Donaghmore Round Tower and Church

The early ecclesiastical site at Donaghmore, known as Domhnach Mór Maigh Echnach, was traditionally founded by St. Patrick with Cassanus as its first abbot. In the 13th century the church within the enclosure became a parish church, with a second phase of development occurring in the 15th  century. The round tower, 26m in height, with its missing conical cap, dates to the 10th century and was ...