike in Dungloe last week

signs

the entrance to Simple Simon's Natural Food and Deli in Donegal Town.

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man and his pipes

wonder if he was going to play somewhere special.

memorial bench

James Anthony McGroary was the longest serving taximan in South Donegal for the last 40 years.  This bench was placed in his memory by his friends in the taxi rank.

the bench is located right near where the taxis park

a paint update

Ballybookies is no longer in the green and yellow building.  It is now vacant and getting a new paint job.  We happen to pass it one moring last week.

then on our way back in the afternoon, the painter was almost done

here's what it looks like a few days later.  Even the building on the left got an update too.

solar street bins

Killybegs just got two new solar street bins placed in town last week, these are compacting bins.  The first one is in front of the bank on Main St.  We first saw these when were in Ballina.  I guess you could call them smart bins. :)

the second one is down in the center of town at the Diamond

signs

bus passing the Diamond in Donegal Town on its way to drop off tourists.

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monday mural

a mobile mural

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festive lights

around town

the Chrsitmas tree down on the Diamond

heading down Main Street

Main Street

decorating

hanging the lights on the Christmas tree in Donegal Town's diamond this past Thursday.

convenient neighbors

O'Hehirs Bakery and Little Mamma's Ice Cream Parlour, the perfect match!  We have been in O'hehirs and they have some great breads, desserts and coffee.  Haven't been in the ice cream place yet but I'm not a big ice cream fan.

central hotel

paint touch ups last week in donegal town.

the diamond obelisk

is located in Donegal Town.  In the early 17th century, four Franciscan friars, fearing that the arrival of the English meant the end of Celtic culture, chronicled the whole of known Celtic history and mythology. Starting 40 years before the biblical flood through AD 1618, The Annals of the Four Masters is one of the most important sources of early Irish history. The obelisk (1937), in The Diamond, commemorates the work; copies are displayed in the National Library in Dublin.

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