Drumcliff Round Tower and High Crosses

In the shadow of Ben Bulben, within a small walled enclosure, stands Sligo’s only round tower. The round tower and high cross are all that is left of a monastery founded by St. Columcille in 574AD, on a site granted by Áed mac Néill, son of the King of Ireland. St. Columcille appointed St. Thorian as the first abbot of his monastery at Drumcliff. Records of the activities of the monastery and i...