towers historical around north dublin

A monastery was founded here by St MacCullin in early Christian times, and the name Lusk derives from the cave (Irish 'lusca') where MacCullin was buried after his death in 497 AD.

The unusual square sixteenth-century belfry incorporates a sixth century Round Tower with three later towers built to match, all attached to a nineteenth-century church which contains some fine mediaeval tombs. Now the Lusk Heritage Centre, the belfry houses an exhibition on the mediaeval churches of North C...

This tower was built in the 1300's and is the only remaining part of the old Abbey, which was once here and the Chapel of which Brian Boru was waked after his death in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014....

Irish Round Towers were built from the 800 A.D. to 1000 A.D. period, during the Viking invasions. They were built near churches of monastic sites, for the safety of clergy, shrines and treasures: also as watch towers and belfries....

The Round Tower Lusk: The most striking visual feature of the area. Built around the 9th century by the local monks, to protect themselves from Viking invasions. The first recorded Viking invasion was in 795 when the monastery at Lambay Island was plundered. The area that can be seen from the top of the Tower covers 20 sq. miles....