Aghagower Round Tower and Church

Aghagower or Achadh Fhobhair ‘Field of the Springs’ was the first monastery founded in Aghagower. It was founded by St Senach, who was said to who have been then made Bishop of Aghagower by St Patrick in the 5th century. The location was strategic, mid-way along an ancient routeway which, in the medieval period, evolved into the Togher Patrick, an important pilgrimage route between Ballintober ...