Roundstone - Galway - Village

Roundstone (Irish: Cloch na Rón meaning 'Seal's Rock') is a village in Connemara, County Galway, Republic of Ireland, located on the west coast of Ireland. The town of Clifden is nearby to the north.

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• County: Galway
• Town: Roundstone
• Scene: Village view
• Date: 1910 (estimate)

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Roundstone

The anglicised name is an error on the part of the British colonial Ordnance Survey who translated the village name; while Cloch certainly means Stone or Rock, Rón means Seal, not Round.

The village has a thriving centre for designer/makers.

Alcock and Brown, the first nonstop transatlantic fliers, crash landed in the blanket bog between Roundstone and Clifden