Roundfort
Roundfort | |
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Ecclesiastical parish | |
  Roundfort Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°38′18″N 9°06′14″W / 53.638471°N 9.103761°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Mayo |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Roundfort (Irish: Lios na Maothaile)[1] is a Catholic parish in County Mayo, Ireland. The parish church, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, is within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam.[2] Other amenities in the area include a national (primary) school (Roundfort National School),[3] a playschool and a pub.[4]
Roundfort is approximately 3 km (2 mi) south of Hollymount and 9 km (6 mi) east of Ballinrobe. The River Robe runs through the area. The parish has views of the Partry Mountains.[citation needed]
Notable people
[edit]- Delia Murphy, singer and ballad collector[citation needed]
- Ciaran Kelly, League of Ireland goalkeeper[citation needed]
- Martin Heneghan, darts player[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lios na Maothaile / Roundfort". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "ROUNDFORT (KILCOMMON) & ROBEEN : Archdiocese of Tuam". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011.
- ^ Mannion, Teresa (22 December 2021). "Books sent home as schools prepare for further closures". RTÉ.
- ^ "Delia Murphys Bar in Roundfort Hollymount F12Y956 Co. Mayo | goldenpages.ie".
- ^ "South Mayo native aiming to join world's darting elite". con-telegraph.ie. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
Martin Heneghan, from Roundfort, will enter the Professional Darts Corporation's (PDC) Qualifying School in February
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