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 213
OF THE ROUND TOWERS OF lUKLANl). 18»J siu-es OH the inside but sLxteen feet six inches in length, and twelvefeet six inclies in breadth ; and its walls, which aiv three feet in thick-ness, are built in a style quite Cj^clopean, the stones being through-out of great size, and one of them not less… … The history of this ancient church is not preserved, and the onlynotice that I have found of the saint, whose name it bears, is givenby OFlaherty in his MS. Account of the territory of West Connaught,namely, thtit tradition goes that St. Kenanach was a king of Leins-ters son ; and elsewhere, in the…
Church architecture · Round towers
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