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.mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Irish round tower</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Bell towers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Ireland</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glendalough_Round_Tower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Glendalough_Round_Tower.jpg/220px-Glendalough_Round_Tower.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Glendalough_Round_Tower.jpg/330px-Glendalough_Round_Tower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Glendalough_Round_Tower.jpg/440px-Glendalough_Round_Tower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3888" /></a><figcaption>The round tower at <a href="/wiki/Glendalough" title="Glendalough">Glendalough</a>, Ireland, is approximately thirty metres tall.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Irish round towers</b> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Cloigtheach</i> (singular), <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Cloigthithe</i></span> (plural); <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">literally</a> 'bell house') are early medieval stone towers of a type found mainly in Ireland, with two in Scotland and one on the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>. As their name <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Cloigtheach</i></span> indicates, they were originally bell towers, though they may have been later used for additional purposes. </p><p>A tower of this kind is generally found in the vicinity of a church or <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a>, with the door of the tower facing the west doorway of the church. Knowledge of this fact has made it possible, where towers still exist, to determine without excavation the approximate sites of lost churches that once stood nearby. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_distribution">Construction and distribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irish_round_tower&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Construction and distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Surviving towers range in height from 18 metres (60 ft) to 40 metres (130 ft), and 12 metres (40 ft) to 18 metres (60 ft) in circumference; that at <a href="/wiki/Kilmacduagh_monastery" title="Kilmacduagh monastery">Kilmacduagh</a> being the highest surviving in Ireland<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="Glasnevin Tower is much taller, at 55 metres (October 2019)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Irish_round_tower#Tallest_tower_dispute" title="Talk:Irish round tower">discuss</a></i>]</sup> (and leaning 1.7 metres (5 ft 7 in) out of perpendicular).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The masonry differs according to date, the earliest examples being uncut rubble, while the later ones are of neatly joined stonework (<a href="/wiki/Ashlar" title="Ashlar">ashlar</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lower portion is solid <a href="/wiki/Masonry" title="Masonry">masonry</a> with a single door raised two to three metres above, often accessible only by a ladder. Within, in some, are two or more floors (or signs of where such floors existed), usually of wood, and it is thought that there were ladders in between. The windows, which are high up, are slits in the stone. The cap (roof), is of stone, usually conical in shape, although some of the towers are now crowned by a later circle of <a href="/wiki/Battlement" title="Battlement">battlements</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main reason for the entrance-way being built above ground level was to maintain the structural integrity of the building rather than for defence. The towers were generally built with very little foundation. The tower at <a href="/wiki/Monasterboice" title="Monasterboice">Monasterboice</a> has an underground foundation of only sixty centimetres. Building the door at ground level would weaken the tower. The buildings still stand today because their round shape is <a href="/wiki/Gale" title="Gale">gale</a>-resistant and the section of the tower underneath the entrance is packed with soil and stones. </p><p>The distance from the ground to the raised doorway is somewhat greater than that from the first floor to the second; thus large, rigid steps would be too large for the door. Excavations in the 1990s, revealing <a href="/wiki/Posthole" class="mw-redirect" title="Posthole">postholes</a>, confirm that wooden steps were built. However, the use of ladders prior to the construction of such steps cannot be ruled out. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kinneigh_tower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f6/Kinneigh_tower.jpg/220px-Kinneigh_tower.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f6/Kinneigh_tower.jpg/330px-Kinneigh_tower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f6/Kinneigh_tower.jpg/440px-Kinneigh_tower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>The Round Tower at <a href="/wiki/Castletown-Kinneigh" title="Castletown-Kinneigh">Kinneigh</a> has a unique hexagonal base.</figcaption></figure> <p>The towers were probably built between the 9th and 12th centuries. In Ireland about 120 examples are thought once to have existed; most are in ruins, while eighteen to twenty are almost perfect. There are three examples outside Ireland. Two are in eastern <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Brechin" title="Brechin">Brechin</a> Round Tower and the <a href="/wiki/Abernethy,_Perth_and_Kinross" title="Abernethy, Perth and Kinross">Abernethy</a> Round Tower, and the other is in <a href="/wiki/Peel_Castle" title="Peel Castle">Peel Castle</a> on <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Isle" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick's Isle">St. Patrick's Isle</a>, now linked to the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>. </p><p>Famous examples are to be found at <a href="/wiki/Devenish_Island" title="Devenish Island">Devenish Island</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Glendalough" title="Glendalough">Glendalough</a>, while that at <a href="/wiki/Clondalkin" title="Clondalkin">Clondalkin</a> is the only round tower in Ireland to still retain its original cap. With five towers each, <a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">County Mayo</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Kilkenny" title="County Kilkenny">County Kilkenny</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">County Kildare</a> have the most. Mayo's round towers are at <a href="/wiki/Aughagower" title="Aughagower">Aughagower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balla_Round_Tower" title="Balla Round Tower">Balla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Killala" title="Killala">Killala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meelick,_County_Mayo" title="Meelick, County Mayo">Meelick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turlough_Abbey" title="Turlough Abbey">Turlough</a>, while Kildare's are located at <a href="/wiki/Kildare_Cathedral" title="Kildare Cathedral">Kildare Cathedral</a> (which is 32 metres (105 ft) high), and also at <a href="/wiki/Castledermot" title="Castledermot">Castledermot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oughter_Ard" title="Oughter Ard">Oughter Ard</a>, Taghadoe (near <a href="/wiki/Maynooth" title="Maynooth">Maynooth</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Old_Kilcullen" title="Old Kilcullen">Old Kilcullen</a>. The only known round tower with a hexagonal base is at <a href="/wiki/Castletown-Kinneigh" title="Castletown-Kinneigh">Kinneigh</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">County Cork</a>, built in 1014. The round tower at Ardmore, County Waterford, believed to be the latest built in Ireland (c. 12th century), has the unique feature of three string courses around the exterior.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Purpose">Purpose</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irish_round_tower&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Purpose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WalArdm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/WalArdm.jpg/170px-WalArdm.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="498" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/WalArdm.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="190" data-file-height="557" /></a><figcaption>Cross-section of a round tower interior</figcaption></figure> <p>It is likely that the primary reason for the round tower was—as the name <i>cloigtheach</i> indicates—to act as a <a href="/wiki/Bell_tower" title="Bell tower">belfry</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a> word<sup id="cite_ref-din_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-din-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for round tower, <i>cloigtheach</i>, literally meaning <i>bellhouse</i> indicates this, as noted by <a href="/wiki/George_Petrie_(antiquarian)" title="George Petrie (antiquarian)">George Petrie</a> in 1845. The Irish language has greatly evolved over the last millennium. Dinneen<sup id="cite_ref-din_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-din-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> notes the alternate pronunciations, <i>cluiceach</i> and <i>cuilceach</i> for <i>cloigtheach</i>. The closely pronounced <i>cloichtheach</i> means stone-house or stone-building.<sup id="cite_ref-din_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-din-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The round tower seems to be the only significant stone building in Ireland before the advent of the Normans in 1169–1171 CE. </p><p>UCD Professor of Archaeology Tadhg O'Keeffe<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has suggested that the towers were originally high-status royal chapels, citing how two of them (Kells and Duleek) were scenes of regicide. He also suggested that the windows were arranged clockwise to imitate the order of relic-carrying procession from the elevated door to the very top.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another possible purpose would be for taking shelter during raids. The mostly enclosed top floors and stone rooftops would make for terrible belltowers. The elevated doorway could have had a ladder that would be drawn up during raids, and the thick stone walls could withstand most attacks. Since the doors always face where a church stood, this also adds weight to the theory they were where monks would evacuate to.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oldest reference to a round tower (the one at Slane, see below) records its use as a refuge – however in this case it was burnt by the Vikings, killing everyone inside. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_symbolic_towers">Modern symbolic towers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irish_round_tower&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Modern symbolic towers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Round_tower_at_Glasnevin_Cemetery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Round_tower_at_Glasnevin_Cemetery.jpg/220px-Round_tower_at_Glasnevin_Cemetery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Round_tower_at_Glasnevin_Cemetery.jpg/330px-Round_tower_at_Glasnevin_Cemetery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Round_tower_at_Glasnevin_Cemetery.jpg/440px-Round_tower_at_Glasnevin_Cemetery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Daniel O'Connell's tower at Glasnevin Cemetery</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Ireland">In Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irish_round_tower&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Daniel_O%27Connell" title="Daniel O'Connell">Daniel O'Connell</a>'s tomb at <a href="/wiki/Glasnevin_Cemetery" title="Glasnevin Cemetery">Glasnevin Cemetery</a> in Dublin had a round tower built above it after his burial in 1847. </p><p>At what is now the Irish National Heritage Park at Ferrycarrig in <a href="/wiki/County_Wexford" title="County Wexford">County Wexford</a>, there is a 19th-century copy of a round tower. It was erected to the memory of the Wexford men who fell in the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>. </p><p>Adjacent to St. Mary's church, Ballygibbon, <a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">County Cork</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Round_Tower" title="Waterloo Round Tower">Waterloo Round Tower</a> is an <a href="/wiki/Folly" title="Folly">architectural folly</a> bell tower that was built in the 1840s to resemble mediaeval round tower.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At <a href="/wiki/St._Ita%27s_Hospital" title="St. Ita's Hospital">St. Ita's Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Portrane" title="Portrane">Portrane</a>, County Dublin, there is a replica round tower built in 1844 as a memorial to <a href="/wiki/George_Hampden_Evans" title="George Hampden Evans">George Hampden Evans</a> by his wife. