Roundfort

Roundfort
Ecclesiastical parish
Roundfort Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°38′18″N9°06′14″W / 53.638471°N 9.103761°W / 53.638471; -9.103761
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

• Delia Murphy, singer and ballad collector^{[ citation needed ]}
• Ciaran Kelly, League of Ireland goalkeeper^{[ citation needed ]}
• Martin Heneghan, darts player ^[5]

References

1. "Lios na Maothaile / Roundfort". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
2. "ROUNDFORT (KILCOMMON) & ROBEEN : Archdiocese of Tuam". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011.
3. Mannion, Teresa (22 December 2021). "Books sent home as schools prepare for further closures". RTÉ .
4. "Delia Murphys Bar in Roundfort Hollymount F12Y956 Co. Mayo | goldenpages.ie".
5. "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