Investigating the Origin & Purpose of Ireland’s Round Towers

Investigating the Origin & Purpose of Ireland’s Round Towers

There are 67 confirmed round towers in Ireland, where at least a part survives, as well as 23 sites that are generally accepted to have ‘once’ been home to a round tower. Could their original purpose have been astronomical? Become a member of Turtle’s History Library...
Notes on Clondalkin & Fonthill, County Dublin

Notes on Clondalkin & Fonthill, County Dublin

The stories of the poet laureate who asked Paddy Kavanagh to be a spy, a 1,200 year old Round Tower, a gentleman farmer who drove across Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge, Clondalkin Concrete, a plethora or writers and boxers, the Bluebell Industrial Estate and a devastating...