Editing Irish round tower (section)

==List of Irish round towers==

The following is a list of surviving Irish round towers, excluding modern reconstructions.

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|[[File:Aghadoe Round Tower and Church - geograph.org.uk - 499563.jpg|150px]]||[[Aghadoe]]||[[County Kerry|Kerry]]||[[Munster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="05.4" |{{convert|5.4|m}}||
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|[[File:AghagowerRoundTower.jpg|150px]]||[[Aghagower]]||[[County Mayo|Mayo]]||[[Connacht]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="16" |{{convert|16|m}}||Second doorway inserted later at ground level
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|[[File:Antrim_Round_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_78337.jpg|150px|Round tower in Antrim, County Antrim]]
|Antrim
|Antrim
|Ulster
|Complete
|28 metres (91&nbsp;ft)
|Built in around the time of the 10th century. And its main entrance is 2 metres above the ground, suggesting that it was used as protection.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 December 2022 |title=Antrim Round Tower |url=https://visitantrimandnewtownabbey.com/things-to-do/heritage-attractions/antrim-round-tower/ |website=Visit Antrim & Newtownabbey}}</ref> The site of the monastery was burned down in 1147. It is locally known as The Steeple.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antrim Round Tower – Antrim |url=https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/antrim-round-tower-p674961 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Discover Northern Ireland}}</ref>
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|[[File:Aghaviller ruined church and round tower, Newmarket, Co. Kilkenny - geograph.org.uk - 206920.jpg|150px]]||[[Aghaviller]]||[[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]]||[[Leinster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="09.6" |{{convert|9.6|m}}||Second doorway inserted later at ground level
|-
|[[File:Ardmore round tower.jpg|150px]]||[[Ardmore, County Waterford|Ardmore]]||[[County Waterford|Waterford]]||[[Munster]]||Complete
| data-sort-value="30" |{{convert|30|m}}||Has three [[string course]]s and a noticeable lean
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|[[File:Ardpatrick Irish Round Tower, County Limerick, Ireland.jpg|150px]] ||[[Ardpatrick, County Limerick|Ardpatrick]]||[[County Limerick|Limerick]]||[[Munster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="03" |{{convert|3|m}}||	Barrow<ref name="ReferenceA">The Round Towers of Ireland by George Lennox Barrow 1979</ref> states that the Down Survey of 1655 marks the site with a tower of 3 stories with a broken top. Fitzgerald and McGreggor writing in 1826 state that it was a fine tower that "fell a few years since"
A stump 3m tall at its highest point, surrounded by rubble from its collapse, is all that remains. Barrow speculates that some of the stones from the tower were used to build the nearby wall surrounding the cemetery, including one at the top of the entrance 1.07m long with a raised moulding that may have been the sill stone from the tower's doorway.
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|[[File:Ardrahan Round Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1475473.jpg|150px]]||[[Ardrahan]]||[[County Galway|Galway]]||[[Connacht]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="03" |{{convert|3|m}}||
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|[[File:Armoy round tower County Antrim.jpg|150px]]||[[Armoy]]||[[County Antrim|Antrim]]||[[Ulster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="10.8" |{{convert|10.8|m}}||
|-
|[[File:BallaRoundTower.jpg|150px]]||[[Balla Round Tower|Balla]]||[[County Mayo|Mayo]]||[[Connacht]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="10" |{{convert|10|m}}||Second doorway inserted probably later at ground level
|-
|[[File:Castledermot monastic remains.jpg|150px]]||[[Castledermot Round Tower|Castledermot]]||[[County Kildare|Kildare]]||[[Leinster]]||Complete to cornice
| data-sort-value="20" |{{convert|20|m}}||The conical cap has been replaced with battlements and the tower has been attached to a church (which was built later)
|-
|[[File:Round Tower - Clondalkin - geograph.org.uk - 108911.jpg|150px]]||[[Clondalkin]]||[[County Dublin|Dublin]]||[[Leinster]]||Complete
| data-sort-value="27.5" |{{convert|27.5|m}}||Strengthened by a stone buttress, has a stone staircase to the doorway. It is the narrowest known tower with a base diameter of just 4.04 m
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|[[File:Clones Round Tower - geograph.org.uk - 289630.jpg|150px]]||[[Clones, County Monaghan|Clones]]||[[County Monaghan|Monaghan]]||[[Ulster]]||Complete to cornice
| data-sort-value="22.9" |{{convert|22.9|m}}||
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|[[File:Clonmacnoise - geograph.org.uk - 585616.jpg|150px]]||[[Clonmacnoise]]<br>O'Rourke's Tower<br>McCarthy's Tower||[[County Offaly|Offaly]]||[[Leinster]]||Incomplete<br>Complete
| data-sort-value="19.3" |{{convert|19.3|m}}<br>{{convert|17.7|m}}||Two towers a short distance from each other<br>O'Rourke: full height but capless; has 8 windows at top<br>McCarthy: attached to a church
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|[[File:Round Tower of Cloyne.jpg|150px]]||[[Cloyne Round Tower]]<br> [[Cloyne]]||[[County Cork|Cork]]||[[Munster]]||Complete to cornice
| data-sort-value="30.5" |{{convert|30.5|m}}||The conical cap has been replaced with battlements
|-
|[[File:2019-06-07-Derry (11).jpg|150px]]|| [[Derry Round Tower|Derry]] || [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]] ||[[Ulster]]||Incomplete
| "around"[data-sort-value="5.5" ] |{{convert|5.5|m}}|| Barrow states that a tower known as "The Long Tower" once stood in the city of [[Derry]] at the site occupied since 1784–1786 by [[St Columba's Church, Long Tower]]<ref name="ReferenceA" /> The Long Tower was said to have survived the [[Siege of Derry|siege of 1689]] but seemed to have disappeared.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> In 2018, the remains of the missing tower were identified in the grounds of [[Lumen Christi College, Derry|Lumen Christi College]], as a ruin previously believed to have been a windmill.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-45692121 | title= Discovery of tower at a Derry school 'rewrites history' | publisher=BBC News| date=2018-09-29}}</ref>

