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Reginalds Tower?

spankmemunkey · 2012-11-28 12:44:10

Is this the oldest standing building in Ireland or the oldest standing tower in Ireland, I suppose newgrange must be older, so it must be the oldest standing tower that i heard or read somewhere?

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Is this the oldest standing building in Ireland or the oldest standing tower in Ireland, I suppose newgrange must be older, so it must be the oldest standing tower that i heard or read somewhere?

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#2 28-11-2012 12:50pm

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It is the oldest civic building in Ireland.

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#3 28-11-2012 1:24pm

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What is a civic building?

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#4 28-11-2012 1:32pm

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One that is not used privately. The tower has been a mint and a prison for example.

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#5 28-11-2012 1:37pm

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And we almost lost it During the Civil war. A bunch of anti-treatyites left some explosives behind them after the pro-treaty legion advanced on the city. Luckily for us, they never exploded.

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#6 28-11-2012 1:42pm

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And the first building to use mortar in Ireland.

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#7 28-11-2012 2:26pm

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Has it still got the cannon balls in its walls?

I remember there a few years back one fell out and hit an American tourist on the shoulder.

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