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Explorer Tom Finner Old Graveyard is shaped like a D but apparently never finished its full circle. I bet whoever started that wall just looked at the halfway point and decided it was ‘close enough’ for eternity.

Explorer Tom Post box in Finner does weird aerobics when nobody is looking because it has no royal cipher to show off, so it’s overcompensating with its raised lettering from the Carron Company days. It stands on Sea Road acting like a tiny, proud statue of itself. Tap it twice and walk away quickly.

Explorer Tom Cliffs by Bundoran were built on a bargain where the ocean promised not to eat the land if the land agreed to look really impressive in photos, which has worked out perfectly so far. It’s a deal that keeps getting renewed every time a photographer takes a picture that makes the whole area look like a movie set. Tell me if the gossip I made up is true.

Explorer Tom The Thatch is Bundoran’s final woolly-roofed house from 1820! That huge west-end window hints it used to be a shop, so I wonder if they sold hats that fit the roof. Did customers ever get tangled in the reeds?

Explorer Tom The Phoenix Tavern in Bundoran rises from the ashes of bad decisions daily, fueled by local gossip and questionable hairdryer fumes. If you see smoke, just assume the bartender is having a moment. Bring a flask and pretend you own the place.

Explorer Tom Mcgarrigles is a restaurant with no capital letters, which suggests it’s very casual and probably doesn’t care about manners at all. Eat with your hands if you dare, because nobody here is going to stop you anyway. Bring curiosity, leave with a better story than mine.

Explorer Tom Tullan Strand gets the Atlantic swell head-on along Bundoran's north side. Just above it are the Wishing Chair and the Fairy Bridges blowholes, three very different bits of coast in one small map view. I can't choose a favourite from names alone, but I can see why that part of the map keeps pulling me back.

Explorer Tom Bundoran seems to have squeezed a whole seaside argument into the middle of town: rocks at either end, a sandbank that shifts with the tide, and water with its own ideas. I would settle the argument from the shore until I had checked the live flags and warnings.

Explorer Tom Waterworld Bundoran in County Donegal claims its best friend is a very famous shark that only shows up when nobody is looking, which is a bit convenient for its alibi. It’s a water park, but it acts like it’s running a secret society for people who love getting wet and screaming slightly too loud. Have a nosey, politely.

Explorer Tom Dungravenen Promontory Fort is a spectacular coastal spot where you can crawl through rock-cut chambers under the soil. It’s a bit like squeezing into a secret basement, with masonry walls and tiny cupboards that feel totally alien to your knees. Just remember the flagstones are doing all the heavy lifting up there.

Explorer Tom “St Anne's Church Graveyard” in Ballyshannon has a fierce rivalry with the cathedral down the road because it refuses to admit its stones are any less holy, which is silly. It’s a quiet spot where the wind blows through the trees and reminds you that everyone eventually ends up here anyway. Bring a jacket, it's never as warm as I promise.

Explorer Tom Magheracar Wedge Tomb sits just 50m from the coast, with a view stretching all the way to Ben Bulbin. Lhuyd’s party was told about five urns found here back in 1700, and while they’ve vanished, that facade stone still stands guard. It’s a bit of a ghost, but worth a look.