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Posts tagged “middle ages

Kilmacduagh Monastery, Galway, Ireland

Kilmacduagh’s St Colmáns Cathedral

Kilmacduagh Round Tower, the tallest pre-modern building in Ireland

Kilmacduagh (traslation “Church of Duagh’s son”) Monastery, near Gort in County Galway, Ireland. Founded in the early 7th century by Saint Colmán, son of Duagh. The above aerial views enable you to see the grave sites in St Colmán’s Cathedral as well as the adjacent Round Tower (32.5 m, 112 ft), the tallest pre-modern building in Ireland. Please click on an image to open larger version.