List of round towers of Ireland

The list of Round Towers of Ireland includes all of the Round Towers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland of which (at least) remains are still visible.
The height information is taken from the book by Brian Lalor.

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image	Surname	county	Status	height	Remarks
	Aghadoe	Kerry	Incomplete	5.4 m
	Aghagower	Mayo	Incomplete	15.9 m	The current entrance at ground level is from modern times
	Aghaviller	Kilkenny	Incomplete	9.6 m	The second (at ground level) entrance is from modern times
	Antrim	Antrim	Completely	28.0 m
	Ardmore	Waterford	Completely	29.2 m
	Ardpatrick	limerick	Incomplete	3.0 m
	Ardrahan	Galway	Incomplete	3.0 m
	Armoy	Antrim	Incomplete	10.8 m
	Balla	Mayo	Incomplete	10.0 m	A second entrance at ground level was probably added later
	Cashel	Tipperary	Completely	27.9 m	Later a church was added to the tower
	Castledermot	Kildare	All the way to the roof ledge	20.0 m	The conical top was later replaced by battlements and a church was added to the tower
	Clondalkin	Dublin	Completely	27.5 m	With a maximum diameter of 4.04 m, it is the narrowest round tower. The base and the external staircase are also unique
	Clones	Monaghan	All the way to the roof ledge	22.9 m
	Clonmacnoise O'Rourke's Tower McCarthy's Tower	Offaly	Incomplete	19.3 m	The round tower (O'Rourke's Tower) only lacks the conical tip; it has eight windows below the top. McCarthy's Tower is connected to a church and therefore does not count as a "classic" round tower
	Cloyne	Cork	All the way to the roof ledge	30.5 m	The conical top was replaced by battlements
	Derry	Derry	Incomplete	5.5 m	Only recognized (again) as a round tower in 2018
	Devenish I	Fermanagh	Completely	25.0 m	Can be climbed. Romanesque decorations (4 stone heads) on the roof ledge
	Devenish II	Fermanagh	Incomplete	0.5 m	A few years ago, the foundations of a (presumably older) tower were discovered right next to the complete tower
	Disert Oenghusa	limerick	Incomplete	20.7 m	The entrance area has Romanesque decorations
	Donaghmore	Meath	All the way to the roof ledge	26.6 m	Only the conical tip is missing
	Dromiskin	Louth	Incomplete	15.3 m	During a renovation, the tip was replaced on the lower stump that was still preserved
	Drumbo	Down	Incomplete	10.3 m
	Drumcliff	Clare	Incomplete	11.0 m
	Drumcliff	Sligo	Incomplete	9.0 m
	Drum lane	Cavan	Incomplete	12.0 m	On the north side the outlines of two engraved birds can (hardly) be seen at a height of 2 m
	Duleek	Meath	Incomplete	0.0 m	Only the outlines of the church tower built in the Middle Ages can be seen
	Dysert O'Dea	Clare	Incomplete	15.0 m
	Faughart	Louth	Incomplete	0.1 m	Only one layer of the stone blocks of the foundation can be seen
	Glendalough	Wicklow	Completely	30.5 m
	Grangefertagh	Kilkenny	All the way to the roof ledge	31.0 m	With the full top it would probably be the tallest round tower still in existence
	Inish Cealtra	Clare	Incomplete	22.3 m
	Inishkeen	Monaghan	Incomplete	12.6 m
	Kells	Meath	All the way to the roof ledge	26.0 m
	Kilbennan	Galway	Incomplete	16.5 m
	Kilcoona	Galway	Incomplete	3.0 m
	Kildare	Kildare	Almost complete, the top was later replaced by battlements	32.6 m	The entrance area has Romanesque decorations; the tower can be climbed
	Kilkenny	Kilkenny	Almost complete, the top was later replaced by battlements	30.2 m	The tower can be climbed
	Killala	Mayo	Completely	25.6 m	Halfway up there is a clearly visible bulge
	Killeany / Aran Islands	Galway	Incomplete	3.0 m
	Killinaboy	Clare	Incomplete	3.5 m
	Kilmacduagh	Galway	Completely	34.9 m	It is the tallest round tower; the eleven windows and the entrance to the door at a height of 8 m are also not surpassed by any other tower. It is tilted 1.02 m vertically.
	Kilmallock	limerick	Incomplete	3.0 m	Only the lower 3 m belong to the original round tower. A church tower was built above it in the late Middle Ages
	Kilree	Kilkenny	All the way to the roof ledge	26.8 m	The conical top was replaced by battlements
	Kinneigh	Cork	All the way to the roof ledge	21.5 m	Has a 5.7 m high hexagonal base
	Liathmore	Tipperary	Incomplete	0.0 m	Was discovered in 1969; At 2.60 m, the foundation is unusually deep for a round tower
	Lusk	Dublin	All the way to the roof ledge	26.5 m	Has no more point; the church of St. Macuilin was added to the tower
	Maghera	Down	Incomplete	5.4 m	The stump has a large hole in the place of the former doorway
	Meelick	Mayo	Incomplete	21.5 m
	Monasterboice	Louth	Incomplete	28.5 m
	Nendrum	Down	Incomplete	4.4 m
	Old Kilcullen	Kildare	Incomplete	11.0 m
	Oran	Roscommon	Incomplete	3.9 m	With 6 m the largest diameter on the ground
	Oughterard	Kildare	Incomplete	9.5 m
	Ram's Island Lough Neagh	Antrim	Incomplete	12.8 m
	Rathmichael	Dublin	Incomplete	1.9 m
	Rattoo	Kerry	Completely	27.4 m	Inside is a Sheela-na gig
	Roscam	Galway	Incomplete	11.0 m	The holes for the scaffolding can still be seen inside
	Roscrea	Tipperary	Incomplete	20.0 m	Inside the tower, the silhouette of a ship is carved into the wall
	Scattery Island	Clare	Almost all the way to the roof ledge; Point partially destroyed	26.0 m	The only round tower whose original entrance is at ground level
	Seirkieran	Offaly	Incomplete	2.9 m
	St Mullin's	Carlow	Incomplete	1.0 m
	Swords	Dublin	Completely	26.0 m
	Taghadoe	Kildare	Incomplete	19.8 m	A ground-level entrance in the meantime has been bricked up again
	Timahoe	Laois	Completely	29.3 m	Romanesque decorations in the door arch
	Toraigh	Donegal	Incomplete	12.8 m
	Tullaherin	Kilkenny	Incomplete	22.5 m
	Turlough	Mayo	Completely	22.9 m

literature

• George Lennox Barrow: The Round Towers of Ireland . The Academy Press, Dublin 1979, ISBN 0-906187-04-4 .
• George Lennox Barrow: Irish Round Towers . 1985, ISBN 0-85306-679-5 .
• Brian Lalor: The Irish Round Tower . The Collins Press, Cork 1999, ISBN 1-898256-64-0 .
• Roger Stalley: Irish Round Towers . Town House and Country House Ltd, Dublin 2000, ISBN 1-86059-114-0 .
• Tadhg O'Keeffe: Ireland's Round Towers . Tempus Publishing Ltd, 2004, ISBN 0-7524-2571-4 .
• George Cunningham: The Round Tower at Roscrea and its environs . Parkmore Press, Roscrea 2014, ISBN 978-0-9505368-9-7 .