The ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman invasion; comprising an essay on the origin and uses of the round towers of Ireland, which obtained the gold medal and prize of the Royal Irish Academy (1845)
Petrie, George, 1789-1866 · Dublin : Hodges and Smith · leaf 202
th it is three feet immediately below the imposts, and three feet three inches at the bottom; and the jambs are three feet in thickness. As the ancient name of the church is wholly forgotten in the locaUty, as well as the name of its patron or founder, it is out of my power to trace its ancient… … OF THE ROUND TOWERS OF IRELAND. I J[) St. Maidoc, patron of the Sec of Ferns, about tlio close of the sixthcentiuy. The doorway of tlie very ancient chiucii of Kilhispugbrone, orthe church of Bishop Bronus, near Knockuaica, in the county of Sligo, furnishes another example of a semicircular arch,…
Church architecture · Round towers
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