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Knockmealdown_Mountains" title="Knockmealdown Mountains">Knockmealdown Mountains</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Waterford" title="County Waterford">County Waterford</a> is another memorial in the form of an 18m high round tower. It was erected in 1935 on the spot where <a href="/wiki/Liam_Lynch_(Irish_Republican)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liam Lynch (Irish Republican)">Liam Lynch</a>, military leader of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army_(1922%E2%80%931969)" title="Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)">anti-treaty Irish Republican Army</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Civil_War" title="Irish Civil War">Irish Civil War</a> is thought to have fallen in 1923. </p><p>The Ulster History Park in <a href="/wiki/County_Tyrone" title="County Tyrone">County Tyrone</a> has a replica of a round tower. </p><p>St Patrick's Church of Ireland church in <a href="/wiki/Saul,_County_Down" title="Saul, County Down">Saul, County Down</a> has a round tower, built in 1933. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Chaine_Memorial" title="Chaine Memorial">Chaine Memorial</a> Tower in Larne County Antrim is a lighthouse done in the style of a round tower. It was built to commemorate <a href="/wiki/James_Chaine" title="James Chaine">James Chaine</a>, a former MP for Antrim. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outside_Ireland">Outside Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irish_round_tower&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Outside Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Mary%27s_Cemetery_Irish_Round_Tower_Milford,_MA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/St_Mary%27s_Cemetery_Irish_Round_Tower_Milford%2C_MA.jpg/220px-St_Mary%27s_Cemetery_Irish_Round_Tower_Milford%2C_MA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/St_Mary%27s_Cemetery_Irish_Round_Tower_Milford%2C_MA.jpg/330px-St_Mary%27s_Cemetery_Irish_Round_Tower_Milford%2C_MA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/St_Mary%27s_Cemetery_Irish_Round_Tower_Milford%2C_MA.jpg/440px-St_Mary%27s_Cemetery_Irish_Round_Tower_Milford%2C_MA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Tower at <a href="/wiki/Milford,_Massachusetts" title="Milford, Massachusetts">Milford, Massachusetts</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Another "revival" round tower was built in 1997 in the <a href="/wiki/Island_of_Ireland_Peace_Park" title="Island of Ireland Peace Park">Island of Ireland Peace Park</a> in Belgium, as a <a href="/wiki/War_memorial" title="War memorial">war memorial</a> to the soldiers of the island of Ireland who died, were wounded or are missing from <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. The 110-foot (34 m) tower<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is in the traditional design of an Irish round tower and is partially built with stone from a former army barracks in <a href="/wiki/Tipperary_(town)" title="Tipperary (town)">Tipperary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At Saint Mary's Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Milford,_Massachusetts" title="Milford, Massachusetts">Milford, Massachusetts</a> a round tower was built of <a href="/wiki/Milford_granite_(Massachusetts)" class="mw-redirect" title="Milford granite (Massachusetts)">Milford granite</a> in the late 19th century as a memorial to central Massachusetts' Irish immigrants, of whom thousands are buried there. In 2003 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Ryan" title="Tony Ryan">Tony Ryan</a>, a native of <a href="/wiki/Thurles" title="Thurles">Thurles</a>, County Tipperary, built a round tower at his <a href="/wiki/Castleton_Lyons" title="Castleton Lyons">Castleton Lyons</a> Stud in <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second church to be built on the site of St John the Evangelist Catholic Church in <a href="/wiki/East_Melbourne" title="East Melbourne">East Melbourne</a>, Victoria, Australia, completed in December 1900, features a 13-metre Irish round tower on its eastern side. The tower is based on the entrance to <a href="/wiki/Cormac_MacCullinan" class="mw-redirect" title="Cormac MacCullinan">King Cormac</a>'s Chapel on the <a href="/wiki/Rock_of_Cashel" title="Rock of Cashel">Rock of Cashel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tipperary_(town)" title="Tipperary (town)">Tipperary</a>, built in 1137.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The structure is now part of the Catholic Leadership Centre, operated by the Catholic Education Office Melbourne. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Irish_round_towers">List of Irish round towers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irish_round_tower&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: List of Irish round towers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is a list of surviving Irish round towers, excluding modern reconstructions. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Picture </th> <th>Location </th> <th>County </th> <th>Province </th> <th>Condition </th> <th>Height </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aghadoe_Round_Tower_and_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499563.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Aghadoe_Round_Tower_and_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499563.jpg/150px-Aghadoe_Round_Tower_and_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499563.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Aghadoe_Round_Tower_and_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499563.jpg/225px-Aghadoe_Round_Tower_and_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499563.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Aghadoe_Round_Tower_and_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499563.jpg/300px-Aghadoe_Round_Tower_and_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499563.jpg 2x" data-file-width="621" data-file-height="466" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aghadoe" title="Aghadoe">Aghadoe</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">Kerry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="05.4">5.4 metres (18 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AghagowerRoundTower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/AghagowerRoundTower.jpg/150px-AghagowerRoundTower.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/AghagowerRoundTower.jpg/225px-AghagowerRoundTower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/AghagowerRoundTower.jpg/300px-AghagowerRoundTower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3168" data-file-height="4224" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aghagower" class="mw-redirect" title="Aghagower">Aghagower</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">Mayo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="16">16 metres (52 ft)</td> <td>Second doorway inserted later at ground level </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Antrim_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_78337.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Round tower in Antrim, County Antrim"><img alt="Round tower in Antrim, County Antrim" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Antrim_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_78337.jpg/150px-Antrim_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_78337.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Antrim_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_78337.jpg/225px-Antrim_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_78337.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Antrim_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_78337.jpg/300px-Antrim_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_78337.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> </td> <td>Antrim </td> <td>Antrim </td> <td>Ulster </td> <td>Complete </td> <td>28 metres (91 ft) </td> <td>Built in around the time of the 10th century. And its main entrance is 2 metres above the ground, suggesting that it was used as protection.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site of the monastery was burned down in 1147. It is locally known as The Steeple.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aghaviller_ruined_church_and_round_tower,_Newmarket,_Co._Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_206920.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Aghaviller_ruined_church_and_round_tower%2C_Newmarket%2C_Co._Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_206920.jpg/150px-Aghaviller_ruined_church_and_round_tower%2C_Newmarket%2C_Co._Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_206920.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Aghaviller_ruined_church_and_round_tower%2C_Newmarket%2C_Co._Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_206920.jpg/225px-Aghaviller_ruined_church_and_round_tower%2C_Newmarket%2C_Co._Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_206920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Aghaviller_ruined_church_and_round_tower%2C_Newmarket%2C_Co._Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_206920.jpg/300px-Aghaviller_ruined_church_and_round_tower%2C_Newmarket%2C_Co._Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_206920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="471" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aghaviller" title="Aghaviller">Aghaviller</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kilkenny" title="County Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="09.6">9.6 metres (31 ft)</td> <td>Second doorway inserted later at ground level </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ardmore_round_tower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ardmore_round_tower.jpg/150px-Ardmore_round_tower.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ardmore_round_tower.jpg/225px-Ardmore_round_tower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ardmore_round_tower.jpg/300px-Ardmore_round_tower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ardmore,_County_Waterford" title="Ardmore, County Waterford">Ardmore</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Waterford" title="County Waterford">Waterford</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Complete </td> <td data-sort-value="30">30 metres (98 ft)</td> <td>Has three <a href="/wiki/String_course" class="mw-redirect" title="String course">string courses</a> and a noticeable lean </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ardpatrick_Irish_Round_Tower,_County_Limerick,_Ireland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Ardpatrick_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Limerick%2C_Ireland.jpg/150px-Ardpatrick_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Limerick%2C_Ireland.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Ardpatrick_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Limerick%2C_Ireland.jpg/225px-Ardpatrick_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Limerick%2C_Ireland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Ardpatrick_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Limerick%2C_Ireland.jpg/300px-Ardpatrick_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Limerick%2C_Ireland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4048" data-file-height="3040" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ardpatrick,_County_Limerick" title="Ardpatrick, County Limerick">Ardpatrick</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Limerick" title="County Limerick">Limerick</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="03">3 metres (9.8 ft)</td> <td>Barrow<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> states that the Down Survey of 1655 marks the site with a tower of 3 stories with a broken top. Fitzgerald and McGreggor writing in 1826 state that it was a fine tower that "fell a few years since" <p>A stump 3m tall at its highest point, surrounded by rubble from its collapse, is all that remains. Barrow speculates that some of the stones from the tower were used to build the nearby wall surrounding the cemetery, including one at the top of the entrance 1.07m long with a raised moulding that may have been the sill stone from the tower's doorway. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ardrahan_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1475473.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Ardrahan_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1475473.jpg/150px-Ardrahan_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1475473.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Ardrahan_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1475473.jpg/225px-Ardrahan_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1475473.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Ardrahan_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1475473.jpg/300px-Ardrahan_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1475473.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ardrahan" title="Ardrahan">Ardrahan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">Galway</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="03">3 metres (9.8 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Armoy_round_tower_County_Antrim.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Armoy_round_tower_County_Antrim.jpg/150px-Armoy_round_tower_County_Antrim.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Armoy_round_tower_County_Antrim.jpg/225px-Armoy_round_tower_County_Antrim.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Armoy_round_tower_County_Antrim.jpg/300px-Armoy_round_tower_County_Antrim.jpg 2x" data-file-width="812" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Armoy" title="Armoy">Armoy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Antrim" title="County Antrim">Antrim</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="10.8">10.8 metres (35 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BallaRoundTower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/BallaRoundTower.jpg/150px-BallaRoundTower.