Round Towers of Ireland

Christiaan Corlett (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

80 Seiten

2025
O'Brien Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78849-516-5 (ISBN)

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From Glendalough in the Wicklow mountains to Tipperary’s Rock of Cashel and Offaly’s Clonmacnoise, from Aghagower in County Mayo to County Dublin’s Clondalkin, Round Towers Of Ireland features over forty of these remarkable and intriguing structures.

The dramatic round tower is a unique feature of the Irish landscape. Dating to early medieval times, over seventy now remain, scattered across the four provinces. From Wicklow’s Glendalough to Tipperary’s Rock of Cashel and from Aghagower in County Mayo to County Monaghan’s Clones, ROUND TOWERS OF IRELAND features over forty of these intriguing structures.

Christiaan Corlett is an archaeologist with the National Monuments Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. He has written, compiled and edited many books on subjects ranging from archaeology, history and folklore to early photography. His books include: Glendalough, Antiquities of West Mayo, Jane W. Shackleton’s Ireland and Inscribing the Landscape: the Rock Art of South Leinster. Chris is also one of Ireland’s photographers of archaeological and historical monuments, and the majority of the photographs in this book are his own work.

INTRODUCTION

MIDLANDS

Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary

Roscrea, Co. Tipperary

Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly

Timahoe, Co. Laois

St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny

Grangefertagh, Co. Kilkenny

Tullaherin, Co. Kilkenny

Kilree, Co. Kilkenny

Aghaviller, Co. Kilkenny

EAST

Clondalkin, Co. Dublin

Lusk, Co. Dublin

Swords, Co. Dublin

Glendalough, Co. Wicklow

Taghadoe, Co. Kildare

Castledermot, Co. Kildare

Old Kilcullen, Co. Kildare

St Brigid’s Cathedral, Kildare

Oughterard, Co. Kildare

Dromiskin, Co. Louth

Monasterboice, Co. Louth

Donaghmore, Co. Meath

Kells, Co. Meath

SOUTH

Ardmore, Co. Waterford

Cloyne, Co. Cork

Kinneigh, Co. Cork

Rattoo, Co. Kerry

Dysert Aenghusa, Co. Limerick

WEST 55 Inis Cealtra, Co. Clare

Scattery Island, Co. Clare

Drumcliffe, Co. Clare

Dysert O’Dea, Co. Clare

Kilmacduagh, Co. Galway

Kilbennan, Co. Galway

Roscam, Co. Galway

Killala, Co. Mayo

Aghagower, Co. Mayo

Meelick, Co. Mayo

Turlough, Co. Mayo

Drumcliff, Co. Sligo

NORTH

Antrim, Co. Antrim

Armoy, Co. Antrim

Drumbo, Co. Down

Drumlane, Co. Cavan

Clones, Co. Monaghan

Inishkeen, Co. Monaghan

Devenish, Co. Fermanagh

Erscheinungsdatum	06.03.2025
Zusatzinfo	90 Halftones, color
Verlagsort	Dublin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	196 x 260 mm
Gewicht	334 g
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Europa ► Irland
ISBN-10	1-78849-516-0 / 1788495160
ISBN-13	978-1-78849-516-5 / 9781788495165
Zustand	Neuware