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| ROUNDSTONE, CO. GALWAY.-The above modern town, founded about the beginning of this century by the Martins of Ballinahinch-so noted in the late Sir Bernard Burke's "Vicissitudes of Families"-is situated in far famed Connermara-Gaelic, according to Dugan, Conmicne-mara, the Sea Side-almost at the foot of the mountain of Errisbeg, and on the coast road leading from Ballinahinch to Clifden. It is an inconsiderable village of less than five hundered inhabitants, but possesses a pier and quay, generally devoted to the fishing industry. It has hotel accommodations for tourists, and is noted for its excellent sea-bathing facilities. Many people claim that it is the most beneficial resort for invalids on the Connemara shore line, because it is well sheltered by the hills which rise behind it. Of these the most considerable is Errisbeg, which has an altitude of nearly a thousand feet and gives a commanding view to the mountain-climber of the surrounding land and sea. Roundstone gives its name to the small bay which opens up to it from the ocean. The hills in the vicinity are renowned fot he production of rare plants, and, on this account, they are much frequented by botanists. At no point in Connemara is the coast line more indented than in the vicinity of Roundstone, and the little bays due to this peculiar formation are almost countless. It is a kind of a wonder land, having something of the rugged wilderness of Norway in its outline. |
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