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/BallaRoundTower.jpg/225px-BallaRoundTower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/BallaRoundTower.jpg/300px-BallaRoundTower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3168" data-file-height="4224" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Balla_Round_Tower" title="Balla Round Tower">Balla</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">Mayo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="10">10 metres (33 ft)</td> <td>Second doorway inserted probably later at ground level </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Castledermot_monastic_remains.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Castledermot_monastic_remains.jpg/150px-Castledermot_monastic_remains.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Castledermot_monastic_remains.jpg/225px-Castledermot_monastic_remains.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Castledermot_monastic_remains.jpg/300px-Castledermot_monastic_remains.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Castledermot_Round_Tower" title="Castledermot Round Tower">Castledermot</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">Kildare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Complete to cornice </td> <td data-sort-value="20">20 metres (66 ft)</td> <td>The conical cap has been replaced with battlements and the tower has been attached to a church (which was built later) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Round_Tower_-_Clondalkin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_108911.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Round_Tower_-_Clondalkin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_108911.jpg/150px-Round_Tower_-_Clondalkin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_108911.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Round_Tower_-_Clondalkin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_108911.jpg/225px-Round_Tower_-_Clondalkin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_108911.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Round_Tower_-_Clondalkin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_108911.jpg/300px-Round_Tower_-_Clondalkin_-_geograph.org.uk_-_108911.jpg 2x" data-file-width="479" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clondalkin" title="Clondalkin">Clondalkin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">Dublin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Complete </td> <td data-sort-value="27.5">27.5 metres (90 ft)</td> <td>Strengthened by a stone buttress, has a stone staircase to the doorway. It is the narrowest known tower with a base diameter of just 4.04 m </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Clones_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_289630.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Clones_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_289630.jpg/150px-Clones_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_289630.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Clones_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_289630.jpg/225px-Clones_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_289630.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Clones_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_289630.jpg/300px-Clones_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_289630.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clones,_County_Monaghan" title="Clones, County Monaghan">Clones</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Monaghan" title="County Monaghan">Monaghan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Complete to cornice </td> <td data-sort-value="22.9">22.9 metres (75 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Clonmacnoise_-_geograph.org.uk_-_585616.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Clonmacnoise_-_geograph.org.uk_-_585616.jpg/150px-Clonmacnoise_-_geograph.org.uk_-_585616.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Clonmacnoise_-_geograph.org.uk_-_585616.jpg/225px-Clonmacnoise_-_geograph.org.uk_-_585616.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Clonmacnoise_-_geograph.org.uk_-_585616.jpg/300px-Clonmacnoise_-_geograph.org.uk_-_585616.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="418" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clonmacnoise" title="Clonmacnoise">Clonmacnoise</a><br />O'Rourke's Tower<br />McCarthy's Tower</td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Offaly" title="County Offaly">Offaly</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Incomplete<br />Complete </td> <td data-sort-value="19.3">19.3 metres (63 ft)<br />17.7 metres (58 ft)</td> <td>Two towers a short distance from each other<br />O'Rourke: full height but capless; has 8 windows at top<br />McCarthy: attached to a church </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Round_Tower_of_Cloyne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Round_Tower_of_Cloyne.jpg/150px-Round_Tower_of_Cloyne.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Round_Tower_of_Cloyne.jpg/225px-Round_Tower_of_Cloyne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Round_Tower_of_Cloyne.jpg/300px-Round_Tower_of_Cloyne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2252" data-file-height="3842" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cloyne_Round_Tower" title="Cloyne Round Tower">Cloyne Round Tower</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Cloyne" title="Cloyne">Cloyne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">Cork</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Complete to cornice </td> <td data-sort-value="30.5">30.5 metres (100 ft)</td> <td>The conical cap has been replaced with battlements </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2019-06-07-Derry_(11).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/2019-06-07-Derry_%2811%29.jpg/150px-2019-06-07-Derry_%2811%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/2019-06-07-Derry_%2811%29.jpg/225px-2019-06-07-Derry_%2811%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/2019-06-07-Derry_%2811%29.jpg/300px-2019-06-07-Derry_%2811%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Derry_Round_Tower&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Derry Round Tower (page does not exist)">Derry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Londonderry" title="County Londonderry">Londonderry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td>5.5 metres (18 ft)</td> <td>Barrow states that a tower known as "The Long Tower" once stood in the city of <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a> at the site occupied since 1784–1786 by <a href="/wiki/St_Columba%27s_Church,_Long_Tower" title="St Columba's Church, Long Tower">St Columba's Church, Long Tower</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Long Tower was said to have survived the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Derry" title="Siege of Derry">siege of 1689</a> but seemed to have disappeared.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the remains of the missing tower were identified in the grounds of <a href="/wiki/Lumen_Christi_College,_Derry" title="Lumen Christi College, Derry">Lumen Christi College</a>, as a ruin previously believed to have been a windmill.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>The OS of County Londonderry of 1837<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Has the following: <i>"In the charter of Derry it is called Columb kille's Tower in Raven's plan of the city in 1621 it appears as a very high and slender belfry....In the popular traditions of Derry and its vicinity this tower is still invariably spoken of as a lofty round tower built by St Columb himself and many legends are current of its miracle working silver bell"</i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Round_Tower,_Devenish_Island_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1752272.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Round_Tower%2C_Devenish_Island_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1752272.jpg/150px-Round_Tower%2C_Devenish_Island_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1752272.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Round_Tower%2C_Devenish_Island_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1752272.jpg/225px-Round_Tower%2C_Devenish_Island_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1752272.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Round_Tower%2C_Devenish_Island_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1752272.jpg/300px-Round_Tower%2C_Devenish_Island_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1752272.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2976" data-file-height="3968" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Devenish_Island" title="Devenish Island">Devenish I</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Fermanagh" title="County Fermanagh">Fermanagh</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Complete </td> <td data-sort-value="25">25 metres (82 ft)</td> <td>Climbable. Romanesque corbel heads below cap </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RoundTower_Devenish_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Second Round Tower at Devenish Co. Fermanagh"><img alt="Second Round Tower at Devenish Co. Fermanagh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/RoundTower_Devenish_II.jpg/150px-RoundTower_Devenish_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/RoundTower_Devenish_II.jpg/225px-RoundTower_Devenish_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/RoundTower_Devenish_II.jpg/300px-RoundTower_Devenish_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2512" data-file-height="1652" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Devenish_Island" title="Devenish Island">Devenish II</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Fermanagh" title="County Fermanagh">Fermanagh</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="0.5">0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in)</td> <td>Foundation of tower directly adjacent to Devenish I </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Donaghmore_Church_and_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_166124.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Donaghmore_Church_and_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_166124.jpg/150px-Donaghmore_Church_and_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_166124.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Donaghmore_Church_and_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_166124.jpg/225px-Donaghmore_Church_and_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_166124.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Donaghmore_Church_and_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_166124.jpg/300px-Donaghmore_Church_and_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_166124.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donaghmore,_County_Meath&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donaghmore, County Meath (page does not exist)">Donaghmore</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Complete to cornice </td> <td data-sort-value="26.6">26.6 metres (87 ft)</td> <td>Full height but without cap </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Round_Tower_at_Dromiskin,_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1775014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Round_Tower_at_Dromiskin%2C_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1775014.jpg/150px-Round_Tower_at_Dromiskin%2C_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1775014.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Round_Tower_at_Dromiskin%2C_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1775014.jpg/225px-Round_Tower_at_Dromiskin%2C_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1775014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Round_Tower_at_Dromiskin%2C_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1775014.jpg/300px-Round_Tower_at_Dromiskin%2C_Co._Louth_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1775014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dromiskin_Monastery" title="Dromiskin Monastery">Dromiskin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Louth" title="County Louth">Louth</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="15.2">15.25 metres (50.0 ft)</td> <td>A conical cap was added to what remains of the tower </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dumbo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1746623.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Dumbo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1746623.jpg/150px-Dumbo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1746623.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Dumbo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1746623.jpg/225px-Dumbo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1746623.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Dumbo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1746623.jpg/300px-Dumbo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1746623.jpg 2x" data-file-width="532" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drumbo_round_tower" title="Drumbo round tower">Drumbo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">Down</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="10.25">10.25 metres (33.6 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Round-Tower-Drumcliff-Ennis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Round-Tower-Drumcliff-Ennis.jpg/150px-Round-Tower-Drumcliff-Ennis.