This vanished round tower at Dysart represents one of Ireland's most intriguing "missing" monuments, associated with a site of exceptional historical and literary importance in early Irish Christianity. The foundation, known as Díseart Aonghasa (Dysart Enos), was named after Aonghas of Tallaght, a 9th-century bishop who died around 830 and...
Round tower, Timahoe, Co. Laois
Standing as one of Ireland's most magnificent and artistically sophisticated round towers, Timahoe rises 29.6 meters and represents the pinnacle of 12th-century Irish Romanesque ecclesiastical architecture. This National Monument showcases the extraordinary level of decorative artistry achieved by medieval Irish craftsmen when round tower construction incorporated continental European stylistic influences....