Roundwood

Roundwood is a village in Wicklow. It was listed as having a population of 518 in the census on 2002.

It is located on the road to Glendalough in the Wicklow mountains. At 238 metres above sea level it is the highest village in Ireland. One of the five local pubs was previously known as the highest pub in Ireland untill it was pointed out that Jonnie Foxes Pub only 10 miles away was higher.

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

Links

{http://www.roundwood.ie/ Roundwood.ie}