a bird's musical stage

 next performance on New Years Day. :)

hanging out

 at the fire station.

safety

 securing the post and giving it some stability

cold

and frosty yesterday morning

broken light

 a windy night last month blew the light off the pole

pole painter

This Carndonagh worker was applying a new layer of paint on the pole.  The pole is located at the diamond in the center of town.  As for the flag, I have no idea what it represents.  I'll have to ask next time I'm there,

barbershop

Growing up, the barbershop I went to had its pole mounted on the side of the building where the shop was.  It was red, white and blue.  Here it is red and white, I haven't seen many of these but now I am curious and will keep an eye out for them to see if they are different.  I never knew what the colors represented so I did a search and found this

The red and white pole outside barber shops references a time when barbers were expected to perform bloodletting and other medical procedures to heal the sick; red represented blood and white represented bandages.  If you want to read more click here