Ardpatrick Round Tower

Ardpatrick derives from the Irish 'Ard Phádraig,' meaning the Height or Hill of Patrick, combining the elements Ard (height/high place) with Phádraig (Patrick). Local tradition holds that Saint Patrick founded a monastery at this hilltop site in the 5th century, with the ancient name of the hill being 'Tulach na Feinne' (Hill of the Fianna). The monastic settlement became a major ecclesiastica...