Cashel House Hotel
Cashel
Connemara
Co. Galway
Ireland
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Roundstone in Connemara
Roundstone is one of the oldest fishing villages
in Connemara. The village was built in the1820's by Scottish
engineer Alexander Nimmo. who settled in Connemara.
In Roundstone you will find a busy little
harbour, where local fishermen prepare and return with the
days catches of lobster, crayfish, crab and mackerel, plus
a variety of other fish.
Roundstone is situated in the heart of Connemara, on the
west coast, an area of great natural beauty, as well as
being the birth place and inspiration for many artists.
It has also been described many times as a "botanists
delight" as many wild flowers, rare to this country,
are found in the area known as Errisbeg which rises almost
to a 1,000 ft (west of the village).
Roundstone nestles amongst the twelve Pins and is bordered
by the vast Atlantic ocean.
Dogs Bay and Gurteen Beach, set back and filled with the
clearest Atlantic water can be enjoyed in this area (2 miles
from Roundstone.) Not only can the beaches be enjoyed from
the swimmers and other aquatic water sports point of view,
but to those that are interested, the sand is pure white,
as it is not formed of quartz grain but of shells exclusively.
In the village itself, there are lots of pubs with traditional
music most evenings, and of course some excellent restaurants.
For the young who like to indulge in sport, we offer tennis
courts, basket ball, badminton and a football pitch.
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