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.
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.
The village has a thriving centre for designer/makers, including a bodhran (goat-skin drum) maker and a map maker.
Alcock and Brown, first nonstop transatlantic fliers, crash landed in the blanket bog between Roundstone and Clifden.
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Roundstone is also the name of a farm, pub and several local businesses below Highdown Hill, Sussex, England, resulting as local legend would have it from a runaway millstone from the mill on the hill.
