We had been to the Roundstone area 40 years before – or more particularly to Dog Bay where there was a shell midden.
I think, in the background, there is a small caravan park / campsite. Now there are a couple of large caravan parks and here, perhaps, was the disappointment I had dreaded with a substantial change in character. We did not stop, but carried on into Roundstone itself.
There is an area of this village which has been turned into a modern business park.
It was a place where bodhrans were made.
These are the Irish drums that look a bit like large tambours and which are struck with a double-ended beater.
Old agricultural implements were on display. I have to say I don’t recall seeing a plough either on this occasion or 40 years previously – but then both times it was August which is not the ploughing season. This one, by a Wexford maker, was certainly a long way from home.
This modern area featured a tower,
We made our way to the water’s edge.
It was a good place to enjoy the boats.
There they are with a view to the older part of Roundstone.
A collection of oars were leaning against a wall. They seem to be very long but with not much blade on them.
You can see more oars on these boats – and I’d hoped to say they were up the creek without a paddle.
Here, a fisherman wends his way between overturned Curraghs. Oh yes, the montbretia grew here too.
I think the fishing boat here has made its last trip.
Right oh! Let’s go to the main part of Roundstone.
