- Dates
- 2015-11-20 – 2016-01-11
- Kind
- Oral_history
- Where
- Donegal Bay
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- recreationseasonal-lifetourismoral-history
- Within
- Donegal Bay
Summary
From November 2015 into January 2016, Beaver Island Forum participants preserved memories of a former fish-shaped swimming pool near Donegal Bay. Participants recalled using the pool and showers in the early 1970s, described its later sand-filled state, and shared three 1973 photographs through an external album.
Evidence limits
This is oral-history evidence with conflicting or approximate memories about when the pool closed and was filled. It does not establish ownership, construction or closure dates, public-access rules, or the condition of any remaining structure.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Participants recalled using the pool and showers in the early 1970s, a 1974–1975 Island Tours description of the sand-filled pool, and reports that it had been filled by the mid-1970s or early 1980s. A participant later posted three 1973 family photographs via an external album. The recollections do not establish exact construction, closure, fill date, ownership, or present remains; the external photographs are not treated as locally preserved assets here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 09 · t009640
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island forum preserves recollections of the former Donegal Bay swimming pool, 2015–2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-donegal-bay-fish-shaped-swimming-pool-recollections-2015/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Donegal Bay Swimming Pool,” November 20, 2015–January 11, 2016..
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