Roundstone Cloch na Rón
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WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53.4° N -9.91667° W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=53.4_N_-9.91667_W_region:IE_type:city) Irish Grid Reference L725405  (http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=L725405)
Town population:	239 (2002)
Rural population:	423 (2002)
Elevation:	1 m
County:	Galway
Province:	Connacht

Roundstone (Irish: Cloch na Rón) 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. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Over fifty GPS satellites such as this NAVSTAR have been launched since 1978. ... The Irish national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Ireland. ... The Central Statistics Office is the statistical agency responsible for the Republic of Ireland census and other related data collection activities to assist in government planning. ... The Central Statistics Office is the statistical agency responsible for the Republic of Ireland census and other related data collection activities to assist in government planning. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... The island of Ireland is often referred to as the 32 counties, with its two states, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, being nicknamed respectively the six counties and the twenty-six counties. ... County Galway / Conndae na Gaillimhe or Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the west coast of Ireland. ... During late Gaelic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha. ... Connaught redirects here. ... Connemara (Irish Conamara), which derives from Conmhaicne Mara, (meaning: descendants of Conmhac, of the sea) is a region in the west of Ireland (County Galway). ... County Galway / Conndae na Gaillimhe or Contae na Gaillimhe is located on the west coast of Ireland. ... Clifden (An Clochán in Irish) is a town on the coast of County Galway, Ireland. ...

The anglicised name indicates an error by the British colonial Ordnance Surveyor who did so. Whilst Cloch certainly means Stone or Rock, Rón means Seal, not Round. Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. ... Binomial name Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 Common or Harbour Seals (Phoca vitulina) are true seals of the Northern Hemisphere. ...

The village has a thriving centre for designer/makers, including a bodhran (goat-skin drum) maker and a map maker. Bodhr n with tipper The Bodhr n (pronounced bow-rahn; plural bodhr in) is an Irish frame drum ranging in anywhere from 10 to 26 in diameter, with most drums measuring from 14 to 18. The sides of the drum are 3 1/2 to 8 deep. ...

Alcock and Brown, first nonstop transatlantic fliers, crash landed in the blanket bog between Roundstone and Clifden. Statue of Alcock and Brown at London (Heathrow) Airport British aviators Alcock and Brown (Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown) made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919. ... Virgin boreal acid bogs at Browns Lake Bog, Ohio A bog is a wetland type that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material. ... Clifden (An Clochán in Irish) is a town on the coast of County Galway, Ireland. ...

External links

• Bodhrán manufacture  (http://www.bodhran.com/index2.htm) in Roundstone.
• Map-makers and geographers (http://www.iol.ie/~tandmfl/) designing and making maps in Roundstone of the Aran Islands, the Mountains of Connemara and the Western Way.