Well if you prefer not to stay there, that's good enough for me.  That helps to solidify my decision to stay in Donegal Town. 

Thank you!

Thanks, Michele and Bit for reinforcing my decision to skip Bundoran.  I couldn't find any info on the "real" Bundoran, it gets bad press, but never specific enough to figure out why?  You've helped answer this for me.  We definitely want to experience the type of hospitality Donegal offers over arcades and amusement parks, so Donegal it is. 

I was lucky to spend 2 nights in Donegal (at the Mill Park Hotel) back in 2005 and, yes, I did leave a smidgen of my heart in that town...so I'm excited to go back and get reacquainted (and show my husband why I talk about the place all the time).  I hope The Scotsman and The Forge are ready to see me again! 

I'm looking at Donegal Manor (because I've heard so much good about it!), but also because I want to be able to stumble down the street back to the B&B at night, am looking at possibilities in town.  When I search B&Bs in Donegal, Bundoran always comes up as well, now I have the reassurance I need to just skip over and look only at Donegal Town. 

Whew!  And thanks, again.

Kelli

ps - I should add that I left smidgens of my heart all over the darn country!!  How can you not?  Am listening to the Saw Doctors right now...

Anchoress,

Dead right! Blackpool is what it is like. I have to admit that it has improved in the past 35 years but still not a place to linger unless you want to go surfing or have business there.

Michele

More,  in the wee small hours, like a scene from Dante's Inferno.... All part of Ireland though....

Hi Michele, Speaking of Donegal town, do you have any experience with a hotel just outside of town called Harvey's Point?  Sounds nice, but one never knows...   Thanks.

Harvey's Point is "the" hotel in this area..

Four - or is it five star...

Obviously we have never stayed there!!
 
But i called in one day to  get literature and have a look. Glorious lakeside setting and  the grounds are magnificent... the drive there also is a thing of great beauty.

Only 4 km from Donegal Town...

It was early when I dropped in and a waiter was pushing a very tempting breakfast trolley along the corridor....

Impressive reputation hereabouts at the top end of the scale.

http://www.harveyspoint.com/

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g186602-d218063-Reviews-Harvey_s_Point_Country_Hotel-Donegal_County_Donegal.html

If you want me to try afternoon tea there? As long as someone subs me!!! lol! Only joking..

I met a young couple who had had their wedding reception there and who were going back for a romantic anniversary weekend.

Worth trying...

The other place I wonder about is one near us now, at Laghey. Moorland /Guesthouse Country Hotel. It looks beautiful and has a lot of facilities, although it also is about 4 miles out of town.. A family-run  business in a glorious mountain setting.

See
http://www.moorland-guesthouse.com/

The lane up to it is lined with the rhododendrons that grow wild up here and must be an utter glory in May.

Again, well worth a visit I think.

Blessings this day; we had frost already....