ROUNDWOOD

Roundwood (Irish: An Tochar, meaning The
Causeway) is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. It was
listed as having a population of 518 in the census of 2002.
It is located on the R755 road which is part of the main
route from Dublin to Glendalough in the Wicklow Mountains.
At 238 metres above sea level, it is one of the highest
villages in Ireland.
Roundwood has a close association with two former Presidents
of Ireland, Seán T. O'Kelly who lived locally and Erskine
Childers who is buried in Derralossary Churchyard near the
village. Vartry Reservoir Lakes (reservoirs built in the
1860s) are close by.
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