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Notes on Irish architecture (1875)

Dunraven, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin, Earl of, 1812-1871, Stokes, Margaret, 1832-1900 · London, G. Bell and Sons · leaf 28

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Belfry of Iniscaltra. 5 church erected by King Brian Borumha, in the beginning of the eleventh century. Thehistory of the ancient church to which this belfry belonged, will be noticed in the nextpart of this work. No entry regarding the tower itself has hitherto been found in the Annals of the Four… … Doorway of Belfry, Iniscaltra Dr. ODonovan, writing in the year 1838, when engaged on the Ordnance Survey,states that he was informed by an old man who lived on the shore of Lough Dergopposite the island, that he saw an iron door in the entrance to this tower. The traces otits fastenings were then…

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