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Round-Tower-Drumcliff-Ennis.jpg/225px-Round-Tower-Drumcliff-Ennis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Round-Tower-Drumcliff-Ennis.jpg/300px-Round-Tower-Drumcliff-Ennis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drumcliff,_County_Clare" title="Drumcliff, County Clare">Drumcliffe</a> (near <a href="/wiki/Ennis" title="Ennis">Ennis</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">Clare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="11">11 metres (36 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Drumcliffe_tower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Drumcliffe_tower.jpg/150px-Drumcliffe_tower.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Drumcliffe_tower.jpg/225px-Drumcliffe_tower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Drumcliffe_tower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="350" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drumcliff" title="Drumcliff">Drumcliff</a> (near <a href="/wiki/Sligo" title="Sligo">Sligo</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Sligo" title="County Sligo">Sligo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="9">9 metres (30 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_round_tower,_Drumlane_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1405855.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/The_round_tower%2C_Drumlane_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1405855.jpg/150px-The_round_tower%2C_Drumlane_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1405855.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/The_round_tower%2C_Drumlane_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1405855.jpg/225px-The_round_tower%2C_Drumlane_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1405855.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/The_round_tower%2C_Drumlane_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1405855.jpg/300px-The_round_tower%2C_Drumlane_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1405855.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drumlane" title="Drumlane">Drumlane</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Cavan" title="County Cavan">Cavan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="12">12 metres (39 ft)</td> <td>Two indistinct carvings of birds can be identified 2 m up on the north side of the tower </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RoundTowerFaughart.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/RoundTowerFaughart.jpg/150px-RoundTowerFaughart.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/RoundTowerFaughart.jpg/225px-RoundTowerFaughart.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/RoundTowerFaughart.jpg/300px-RoundTowerFaughart.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2484" data-file-height="1620" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Faughart" title="Faughart">Faughart</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Louth" title="County Louth">Louth</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="0.05">0.05 metres (2.0 in)</td> <td>Only a single circular course of large stones remain </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_round_tower_at_Glendalough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1545666.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/The_round_tower_at_Glendalough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1545666.jpg/150px-The_round_tower_at_Glendalough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1545666.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/The_round_tower_at_Glendalough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1545666.jpg/225px-The_round_tower_at_Glendalough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1545666.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/The_round_tower_at_Glendalough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1545666.jpg/300px-The_round_tower_at_Glendalough_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1545666.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glendalough" title="Glendalough">Glendalough</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Wicklow" title="County Wicklow">Wicklow</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Complete </td> <td data-sort-value="30.5">30.5 metres (100 ft)</td> <td>Nearby Saint Kevin's Church includes a miniature round tower </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fertagh_Round_Tower_March_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Photo of the Irish Round Tower at Grangefertagh County Kilkenny"><img alt="Photo of the Irish Round Tower at Grangefertagh County Kilkenny" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Fertagh_Round_Tower_March_2008.jpg/150px-Fertagh_Round_Tower_March_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Fertagh_Round_Tower_March_2008.jpg/225px-Fertagh_Round_Tower_March_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Fertagh_Round_Tower_March_2008.jpg/300px-Fertagh_Round_Tower_March_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3040" data-file-height="4048" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grangefertagh" title="Grangefertagh">Grangefertagh</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kilkenny" title="County Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Complete to cornice<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td data-sort-value="30">30 metres (98 ft)</td> <td>Full height but without cap, located in the parish of <a href="/wiki/Johnstown,_County_Kilkenny" title="Johnstown, County Kilkenny">Johnstown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:InisCealtraMonastery.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/InisCealtraMonastery.JPG/150px-InisCealtraMonastery.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/InisCealtraMonastery.JPG/225px-InisCealtraMonastery.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/InisCealtraMonastery.JPG/300px-InisCealtraMonastery.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3440" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inish_Cealtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Inish Cealtra">Inish Cealtra</a> (in <a href="/wiki/Lough_Derg_(Shannon)" title="Lough Derg (Shannon)">Lough Derg</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">Clare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="22.3">22.3 metres (73 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Inniskeenroundtower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Inniskeenroundtower.jpg/150px-Inniskeenroundtower.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Inniskeenroundtower.jpg/225px-Inniskeenroundtower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Inniskeenroundtower.jpg/300px-Inniskeenroundtower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="908" data-file-height="595" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inniskeen" title="Inniskeen">Inishkeen</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Monaghan" title="County Monaghan">Monaghan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="12.6">12.6 metres (41 ft)</td> <td>The top has been sealed with brick and cement </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kells_roundtower_highcross.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Kells_roundtower_highcross.jpg/150px-Kells_roundtower_highcross.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Kells_roundtower_highcross.jpg/225px-Kells_roundtower_highcross.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Kells_roundtower_highcross.jpg/300px-Kells_roundtower_highcross.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kells_Round_Tower" title="Kells Round Tower">Kells</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Complete to cornice </td> <td data-sort-value="26">26 metres (85 ft)</td> <td>Full height but without cap </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kilbennan_Round_Tower_E_2010_09_16.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Kilbennan_Round_Tower_E_2010_09_16.jpg/150px-Kilbennan_Round_Tower_E_2010_09_16.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Kilbennan_Round_Tower_E_2010_09_16.jpg/225px-Kilbennan_Round_Tower_E_2010_09_16.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Kilbennan_Round_Tower_E_2010_09_16.jpg/300px-Kilbennan_Round_Tower_E_2010_09_16.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="3432" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kilbennan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilbennan">Kilbennan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">Galway</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="16.5">16.5 metres (54 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RoundTowerKilcoona.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Round Tower Kilcoona"><img alt="Round Tower Kilcoona" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/RoundTowerKilcoona.jpg/150px-RoundTowerKilcoona.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/RoundTowerKilcoona.jpg/225px-RoundTowerKilcoona.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/RoundTowerKilcoona.jpg/300px-RoundTowerKilcoona.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2488" data-file-height="1640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kilcoona&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kilcoona (page does not exist)">Kilcoona</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">Galway</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="3">3 metres (9.8 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kildare_Irish_Round_Tower,_County_Kildare,_Ireland.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Photo of Kildare Irish Round Tower in the town of Kildare, in the County of Kildare Ireland"><img alt="Photo of Kildare Irish Round Tower in the town of Kildare, in the County of Kildare Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Kildare_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Kildare%2C_Ireland.JPG/150px-Kildare_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Kildare%2C_Ireland.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Kildare_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Kildare%2C_Ireland.JPG/225px-Kildare_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Kildare%2C_Ireland.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Kildare_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Kildare%2C_Ireland.JPG/300px-Kildare_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Kildare%2C_Ireland.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4048" data-file-height="3040" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kildare_Cathedral" title="Kildare Cathedral">Kildare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">Kildare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Complete to cornice </td> <td data-sort-value="32">32 metres (105 ft)</td> <td>Climbable; the conical cap has been replaced with battlements; romanesque decoration around doorway </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Canice%27s_Cathedral,_Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1538927.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Saint_Canice%27s_Cathedral%2C_Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1538927.jpg/150px-Saint_Canice%27s_Cathedral%2C_Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1538927.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Saint_Canice%27s_Cathedral%2C_Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1538927.jpg/225px-Saint_Canice%27s_Cathedral%2C_Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1538927.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Saint_Canice%27s_Cathedral%2C_Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1538927.jpg/300px-Saint_Canice%27s_Cathedral%2C_Kilkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1538927.jpg 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Canice%27s_Cathedral" title="St Canice's Cathedral">Kilkenny</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kilkenny" title="County Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Complete to cornice </td> <td data-sort-value="30">30 metres (98 ft)</td> <td>Climbable; the conical cap has been replaced with battlements </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KillalaRoundTower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/KillalaRoundTower.jpg/150px-KillalaRoundTower.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/KillalaRoundTower.jpg/225px-KillalaRoundTower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/KillalaRoundTower.jpg/300px-KillalaRoundTower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3168" data-file-height="4224" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Killala" title="Killala">Killala</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">Mayo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Complete </td> <td data-sort-value="25.5">25.5 metres (84 ft)</td> <td>There is a noticeable bulge about halfway up the tower </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Killashee_Round_Tower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Killashee_Round_Tower.jpg/150px-Killashee_Round_Tower.