Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Roundwood

Roundwood, vil., Derrylossary par., E. co. Wicklow, on river Vartry, 5 miles SW. of Newtown Mount Kennedy, pop. 167; P.O. The reservoir for the supply of Dublin waterworks is near the vil. Good fishing can be obtained in the neighbouring loughs and streams.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wicklow IrlC
Place: Roundwood

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