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Round Towers

InTheTrees · 2017-05-23 01:03:46

Does anyone know of any round towers that you can go up? I remember going up the one in Kell's when I was little. But I suspect things have changed since then and its probably more restricted.

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23-05-2017 2:03am

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InTheTrees

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Does anyone know of any round towers that you can go up? I remember going up the one in Kell's when I was little.

But I suspect things have changed since then and its probably more restricted.

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#2 23-05-2017 2:10am
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Theres on in Kilkenny. The site says is only one of two you can climb. I remember climbing it years ago.

http://www.stcanicescathedral.ie/visitors-information-page49833.html
http://www.stcanicescathedral.ie/

This is the other one
http://roundtowers.org/kildare/index.htm

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#3 23-05-2017 3:04pm
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Those are Brilliant. Thank you.

I saw in the description of St. Canice's that there's only two in the country that are open to the public, so that other one must be Kildare.

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#4 26-05-2017 10:49pm
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Possibly in the future, the Clondalkin tower may be opened to the public:

http://www.herald.ie/news/work-finally-starts-on-22m-round-tower-visitors-centre-34866353.html

http://roundtowers.org/clondalkin/index.htm

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