towers historical ireland

On the outskirts of Limavady stands Sampson's Tower which was erected by public subscription in memory of Arthur Sampson who died in 1859. He was a former great agent for the landowners, the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers.

Please phone Limavady TIC for further details as the property above is private....

The modern road cuts through a monastery founded by St Cronan who died between 600 and 620....

St Columb's college in Bishop Street is the site of the ancient Round Tower and it is thought to date from St Columb's time. It was initially built as a windmill. The tower is noted in historic memoirs of the Siege in 1689 as being a ruin then but exact dates of origin have never been fully established. It now stands beside a fine old purpose built college surrounded by beautiful gardens.

Open: Monday - Sunday: 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

Location: In the ground of St Columb's C...

Sandycove's main tourist attraction, the Martello Tower where James Joyce spent a week in 1904, with his friend, Oliver St John Gogarty, an experience which gave him the opening chapter of Ulysses. The 15-minute walk to the tower will take you along the seafront with its terraces of victorian and more modern houses, and past a small park, where lines from Ulysses are inscribed in a granite boulder....

Clones Round Tower, High Cross and Church The round tower is 75 feet, with a square headed doors and windows. Nearby is a shrine known as "St. Tighernach's shrine," which is carved out of stone. The shrine is named after St. Tighernach who founded a monastery in Clones in the 6th century, which the tower, cross and church belonged.

The cross is in two parts which did not belong together originally. On one side are the sacrifice of Isaac, Daniel in the Lions' Den and Adam and Eve. On th...

When the local O'Doherty family built a castle in Derry for their overlords the O' Donnells, probably around 1500, it may well have been thought that a new beginning was about to be made. The recently-built O'Doherty Tower is a modern attempt to commemorate that medieval association....

The 13th century stone castle consists of a gate tower, curtain walls and two corner towers. In the castle courtyard stands the 18th century Queen Anne style Damer House. The site is managed in conjunction with the Roscrea Heritage Society. The Heritage Centre details the history of Roscrea's past and feature's include a Heritage Trail walk....

A spectacular group of medieval buildings set on an outcrop of limestone in the Golden Vale including the 12th century round tower, High Cross and Romanesque Chapel, 13th century Gothic cathedral, 15th century castle and the restored Hall of the Vicars.

Features include an audio visual show entitled "Strongholds of Faith", which is available in English, French, Italian and German as well as various other exhibitions.

Please note that this is a very busy site and visitors m...

Tomregan Round Tower (4km south) provided the carved stone with a human head which now adorns the 17th century....