Roundwood Irish: An Tóchar
Town
Roundwood's Main Street
Roundwood Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°04′N 6°14′W / 53.067°N 6.233°W / 53.067; -6.233
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Wicklow
Elevation	238 m (781 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Urban	948
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Eircode (Routing Key)	A98
Irish Grid Reference	O187029

Roundwood, historically known as Tóchar^[2] (Irish: an Tóchar [ənˠ ˈt̪ˠoːxəɾˠ], meaning 'the causeway'), is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It was listed as having a population of 948 in the 2016 census.^[1]

Geography

Roundwood is located where the R755 road joins the R764 and R765. The R755 is part of the main route from Dublin to Glendalough in the Wicklow Mountains. At 238 metres above sea level, Roundwood is one of the highest villages in Ireland.

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

History

Roundwood has a close association with two former Presidents of Ireland, Seán T. O'Kelly who lived locally, and Erskine Hamilton Childers, who, with other family members, is buried in Derrylossary Anglican churchyard near the village.^{[citation needed]}

Sport

The local Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club is An Tóchar GAA.

Twin towns — sister cities

Roundwood is twinned with the village of Spézet, in Brittany, northwestern France.^[3] The schools in both areas regularly communicate and engage with another. For many years, exchange programmes have been in place for the students.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland
• List of twin towns and sister cities in Ireland

References

External links

• Media related to Roundwood at Wikimedia Commons
• Roundwood travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Official website