roundwood
{{short description|Village in County Wicklow, Ireland}}
{{For|the timber production term|Wood production}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Roundwood
|native_name = {{Irish place name|An Tóchar}}
|settlement_type = Village
|image_skyline = Roundwood, County Wicklow.jpg
|image_caption = Roundwood's Main Street
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Ireland
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Leinster
|subdivision_type3 = County
|subdivision_name3 = Wicklow
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|unit_pref = Metric
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|population_as_of = 2022
|population = 907
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone1 = WET
|utc_offset1 = +0
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|coordinates = {{coord|53|04|N|6|14|W|dim:100000_region:IE|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m = 238
|blank_name = Irish Grid Reference
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|postal_code_type = Eircode (Routing Key)
|postal_code = A98
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Roundwood, historically known as Tóchar[http://www.logainm.ie/?text=roundwood&placeID=55674 Placenames Database of Ireland] ({{langx|ga|an Tóchar}} {{IPA|ga|ənˠ ˈt̪ˠoːxəɾˠ|}}, meaning 'the causeway'), is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, Roundwood had a population of 907 people.
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. The Vartry Reservoir (reservoir lakes built in the 1860s) is close by.
History
File:Derralossary_Churchyard_Roundwood.png
Roundwood has a connection with two former Presidents 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".{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/16401803/roundwood-park-roundwood-roundwood-co-wicklow | website = buildingsofireland.ie | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | title = Roundwood Park, Roundwood, Roundwood, Wicklow | accessdate = 29 December 2024 }} Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905–1974) is buried in Derrylossary Church of Ireland churchyard near the village.{{cite web| url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/16401804/derrylossary-church-ballinacorbeg-wicklow | website = buildingsofireland.ie | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | title = Derrylossary Church, Ballinacorbeg, Wicklow | accessdate = 29 December 2024 }} This Church of Ireland (Anglican) church was built {{circa|1820}} and is now disused. The local Catholic church, the Church of Saint Laurence O'Toole, was built between 1867 and 1871 and faces onto Roundwood's main street.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/16309003/catholic-church-of-saint-laurence-otoole-togher-more-roundwood-wicklow | website = buildingsofireland.ie | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | title = Catholic Church of Saint Laurence O'Toole, Togher More, Roundwood, Wicklow | accessdate = 29 December 2024 }} Both churches are included in the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Wicklow County Council.{{citation|url = https://www.wicklow.ie/Portals/0/adam/Documents/sXx7zsHbtEmnlSzlVIjOow/Link/Appendix%204%20-%20Record%20of%20Protected%20Structures.pdf | publisher = Wicklow County Council | website = wicklow.ie | title = Wicklow County Development Plan 2022-2028 - Record of Protected Structures | date = October 2022 | accessdate = 29 December 2024 | pages = 28, 29 }} Several other structures in the area, including several buildings associated with the Vartry Reservoir, are also listed as protected structures.
Sport
File:Roundwood, Co. Wicklow (26483268809).jpg
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.[http://www.roundwood.ie/NewsLetters/news2004/janfeb2004/janfeb2004.html Roundwood School News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119091404/http://www.roundwood.ie/NewsLetters/news2004/janfeb2004/janfeb2004.html |date=19 November 2007 }} Roundwood.ie. Retrieved 11 December 2007. 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|date=February 2022}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{Wikivoyage inline|Roundwood}}
- {{Official website|http://www.roundwood.ie/}}
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