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Killashee_Round_Tower.jpg/225px-Killashee_Round_Tower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Killashee_Round_Tower.jpg/300px-Killashee_Round_Tower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="4608" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Killashee_Round_Tower" title="Killashee Round Tower">Killashee</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">Kildare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="7.3">7.3 metres (24 ft)</td> <td>Has a square base, only becoming round about halfway up. Incorporated into the fabric of a church. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RoundTowerKilleany-Aran.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ireland Roundtower Killeany Aran Islands"><img alt="Ireland Roundtower Killeany Aran Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/RoundTowerKilleany-Aran.jpg/150px-RoundTowerKilleany-Aran.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/RoundTowerKilleany-Aran.jpg/225px-RoundTowerKilleany-Aran.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/RoundTowerKilleany-Aran.jpg/300px-RoundTowerKilleany-Aran.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2468" data-file-height="1612" /></a></span></td> <td>Killeany/<a href="/wiki/Aran_Islands" title="Aran Islands">Aran Islands</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">Galway</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="3.02">3.02 metres (9.9 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kilmallock_Irish_Round_Tower,_County_Limerick_Ireland.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Photo of Kilmallock Irish Round Tower, County Limerick, Ireland"><img alt="Photo of Kilmallock Irish Round Tower, County Limerick, Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kilmallock_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Limerick_Ireland.JPG/150px-Kilmallock_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Limerick_Ireland.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kilmallock_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Limerick_Ireland.JPG/225px-Kilmallock_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Limerick_Ireland.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kilmallock_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Limerick_Ireland.JPG/300px-Kilmallock_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Limerick_Ireland.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3040" data-file-height="4048" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kilmallock" title="Kilmallock">Kilmallock</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Limerick" title="County Limerick">Limerick</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="3">3 metres (9.8 ft)</td> <td>Only the lower 3 m of the tower is original, what stands above (tower of the Collegiate church) is a late medieval addition/reconstruction </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RoundTowerKillnaboy.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Round Tower Killinaboy Co.Clare"><img alt="Round Tower Killinaboy Co.Clare" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/RoundTowerKillnaboy.jpg/150px-RoundTowerKillnaboy.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/RoundTowerKillnaboy.jpg/225px-RoundTowerKillnaboy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/RoundTowerKillnaboy.jpg/300px-RoundTowerKillnaboy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2512" data-file-height="1620" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kilnaboy" title="Kilnaboy">Killinaboy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">Clare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="3.5">3.5 metres (11 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kilmacduagh05(js).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Kilmacduagh05%28js%29.jpg/150px-Kilmacduagh05%28js%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Kilmacduagh05%28js%29.jpg/225px-Kilmacduagh05%28js%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Kilmacduagh05%28js%29.jpg/300px-Kilmacduagh05%28js%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3660" data-file-height="5597" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kilmacduagh_monastery" title="Kilmacduagh monastery">Kilmacduagh</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">Galway</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Complete </td> <td data-sort-value="34.5">34.5 metres (113 ft)</td> <td>The tallest standing of the ancient round towers. It has 11 windows (more than any other tower) and the door is 8m from the ground (higher than any other tower). Leans 1.02m from the vertical. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kilree.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Kilree.jpg/150px-Kilree.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Kilree.jpg/225px-Kilree.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Kilree.jpg/300px-Kilree.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kilree" title="Kilree">Kilree</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kilkenny" title="County Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Complete to cornice </td> <td data-sort-value="27">27 metres (89 ft)</td> <td>The conical cap has been replaced with battlements </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kinneigh_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_537605.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Kinneigh_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_537605.jpg/150px-Kinneigh_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_537605.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Kinneigh_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_537605.jpg/225px-Kinneigh_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_537605.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Kinneigh_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_537605.jpg/300px-Kinneigh_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_537605.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Castletown-Kinneigh" title="Castletown-Kinneigh">Kinneigh</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">Cork</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Complete to cornice </td> <td data-sort-value="24.5">24.5 metres (80 ft)</td> <td>Has a hexagonal base and a sealed top </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RoundTowerLiathmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Round Tower Liathmore"><img alt="Round Tower Liathmore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/RoundTowerLiathmore.jpg/150px-RoundTowerLiathmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/RoundTowerLiathmore.jpg/225px-RoundTowerLiathmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/RoundTowerLiathmore.jpg/300px-RoundTowerLiathmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2436" data-file-height="1648" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liathmore_Churches" title="Liathmore Churches">Liathmore</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Tipperary" title="County Tipperary">Tipperary</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="0.01">0.01 metres (0.39 in)</td> <td>Discovered in 1969; only the 2.6 m foundations remain (unusually deep for an Irish round tower) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_and_Round_Tower_at_Lusk_-_geograph.ie_-_1833150.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Church_and_Round_Tower_at_Lusk_-_geograph.ie_-_1833150.jpg/150px-Church_and_Round_Tower_at_Lusk_-_geograph.ie_-_1833150.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Church_and_Round_Tower_at_Lusk_-_geograph.ie_-_1833150.jpg/225px-Church_and_Round_Tower_at_Lusk_-_geograph.ie_-_1833150.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Church_and_Round_Tower_at_Lusk_-_geograph.ie_-_1833150.jpg/300px-Church_and_Round_Tower_at_Lusk_-_geograph.ie_-_1833150.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2404" data-file-height="1916" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lusk,_Dublin" title="Lusk, Dublin">Lusk</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">Dublin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Complete to cornice </td> <td data-sort-value="26.6">26.6 metres (87 ft)</td> <td>Full height but without cap; is attached to a church (which was built later) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maghera_Round_Tower,_May_2011_(02).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Maghera_Round_Tower%2C_May_2011_%2802%29.JPG/150px-Maghera_Round_Tower%2C_May_2011_%2802%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Maghera_Round_Tower%2C_May_2011_%2802%29.JPG/225px-Maghera_Round_Tower%2C_May_2011_%2802%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Maghera_Round_Tower%2C_May_2011_%2802%29.JPG/300px-Maghera_Round_Tower%2C_May_2011_%2802%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4272" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maghera_Churches_and_Round_Tower" title="Maghera Churches and Round Tower">Maghera</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">Down</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="5.4">5.4 metres (18 ft)</td> <td>Stump with a large hole in the side </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MeelickRoundTower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/MeelickRoundTower.jpg/150px-MeelickRoundTower.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/MeelickRoundTower.jpg/225px-MeelickRoundTower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/MeelickRoundTower.jpg/300px-MeelickRoundTower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3168" data-file-height="4224" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meelick,_County_Mayo" title="Meelick, County Mayo">Meelick</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">Mayo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="21">21 metres (69 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DysertRoundTower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/DysertRoundTower.jpg/150px-DysertRoundTower.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/DysertRoundTower.jpg/225px-DysertRoundTower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/DysertRoundTower.jpg/300px-DysertRoundTower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mollaneen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mollaneen (page does not exist)">Mollaneen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dysert_O%27Dea_Monastery" title="Dysert O'Dea Monastery">Dysert O'Dea Monastery</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">Clare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="15">15 metres (49 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RoundTowerNendrum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="I"><img alt="I" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/RoundTowerNendrum.jpg/150px-RoundTowerNendrum.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/RoundTowerNendrum.jpg/225px-RoundTowerNendrum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/RoundTowerNendrum.jpg/300px-RoundTowerNendrum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2540" data-file-height="1648" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nendrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Nendrum">Nendrum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">Down</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="4.4">4.4 metres (14 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DysertMonastery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/DysertMonastery.jpg/150px-DysertMonastery.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/DysertMonastery.jpg/225px-DysertMonastery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/DysertMonastery.jpg/300px-DysertMonastery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4224" data-file-height="3168" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/D%C3%ADsert_%C3%93engusa_(County_Limerick)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dísert Óengusa (County Limerick)">Dísert Óengusa, Croom</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Limerick" title="County Limerick">Limerick</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="21">21 metres (69 ft)</td> <td>Romanesque decoration around doorway </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Monasterboice_05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Monasterboice_05.jpg/150px-Monasterboice_05.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Monasterboice_05.jpg/225px-Monasterboice_05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Monasterboice_05.jpg/300px-Monasterboice_05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monasterboice" title="Monasterboice">Monasterboice</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Louth" title="County Louth">Louth</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="28">28 metres (92 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Kilcullen_Irish_Round_Tower,_County_Kildare,_Ireland.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Photo of Old Kilcullen round tower, County Kildare, Ireland"><img alt="Photo of Old Kilcullen round tower, County Kildare, Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Old_Kilcullen_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Kildare%2C_Ireland.JPG/150px-Old_Kilcullen_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Kildare%2C_Ireland.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Old_Kilcullen_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Kildare%2C_Ireland.JPG/225px-Old_Kilcullen_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Kildare%2C_Ireland.