Roundwood Irish:An Tóchar | |
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Village | |
 Roundwood's Main Street | |
  Roundwood Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:53°04′N6°14′W / 53.067°N 6.233°W /53.067; -6.233 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Wicklow |
| Elevation | 238 m (781 ft) |
| Population | 907 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Eircode (Routing Key) | A98 |
| Irish Grid Reference | O187029 |
Roundwood, historically known asTóchar[2] (Irish:an Tóchar[ənˠˈt̪ˠoːxəɾˠ], meaning 'the causeway'), is a village inCounty Wicklow,Ireland. As of the2022 census, Roundwood had a population of 907 people.[1]
Roundwood is located where theR755 road joins theR764 andR765. The R755 is part of the main route fromDublin toGlendalough in theWicklow Mountains. At 238 metres above sea level, Roundwood is one of the highest villages in Ireland. TheVartry Reservoir (reservoir lakes built in the 1860s) is close by.
Roundwood has a connection with two formerPresidents of Ireland.Seán T. O'Kelly (1882–1966) lived at Roundwood Park, an early 19th-century country house that was subsequently "remodelled in castle style".[3]Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905–1974) is buried in Derrylossary Church of Ireland churchyard near the village.[4] This Church of Ireland (Anglican) church was builtc. 1820 and is now disused.[4] The local Catholic church, the Church of Saint Laurence O'Toole, was built between 1867 and 1871 and faces onto Roundwood's main street.[5] Both churches are included in theRecord of Protected Structures maintained byWicklow County Council.[6] Several other structures in the area, including several buildings associated with theVartry Reservoir, are also listed as protected structures.[6]
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The localGaelic football andladies' Gaelic football club isAn Tóchar GAA.
Roundwood istwinned with the village ofSpézet, inBrittany, northwesternFrance.[7] 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]
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