Tag: round tower

August 28, 2014

In the 6th century St Comghan founded a monastery here, which became not only a place of prayer but also…

July 2, 2014

This former monastery is one of Ireland’s best-known and oldest religious sites, with the ruins of two churches, a Round…

June 23, 2014

A step through a gateway at the southern end of this straggling town takes visitors back 800 years in an…

April 28, 2014

Overlooking the basin of the River Barrow and with fine views of the plain that stretches to Dublin are the…

April 17, 2014

In the middle of Lough Derg is a solitary, uninhabited, 49 acre island whose atmosphere takes visitors back to the…

May 3, 2013

Dysert O'Dea is in County Clare and is worth a visit on any Ireland tours to see the monastery and…