Roundwood

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Roundwood
Roundwood
Roundwood
An Tochar
Location
Location of Roundwood
centerMap highlighting Roundwood
Irish grid reference
O187029
Statistics
Province: Leinster
County: County Wicklow
Elevation: 238m
Population (2002) 518 

Roundwood (Irish: An Tochar, meaning The Causeway) is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It was listed as having a population of 518 in the census of 2002.

It is located on the R755 road which is part of the main route from Dublin to Glendalough in the Wicklow Mountains. At 238 metres above sea level, it is one of the highest villages in Ireland.

Roundwood has a close association with two former Presidents of Ireland, Seán T. O'Kelly who lived locally and Erskine Childers who is buried in Derralossary Churchyard near the village.

Vartry Reservoir Lakes (reservoirs built in the 1860s) are close by.

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[edit] Twinning

Roundwood is twinned with the village of Spézet, in Brittany, the west of France.[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Roundwood School News Roundwood.ie. Published in 02-04. Retrieved on 11-12-07.

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Coordinates: 53°04′N, 6°14′W

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