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Old_Kilcullen_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Kildare%2C_Ireland.JPG/300px-Old_Kilcullen_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Kildare%2C_Ireland.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4048" data-file-height="3040" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Old_Kilcullen" title="Old Kilcullen">Old Kilcullen</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">Kildare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="11">11 metres (36 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RoundTowerOran.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Round Tower Oran"><img alt="Round Tower Oran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/RoundTowerOran.jpg/150px-RoundTowerOran.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/RoundTowerOran.jpg/225px-RoundTowerOran.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/RoundTowerOran.jpg/300px-RoundTowerOran.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2504" data-file-height="1652" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oran,_County_Roscommon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oran, County Roscommon (page does not exist)">Oran</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Roscommon" title="County Roscommon">Roscommon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="3.9">3.9 metres (13 ft)</td> <td>Largest base diameter of any known original Irish round tower at 6 m </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oughterard_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Photo of Oughterard Irish Round Tower, County Kildare, Ireland"><img alt="Photo of Oughterard Irish Round Tower, County Kildare, Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Oughterard_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.JPG/150px-Oughterard_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Oughterard_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.JPG/225px-Oughterard_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Oughterard_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.JPG/300px-Oughterard_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2878" data-file-height="3919" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oughter_Ard" title="Oughter Ard">Oughter Ard</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">Kildare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="9.5">9.5 metres (31 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RoundTowerRamsIsland.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Round Tower Ram's Island"><img alt="Round Tower Ram's Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/RoundTowerRamsIsland.jpg/150px-RoundTowerRamsIsland.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/RoundTowerRamsIsland.jpg/225px-RoundTowerRamsIsland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/RoundTowerRamsIsland.jpg/300px-RoundTowerRamsIsland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1612" data-file-height="2360" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram%27s_Island,_Northern_Ireland" title="Ram's Island, Northern Ireland">Ram's Island</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Antrim" title="County Antrim">Antrim</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="12.8">12.8 metres (42 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Round_Tower_at_Old_Rathmichael_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The remains of the round tower"><img alt="The remains of the round tower" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Round_Tower_at_Old_Rathmichael_Church.jpg/150px-Round_Tower_at_Old_Rathmichael_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Round_Tower_at_Old_Rathmichael_Church.jpg/225px-Round_Tower_at_Old_Rathmichael_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Round_Tower_at_Old_Rathmichael_Church.jpg/300px-Round_Tower_at_Old_Rathmichael_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3490" data-file-height="1963" /></a><figcaption>The remains of the round tower</figcaption></figure></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rathmichael" title="Rathmichael">Rathmichael</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">Dublin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="1.9">1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in)</td> <td>Said to have been a place to place bodies after they had been buried in the graveyard for a number of years. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rattoo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_12548.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Rattoo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_12548.jpg/150px-Rattoo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_12548.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="310" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Rattoo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_12548.jpg/225px-Rattoo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_12548.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Rattoo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_12548.jpg/300px-Rattoo_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_12548.jpg 2x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rattoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Rattoo">Rattoo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">Kerry</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Complete</td> <td>27.4 m</td> <td>Includes a <a href="/wiki/Sheela_na_Gig" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheela na Gig">Sheela na Gig</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roscam_Irish_Round_Tower,_County_Galway_Ireland.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Photo of Roscam Irish Round Tower County Galway Ireland"><img alt="Photo of Roscam Irish Round Tower County Galway Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Roscam_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Galway_Ireland.JPG/150px-Roscam_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Galway_Ireland.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Roscam_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Galway_Ireland.JPG/225px-Roscam_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Galway_Ireland.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Roscam_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Galway_Ireland.JPG/300px-Roscam_Irish_Round_Tower%2C_County_Galway_Ireland.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4048" data-file-height="3040" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roscam" title="Roscam">Roscam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">Galway</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="10.98">10.98 metres (36.0 ft)</td> <td>7 levels of <a href="/wiki/Putlog_hole" title="Putlog hole">putlog holes</a> clearly visible </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Roscrea_Round_Tower_2010_09_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Roscrea_Round_Tower_2010_09_03.jpg/150px-Roscrea_Round_Tower_2010_09_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Roscrea_Round_Tower_2010_09_03.jpg/225px-Roscrea_Round_Tower_2010_09_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Roscrea_Round_Tower_2010_09_03.jpg/300px-Roscrea_Round_Tower_2010_09_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2285" data-file-height="3427" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roscrea" title="Roscrea">Roscrea</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Tipperary" title="County Tipperary">Tipperary</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="20">20 metres (66 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scattery_Island_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Scattery_Island_01.jpg/150px-Scattery_Island_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Scattery_Island_01.jpg/225px-Scattery_Island_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Scattery_Island_01.jpg/300px-Scattery_Island_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scattery_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Scattery Island">Scattery Island</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">Clare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Complete to cornice, with a partially truncated cap </td> <td data-sort-value="26">26 metres (85 ft)</td> <td>Doorway is at ground level </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seir_Kieran_Round_Tower_and_Priory_Wall_2010_09_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Seir_Kieran_Round_Tower_and_Priory_Wall_2010_09_09.jpg/150px-Seir_Kieran_Round_Tower_and_Priory_Wall_2010_09_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Seir_Kieran_Round_Tower_and_Priory_Wall_2010_09_09.jpg/225px-Seir_Kieran_Round_Tower_and_Priory_Wall_2010_09_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Seir_Kieran_Round_Tower_and_Priory_Wall_2010_09_09.jpg/300px-Seir_Kieran_Round_Tower_and_Priory_Wall_2010_09_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3504" data-file-height="1912" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saighir" title="Saighir">Seir Kieran</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Offaly" title="County Offaly">Offaly</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="2.6">2.6 metres (8 ft 6 in)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RoundTowerSt._Mullins.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/RoundTowerSt._Mullins.jpg/150px-RoundTowerSt._Mullins.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/RoundTowerSt._Mullins.jpg/225px-RoundTowerSt._Mullins.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/RoundTowerSt._Mullins.jpg/300px-RoundTowerSt._Mullins.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2472" data-file-height="1624" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Mullin%27s" title="St Mullin's">St Mullin's</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Carlow" title="County Carlow">Carlow</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="1">1 metre (3 ft 3 in)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rock_of_Cashel_-_33.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Rock_of_Cashel_-_33.jpg/150px-Rock_of_Cashel_-_33.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Rock_of_Cashel_-_33.jpg/225px-Rock_of_Cashel_-_33.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Rock_of_Cashel_-_33.jpg/300px-Rock_of_Cashel_-_33.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rock_of_Cashel" title="Rock of Cashel">St Patrick's Rock</a> (near <a href="/wiki/Cashel,_County_Tipperary" title="Cashel, County Tipperary">Cashel</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Tipperary" title="County Tipperary">Tipperary</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Munster" title="Munster">Munster</a></td> <td>Complete </td> <td data-sort-value="28">28 metres (92 ft)</td> <td>Attached to a church (which was built later) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AntrimRoundTower.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/AntrimRoundTower.JPG/150px-AntrimRoundTower.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/AntrimRoundTower.JPG/225px-AntrimRoundTower.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/AntrimRoundTower.JPG/300px-AntrimRoundTower.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3440" data-file-height="4608" /></a></span></td> <td>Steeple (near <a href="/wiki/Antrim,_County_Antrim" title="Antrim, County Antrim">Antrim</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Antrim" title="County Antrim">Antrim</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Complete </td> <td data-sort-value="28">28 metres (92 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Swords_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_526767.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Swords_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_526767.jpg/150px-Swords_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_526767.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Swords_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_526767.jpg/225px-Swords_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_526767.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Swords_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_526767.jpg/300px-Swords_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_526767.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swords,_Dublin" title="Swords, Dublin">Swords</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">Dublin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Complete </td> <td data-sort-value="26">26 metres (85 ft)</td> <td>Has a deformed top floor, which is topped by a stone cross </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taghadoe_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Photo of Taghadoe Irish Round Tower County Kildare, Ireland"><img alt="Photo of Taghadoe Irish Round Tower County Kildare, Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Taghadoe_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.jpg/150px-Taghadoe_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Taghadoe_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.jpg/225px-Taghadoe_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Taghadoe_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.jpg/300px-Taghadoe_Irish_Round_Tower_County_Kildare.