Qualla: Dooniver https://qualla.com/dooniver en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:12 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/8/g/dooniver-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Dooniver https://qualla.com/dooniver Dooniver: Introduction https://qualla.com/dooniver/ Photo credit Pacemaker123, Public domain. At the narrow gap called Bullsmouth - Béal an Bhulláin in Irish, 'mouth of the bull' - the tide does not flow so much as charge. The channel between Dooniver on Achill Island and the small inhabited island of Inishbiggle is barely a few hundred metres wide, and when the Atlantic swings the tide through it twice a day, the water boils and roars. It is reckoned to be one of the strongest tidal currents in Europe. Plans to put a cable car across the gap have been discussed since 1996 and repeatedly abandoned. Most days, the only way across is by currach - the traditional canvas-and-tar Irish rowing boat - in a passage that takes about ten minutes in fair weather and becomes impossible in winter. This is Dooniver: a small Gaeltacht village on the east coast of Achill, looking out across a channel that has shaped its life for centuries.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/8/g/dooniver-wp/gc8g-dooniver-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Dooniver: Where the Names Are All Gaelic https://qualla.com/dooniver/ Photo credit John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0. Dooniver - Dún Ibhir in Irish - sits on the eastern shore of Achill, just south of Bullsmouth and Ship Point (Gob na Loinge in Irish). Inland are the townlands of Askill, Tóin an tSeanbhaile (The Valley) and Bunnacurry. The strand at Dooniver and the beach at Bullsmouth are both ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/8/g/dooniver-wp/gc8g-dooniver-where-the-names-are-all-gaelic.mp3 0:06 2 full Dooniver: The Channel and the Cable Car https://qualla.com/dooniver/ Photo credit Kiran Madhusudhanan, CC BY-SA 4.0. For decades, planners and politicians have tried to figure out a permanent connection from Achill to Inishbiggle. A cable car was the favoured solution; it was first formally proposed in 1996. Mayo County Council refused planning permission, citing concerns that the structure wou...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/8/g/dooniver-wp/gc8g-dooniver-the-channel-and-the-cable-car.mp3 0:06 3 full Dooniver: Johnny Kilbane's People https://qualla.com/dooniver/ Photo credit John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0. Johnny Kilbane was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1889 to Irish immigrant parents, and from 1912 to 1923 he held the World Featherweight Boxing Championship - the longest reign in the history of the division. His professional record included 49 official wins, 4 losses, and 7 draws, w...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/8/g/dooniver-wp/gc8g-dooniver-johnny-kilbanes-people.mp3 0:06 4 full Dooniver: Quiet Days, Cold Channel https://qualla.com/dooniver/ Photo credit No machine-readable author provided. El Comandante assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain. Dooniver has a national school, founded in 1910 in the nearby townland of Bullsmouth and later moved to the present location. It has a hall, a garage, a coffee shop, a bed and breakfast, and a caravan park. The Bus Éireann 440 stops once a day in each direction. The local GAA tea...

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