Situated on the summit of Ardpatrick with commanding views of the surrounding countryside, accessed from a road to W known locally as the Rian Bó Phádraig (LI056-002002-). Hilltop monastery reputedly founded by St. Patrick and renamed Ardpatrick, hilltop formerly known as Tulach na Feinne [Hill of the Fianna] (Westropp 1922, 78). The poorly preserved remains of Ardpatrick round tower (H c. 3m; base diam. c. 5.3m) lie c. 7m W of the graveyard wall with church ruins (LI056-002008-) 14m to SE, surrounded by a field system with large ecclesiastical enclosure (LI056-002006-) associated with a monastery founded by St. Patrick. St Patrick’s Well (LI056-002007-) lies 35m to S. Ardpatrick church ruins depicted on the 17th century Down Survey map of Ballingaddy parish where it is shown standing beside a tower which is presumably the remains of the round tower in Ardpatrick (NLI, MS 718). The terrier of the Down Survey parish map recorded that in ‘Ardpatrick are the walls of a Church & a Watchtower’ (ibid.). Folklore collected from Ardpatrick National School recorded the following details about Ardpatrick Hill; ‘On the hill here stand the remains of an abbey with small church [LI056-002003-] attached & close to both are the remains of a round tower. St Patrick is said to have approached the hill from the west passing through the neighbouring parish of Effin. A trace of the old road was pointed out to me by an old man & referred to by some others. He called the old road ‘Rian bo Padraig’ [LI056-002002-]. I some years ago pointed this out to a surveyor from the Ordnance Survey Office & it is now marked on the Ordnance map. It runs up the hill from the west & its line can still be plainly seen. [Informant] Heard this from his father & from ‘all the old people‘ (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0509, Page 201; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922041/4921283).
96855,LI07554,ROTR,LI047-022022-,LIMERICK,KILMALLOCK,R121639,560884,627887,52.401108749999999,-8.574812959999999,Round tower,Not indicated,’Round Tower’,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CLI047-022022-,Partial remains of Early Christian round tower (H of original surviving fabric c. 3m; base diam. 5.2m) that has been heightened when incorporated into the W end of the 13th century Collegiate Church of Kilmallock dedicated to SS Peter and Paul (LI047-022009-). Round tower associated with Early Christian monastery of Kilmallock founded by St Mocheallóg (Ceall Mocheallóg)

Monument Type: Round tower

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