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4048" data-file-height="3040" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taghadoe" title="Taghadoe">Taghadoe</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">Kildare</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="19.8">19.8 metres (65 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TimahoeRoundTower2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/TimahoeRoundTower2.JPG/150px-TimahoeRoundTower2.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/TimahoeRoundTower2.JPG/225px-TimahoeRoundTower2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/TimahoeRoundTower2.JPG/300px-TimahoeRoundTower2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2445" data-file-height="3618" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Timahoe" title="Timahoe">Timahoe</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Laois" title="County Laois">Laois</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Complete </td> <td data-sort-value="29">29 metres (95 ft)</td> <td>Romanesque decoration around doorway </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RoundTowerToryIsland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/RoundTowerToryIsland.jpg/150px-RoundTowerToryIsland.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/RoundTowerToryIsland.jpg/225px-RoundTowerToryIsland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/RoundTowerToryIsland.jpg/300px-RoundTowerToryIsland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1648" data-file-height="2508" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tory_Island" title="Tory Island">Tory Island</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">Donegal</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="12.8">12.8 metres (42 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Round_tower_and_ruined_church,_Tullaherin,_Co._KIlkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_207642.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Round_tower_and_ruined_church%2C_Tullaherin%2C_Co._KIlkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_207642.jpg/150px-Round_tower_and_ruined_church%2C_Tullaherin%2C_Co._KIlkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_207642.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Round_tower_and_ruined_church%2C_Tullaherin%2C_Co._KIlkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_207642.jpg/225px-Round_tower_and_ruined_church%2C_Tullaherin%2C_Co._KIlkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_207642.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Round_tower_and_ruined_church%2C_Tullaherin%2C_Co._KIlkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_207642.jpg/300px-Round_tower_and_ruined_church%2C_Tullaherin%2C_Co._KIlkenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_207642.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="472" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tullaherin" title="Tullaherin">Tullaherin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kilkenny" title="County Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a></td> <td>Incomplete </td> <td data-sort-value="22.5">22.5 metres (74 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turlough_Round_Tower_and_Church_2007_08_14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Turlough_Round_Tower_and_Church_2007_08_14.jpg/150px-Turlough_Round_Tower_and_Church_2007_08_14.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Turlough_Round_Tower_and_Church_2007_08_14.jpg/225px-Turlough_Round_Tower_and_Church_2007_08_14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Turlough_Round_Tower_and_Church_2007_08_14.jpg/300px-Turlough_Round_Tower_and_Church_2007_08_14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3504" data-file-height="2336" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Turlough_Abbey" title="Turlough Abbey">Turlough Abbey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">Mayo</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Connacht" title="Connacht">Connacht</a></td> <td>Complete </td> <td data-sort-value="22.9">22.9 metres (75 ft)</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210927162149/http://roundtowers.org/">roundtowers.org</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_missing_towers">List of missing towers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irish_round_tower&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: List of missing towers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a list of Irish round towers known to have existed, but no trace now remains. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>County</th> <th>Year</th> <th>Notes: taken from George Lennox Barrow's <i>The Round Towers of Ireland 1979</i><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Brian Lalor's <i>The Irish Round Tower-Origins and Architecture Explored 1999</i><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> unless otherwise stated </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Annadown" class="mw-redirect" title="Annadown">Annadown</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Galway" title="County Galway">Galway</a></td> <td>1238</td> <td>Lalor states that there is a reference from The <i>Annals of the Four Masters</i> for the year 1238 "The Cloicteach of Enachduin was erected". All trace of the tower has vanished </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardbraccon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ardbraccon (page does not exist)">Ardbraccon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a></td> <td>1181</td> <td><i>The Annals of Clonmacnoise</i> for the year 1181 record "The steeple of Ardbreakean fell this yeare". No trace of the tower now remains. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ardfert" title="Ardfert">Ardfert</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">Kerry</a></td> <td>1771</td> <td>The tower fell in a great storm in 1771. Descriptions of the tower vary with Samual Molyneux passing the tower in 1709 stating that it was "very low" with seamen often mistaking it for Scattery round tower. Charles Smith in 1756 describes the tower as being near 100 ft (30m) tall being mostly constructed of "a dark kind of marble" and "not composed of freestone", "the finest [tower] I have met with". Later accounts in 1878 (O Halloran) and 1884 (Tralee Chronicle) put its height at 120 ft and 150 ft respectively. The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1846 states that the tower was "slated" (but being written over 70 years after it fell it is difficult to say for certain if this was so, if it was it would certainly be a unique feature). <p>Brain Lalor states that fragments of the tower have been found on-site and its location is marked on OSI maps from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1850</span>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armagh" title="Armagh">Armagh</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Armagh" title="County Armagh">Armagh</a></td> <td>1121</td> <td>There are several references to this tower from the annals:<br /> <p>995/6 <i>"Ard-Macha was burned by lightning, both houses damhlaig and cloigteach and fidnad" – Annals of Tigernach</i><br /> 1020 <i>"Ard-Macha was burned with all the fort....and the Cloicteach, with its bells" – Annals of the Four Masters</i><br /> 1121 <i>"A great wind storm happened in December of this year, which knocked off the conical cap of the cloicteach of Ard-Macha"- Annals of the Four Masters</i><br /> The tower is said to have stood 12 m north of the present cathedral (based on a map drawn in 1886 during the restoration of the cathedral) and possibly finally met its demise in 1642 when the town and cathedral were burned by Phelim O'Neill<br /> No trace of the tower remains. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brigown (near <a href="/wiki/Mitchelstown" title="Mitchelstown">Mitchelstown</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">Cork</a></td> <td>1720</td> <td>Barrow's research indicates that this tower collapsed in a storm in 1720, and the remaining stump (around 4.6 m tall) disappeared by degrees with the last dug out in 1807 and the stones used to build a local glebe house. The tower reputably stood around 18 m to the south-west of the ruined church. <br /> No trace of the tower remains. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clonard,_County_Meath" title="Clonard, County Meath">Clonard</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a></td> <td>1039</td> <td><i>The Annals of the Four Masters</i> for the year 1039 records <i>"The Cloicteach of Cluain-Iraid fell"</i> <br /> <p>This is the only known reference to the tower and no trace of it now remains. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cork_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Cork City">Cork</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">Cork</a></td> <td>1738</td> <td>Barrow's evidence indicates that this tower fell in 1738. A French traveller, Boullaye le Gouz passing it in 1644 describes the tower as <i>"dix ou douze pas de circuit et plus de 100 pieds du hait"</i> (10 or 12 paces around and over 100 feet tall). An engraving on the foot of a monstrance (dating from 1669) in the Dominican friary at Pope's Quay, Cork depicts St. Finbar with a church behind him and a capless round tower at one end. The tower has a broken top with 6 windows directly in line above a round-headed doorway. <p>No trace of the tower now remains and the cathedral built in 1865 evidently covers the site where it once stood. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Downpatrick" title="Downpatrick">Downpatrick</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Down" title="County Down">Down</a></td> <td>1015</td> <td><i>The Annals of the Four Masters</i> for the year 1015 record <i>"Dun-de-leathghlas was totally burned with its Daimhlaig and its Cloicteach by lightning" </i> <br /> <p>Harris (from <i>Ware's Antiquities 1746</i>) in 1744 describes the remains of the tower at that time as being 66 feet tall with walls 3 feet thick standing 40 ft from the old cathedral. The doorway was at ground level. (Barrow speculates that the ground level may have been raised by the rubble of the old cathedral.) </p><p>A painting by Charles Lilly from 1790 and a print from 1789 show the round tower with a broken top standing to the south-west corner of the cathedral next to St. Patrick's grave. The remainder of the tower is said to have been pulled down in the early 19th century during the renovation of the cathedral as it was in a dangerous state. <br /> No trace of the tower now remains but the site is pointed out next St Patrick's grave on raised ground which Barrow speculates may conceal its foundations. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, St Michael Le Pole</td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">Dublin</a></td> <td>1775</td> <td>The tower stood in an old churchyard just south-west of Dublin castle. In 1706 the Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral granted the ruins of the church (where the tower stood) to Dr. John Jones to build a school, with one of the conditions being that he would not pull down the tower. The formerly free-standing tower then had the school built around it. Drawings by Beringer from 1766<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1776 show this school building with the tower projecting through the west end of the roof. in 1775 the tower was badly damaged by a storm and the Dean and Chapter agreed that it must be taken down because it was too dangerous to repair. This was done 3 years later with the upper portion of the tower removed down to the level of the church roof. It is unclear when the remainder of the tower was demolished, though this was possibly done in 1789. <p>Barrow states that Petrie in his notes (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1830s</span>) quotes old locals describing the tower as of rude construction of large stones c.70 ft high with two windows at the top. A car park now marks the site of the former school and no trace of the tower now remains, though its stones are said to have been used in a nearby cemetery wall (this wall is no longer present). </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Duleek" title="Duleek">Duleek</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a></td> <td>1147</td> <td><i>The Annals of the Four Masters</i> for the year 1147 record <i>"A thunderbolt fell this year upon the cloicteach of Daimhliag-Chianain and knocked off the beannchobhair (conical cap)"</i> <p>The tower survived at least until medieval times. Evidence of this is clearly visible in the imprint of the tower in the north wall of the square 15th century Tower of St. Mary's Church. The tower was incorporated into the medieval belfry in a similar manner to the Irish Round Tower at Lusk. The tower collapsed or was demolished at an unknown date leaving a scar on the side of the belfry. The scar rises to 14 m high where the tower diverged from the later building. There is a large window/opening (9.6 m from the ground) within this scar suggesting that this opening allowed access between the tower and belfry. </p><p>Fragments of the foundation remain showing that the external diameter at the base of the tower was 5.18 m. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Emly" title="Emly">Emly</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Tipperary" title="County Tipperary">Tipperary</a></td> <td>1058</td> <td><i>The Annals of the Four Masters</i> for the year 1058 record <i>"Iarleach-Ibhair was totally burned Daimhliag and Cloicteach"</i> <p>Thomas Dineley in his book<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 1681 has a sketch of the old cathedral at Emly with a stump (possibly that of the remains of a round tower) behind it at one side reaching to the height of the eaves of the cathedral. The stump appears to have 11 regular even courses of masonry with an opening, possibly representing the doorway. The site of the cathedral is an old graveyard beside the modern catholic church. </p><p>All that remains of the cathedral is an old stone cross and no trace of the tower remains. