There is a lot happening in Roundstone throughout the year, as well as the Reggata there is a Connemara Pony, Dog and Sheep show, and in September there is the Marconi Marathon along the bog road towards Clifden. The Roundstone Country Market runs on Sundays 11am-4pm from May to October and is set in the beautiful surroundings of Connemara. Food stalls vary from fresh veg, bread, quiche, eggs, cheeses, oysters, coffee, crepes and BBQ. If it’s crafts you’re after you will find wonderful hand-made crafts produced locally including wood products, stained glass, pottery and stone carving as well as beautiful paintings of Roundstone and the surrounding countryside.
Visit Michael Killeen Park where you will fine a number of craft workshops one in particular where the owner Malachy Kearnes makes Bodhrans and wooden flutes (bodrahn.com). Botanists will find a number of rare plants in the area of interest including rare heathers which grow nowhere else in Ireland. Stretching inland blanket bog is a site of international scientific interest. Here also there are many lakes where brown trout can be caught.There are a number of great pubs and restaurants catering for all tastes and one is famous for its delicious chowder. Which one? You will have to come here and find out ! A short drive away Ballynahinch Castle Hotel has a salmon fishery and a bar where you can relax in the historic surroundings. Dogs bay  and Gorteen are world famous beaches and are close to Roundstone village and is renown for it particularly white sand this beach is very popular with windsurfers dinghy sailors and kite surfers. The bay is also a treasured place for geologists and archaeologists alike.

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