Timahoe Round Tower and Church

Mochua started off as a soldier, but later became a monk, founding the monastery of Timahoe. Local folklore says St. Mochua had three pets: a rooster that called him for the hour of Matins, a mouse who would lick his ears if sleepy, and a fly who would mark the spot in Mochua’s Psalter where he stopped reading. No above ground remains of the church are visible today, with the castle, graveyar...