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kilbarry</td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Roscommon" title="County Roscommon">Roscommon</a></td> <td>1770s</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Donovan_(scholar)" title="John O'Donovan (scholar)">John O'Donovan</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> speaks of meeting a local man in 1837 who remembers the round tower of Kilbarry standing. It is said to have stood around 15 feet west of the church in the monastery of Clooncoirpthe. The tower fell in a great storm in the 1770s, and in doing so knocked down the closest corner of the church. This corner was known as Claig-theach corner. The tower had a diameter of 9–11 feet and the last remains of it were removed 6 years before O'Donovan's visit. <p>Barrow visiting the site in 1974 describes finding several stones taken from the ruin of the round tower embedded in the cemetery wall surrounding the site and also scattered amongst the graves. These stones include the capstone, a conical stone with an angle of around 65 degrees 30 cm high with one side broken off. Also found were what Barrow believes were the remains of a round-headed doorway "of three stones" dressed to the curve with a moulding. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kellistown&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kellistown (page does not exist)">Kellistown</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Carlow" title="County Carlow">Carlow</a></td> <td>1807</td> <td><i>Anthologia Hibernica Volume 4 (1794)</i> (which refers to the place as <i>"Kellet's Town"</i>) states <i>"The tower which stands on elevated ground about five miles NE of Carlow and not on the Barrow as asserted in some late publications is built of gritstone with which the country abounds and about twelve feet internal diameter but at present much destroyed"</i> A sketch of the ruin of this tower is also in this book. It depicts the tower standing about 10m tall with 23 stone courses, broken down its left side to ground level, with a breach near the top which could represent the remains of a window. <p>A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> states <i>"One of the ancient round towers stood here till 1807 when it was pulled down to make room for the belfry of the church"</i>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Killeshin" title="Killeshin">Killeshin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Laois" title="County Laois">Laois</a></td> <td>1703</td> <td>The monastic site at Killeshin, 5 km west of Carlow, contains the remains of a 12th-century church. The round tower is said to have stood 20 m south-west of this church. <p>The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> describes the steeple of Killeshin being "undermined" "and flung down" in 1703 by an employee of a Captain Woosley (described as "Hero of the Boyne"). The tower measured 105 feet long on the ground after being felled and apparently remained largely intact in its tubular form. </p><p>John O'Donovan<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was told by locals in 1838 that the tower was knocked down by the local landlord in <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1750</span> as it posed a threat (if it fell) to his cattle who used to scratch themselves on the four pillars on which the tower stood. Barrow speculates that this later account of the towers destruction and 4 pillars notion is a corruption of the original account and speculates that the tower had become dilapidated at its base and so became structurally unsound. Stones from the tower were still visible on site during O'Donovan's visit in 1838. </p><p>Barrow states that nothing now remains of the tower, "at least above the ground". </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raphoe" title="Raphoe">Raphoe</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">Donegal</a></td> <td>1660</td> <td>In James Moore's 1739 book<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ware states that "There was also in that Place a round Tower built on a Hill in which the Bishops of Raphoe formerly kept their Studies". Barrow states that there is a manuscript in the Ware's handwriting dated 2 April 1660, that Dr. John Leslie, bishop of Raphoe, had told him that he caused a round tower, or pyramid build of old times to be pulled down and the stones used for his new "epall house". In the bottom of the tower, he found the bones of a man buried anciently there. Barrow states that the "Bishop's House", now a burnt-out ruin, was built by Leslie in 1637. The traditional site of the tower is now pointed up a lane to the north-west of the cathedral. <p>Barrow speculates that a farm wall nearby may contain stones from the round tower. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rath_Blamaic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rath Blamaic (page does not exist)">Rath Blamaic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">Clare</a></td> <td>1838</td> <td>A ruined medieval church marks the site of the monastery said to be founded by St. Blamaic in the 6th century. It is a mile NNW of the round tower at Dysert O Dea which is clearly visible across the valley. <p>Keane<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> says: <i>The ruins of a Round Tower to the height of eight feet and without door or window are said to have stood at Rath until the year 1838 when the materials were removed for the building of the Churchyard wall </i>. Keane also says <i>There is a legend among the peasantry of the neighbourhood that the Saint of Dysart, St Mawnaula, carried away from Rath the tower now standing at Dysart whereupon Blamaic the Saint of Rath retaliated by conveying to Rath some other building which had stood at Dysart</i>. Barrow speculates that it is more likely that the tower and indeed the entire monastery at Dysart was built to replace the one that had been ruined at Rath Blamaic. Barrow also states that when he examined the cemetery wall, in 1974, at Rath Blamaic that many of its stones looked likely to have come from the remains of the round tower. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rosscarbery" title="Rosscarbery">Rosscarbery</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">Cork</a></td> <td>1285</td> <td>The Annals of Inisfallen for the year 1285 record <i>A very destructive wind this year, about the feast of Brigid [Feb 1st]; It blew down the bell tower of Ross Ailithir and caused much damage generally</i>. <p>Barrow states that the <i>Silver seal of the dean and chapter of Ross, made in 1661, was embossed with a round tower which had a bulge at its base like Clondalkin.</i> The site at Rosscarbery is now marked by a Church of Ireland cathedral with the remains of an early church across the road. No trace of the round tower remains. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rosscommon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rosscommon (page does not exist)">Rosscommon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Roscommon" title="County Roscommon">Roscommon</a></td> <td>date not known</td> <td>Descriptions of St. Coman's monastery at the time of dissolution of the monastarys include reference to a round tower. The map prepared by Nicholas Malby of 1581 shows the tower as having reduced height with a temporary conical roof. Images on the Essex estates prepared by Mr. Plunkett in 1736 show tower in ruins. The present St Coman's church is said to be located on the site of the original monastic church. The round tower is said to have stood at the back of the town Gaol. No trace of the round tower remains. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Slane" title="Slane">Slane</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a></td> <td>948</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Annals_of_the_Four_Masters" class="mw-redirect" title="The Annals of the Four Masters">The Annals of the Four Masters</a> for the year 948 record <i>The Belfry of Slane was burned by the foreigners [The Danes], with its full of relics and distinguished persons. together with Caeineachair, Lector of Slaine, and the crosier of the patron saint and a bell, the best of bells</i> (this is the earliest reference in the known Annals to an Irish round tower). <p>Barrow speculates that the probable site of the tower was on a hill where the ruins of a 16th-century friary now remain. No trace of the tower remains. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tomregon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tomregon (page does not exist)">Tomregon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Cavan" title="County Cavan">Cavan</a></td> <td></td> <td>The site of at Tomregon is located around 4 km south-west of Ballyconnell in an open field known as the <i>Church Meadow</i>. Traces of the foundations of the tower and church were reported in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davies claims that a stone on the site carved with a human head, legs, arms but no body, looks like it came from an arch from the tower. Barrow discounts this possibility as the arch stone would be too small for such purpose but may have come from the ruined church. <p>Nothing visible remains above ground at least. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trim,_County_Meath" title="Trim, County Meath">Trim</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a></td> <td>1126–7</td> <td>The Annals of Ulster for the year 1126–7 record <i>A great hosting by Connor MacFergall O'Loughlinn together with the people of the North of Ireland, to Meath; They burned Trim, both cloicteach and church and these full of people.</i> <p>It is presumed by locals that the tower stood on the site of the Church of Ireland cathedral. No other references to the tower exist and no trace of the tower remains. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tuamgraney" title="Tuamgraney">Tuamgraney</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">Clare</a></td> <td>964</td> <td>The Annals of Chronicum Scotorum for the year 964 record <i>Cormac Ua Cillin, of the Ui Fiachrach Aidhne, comarb of Ciaran and Coman, and comarb of Tuaim-greine, by whom the great church of Tuam-greine, and its cloicteach, were constructed, sapiens et senex, et Episcopus, quievit in Christo.</i> This is the earliest reference in the known annals to the building of an Irish round tower. <p>George Petrie recorded a local tradition that some of the tower remained until as late as 1800. Barrow states that Brash, however, upon visiting the area in 1852 and speaking with its oldest inhabitants was unable to find anyone with knowledge of the tower. Brash speculates that the Petrie may have been referencing an old stone church rather that the remains of a round tower. It is unknown where exactly the tower stood and no trace of it remains. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tullaghard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tullaghard (page does not exist)">Tullaghard</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">Meath</a></td> <td>1171</td> <td>The Annals of Four Masters for the year 1171 record <i>The cloicteach of Tealach-aird was burned by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, with its full of people in it.</i> <p>John O'Donovan<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> identifies the site as in the townland of Tullaghard of Steeplestown a short way due North of Trim. O'Donovan also records speaking to a local person born in 1750 who claimed to remember the tower standing as late as 1757. He had seen it as a child but was unable to recall what kind of tower it was. Barrow states that the site is now "open fields" and no trace of the tower remains. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tullamaine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tullamaine (page does not exist)">Tullamaine</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Kilkenny" title="County Kilkenny">Kilkenny</a></td> <td>1121</td> <td>The Annals of Four Masters for the year 1121 record <i>The cloicteach of Tealach-nInmainne in Osraighe was split by a thunderbolt and a stone flew from the cloicteach, which killed a student in the church.</i> <p>John O'Donovan<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> identifies the site as Tullamaine, a parish whose overgrown closed cemetery is in a field about 4 km West of Callan. No monastic remains now exist there and no trace of the tower remains. </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Irish_round_tower&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broch" title="Broch">Broch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaine_Memorial" title="Chaine Memorial">Chaine Memorial</a>, a relatively modern tower lighthouse at <a href="/wiki/Larne" title="Larne">Larne</a>, in the style of a round tower.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pele_tower" class="mw-redirect" title="Pele tower">Pele tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_of_Cashel" title="Rock of Cashel">Rock of Cashel</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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