--The House of Mag Aoide--

The fishing village of Roundstone lies on the western arm of Bertraghboy Bay in Connemara, Co. Galway 77km north-west of Galway city and 20km south of Clifden. The village is beautifully on one of the most spectacular coastal drives in Europe , overlooking the Atlantic at the foot of Errisbeg mountain, Which is an easy ascent rewarding the climber with panorama of Connemara lakelands, mountains and seascapes.
The village was founded in the mid 1820sby the celebrated Scottish engineer Alexander Nimmo who, as engineer for the western district, built houses, roads and harbours throughout the west of Ireland. In 1835 a Franciscan Monastery was established in Roundstone and by the 1840s 75 houses had been built and the village supported an active fishing industry and a population of some 400 people. The village derives its name from the Irish Cloch na Ron or Rock of Seals.
Today Roundstone is a popular holiday resort renowned among artists and naturalists for the remarkable beauty of the surrounding Mountains and seascapes. It is a craft industry centre and local activities include Jewellery , Pottery and instrument making.

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