The OS of County Londonderry of 1837<ref>Ordnance survey of the county of Londonderry By Great Britain. Ordnance Survey, Thomas Colby, Sir Thomas Aiskew Larcom (Gart.)</ref> Has the following:
''"In the charter of Derry it is called Columb kille's Tower in Raven's plan of the city in 1621 it appears as a very high and slender belfry....In the popular traditions of Derry and its vicinity this tower is still invariably spoken of as a lofty round tower built by St Columb himself and many legends are current of its miracle working silver bell"''
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|[[File:Round Tower, Devenish Island - geograph.org.uk - 1752272.jpg|150px]]||[[Devenish Island|Devenish I]]||[[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]]||[[Ulster]]||Complete
| data-sort-value="25" |{{convert|25|m}}||Climbable.  Romanesque corbel heads below cap
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|[[File:RoundTower Devenish II.jpg|150px|Second Round Tower at Devenish Co. Fermanagh]]||[[Devenish Island|Devenish II]]||[[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]]||[[Ulster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="0.5" |{{convert|0.5|m}}||Foundation of tower directly adjacent to Devenish I
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|[[File:Donaghmore Church and Round Tower - geograph.org.uk - 166124.jpg|150px]]||[[Donaghmore, County Meath|Donaghmore]]||[[County Meath|Meath]]||[[Leinster]]||Complete to cornice
| data-sort-value="26.6" |{{convert|26.6|m}}||Full height but without cap
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|[[File:Round Tower at Dromiskin, Co. Louth - geograph.org.uk - 1775014.jpg|150px]]||[[Dromiskin Monastery|Dromiskin]]||[[County Louth|Louth]]||[[Leinster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="15.2" |{{convert|15.25|m}}||A conical cap was added to what remains of the tower
|-
|[[File:Dumbo Round Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1746623.jpg|150px]]||[[Drumbo round tower|Drumbo]]||[[County Down|Down]]||[[Ulster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="10.25" |{{convert|10.25|m}}||
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|[[File:Round-Tower-Drumcliff-Ennis.jpg|150px]] ||[[Drumcliff, County Clare|Drumcliffe]] (near [[Ennis]])||[[County Clare|Clare]]||[[Munster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="11" |{{convert|11| m}}||
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|[[File:Drumcliffe tower.jpg|150px]]||[[Drumcliff]] (near [[Sligo]])||[[County Sligo|Sligo]]||[[Connacht]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="9" |{{convert|9|m}}||
|-
|[[File:The round tower, Drumlane Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1405855.jpg|150px]]||[[Drumlane]]||[[County Cavan|Cavan]]||[[Ulster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="12" |{{convert|12|m}}||Two indistinct carvings of birds can be identified 2 m up on the north side of the tower

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|[[File:RoundTowerFaughart.jpg|150px]]||[[Faughart]]||[[County Louth|Louth]]||[[Leinster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="0.05" |{{convert|0.05|m}}|| Only a single circular course of large stones remain

|-
|[[File:The round tower at Glendalough - geograph.org.uk - 1545666.jpg|150px]]||[[Glendalough]]||[[County Wicklow|Wicklow]]||[[Leinster]]||Complete
| data-sort-value="30.5" |{{convert|30.5|m}}||Nearby Saint Kevin's Church includes a miniature round tower

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|[[File:Fertagh Round Tower March 2008.jpg|150px|Photo of the Irish Round Tower at Grangefertagh County Kilkenny]]||[[Grangefertagh]]||[[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]]||[[Leinster]]||Complete to cornice<ref>{{cite web | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927162438/http://roundtowers.org/fertagh/index.htm | title=Fertagh Irish Round Tower}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="30" |{{convert|30|m}}||Full height but without cap, located in the parish of [[Johnstown, County Kilkenny|Johnstown]]

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|[[File:InisCealtraMonastery.JPG|150px]]
|[[Inish Cealtra]] (in [[Lough Derg (Shannon)|Lough Derg]])||[[County Clare|Clare]]||[[Munster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="22.3" |{{convert|22.3|m}}||

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|[[File:Inniskeenroundtower.jpg|150px]]||[[Inniskeen|Inishkeen]]||[[County Monaghan|Monaghan]]||[[Ulster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="12.6" |{{convert|12.6|m}}||The top has been sealed with brick and cement

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|[[File:Kells roundtower highcross.jpg|150px]]||[[Kells Round Tower|Kells]]||[[County Meath|Meath]]||[[Leinster]]||Complete to cornice
| data-sort-value="26" |{{convert|26|m}}||Full height but without cap

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|[[File:Kilbennan Round Tower E 2010 09 16.jpg|150px]]||[[Kilbennan]]||[[County Galway|Galway]]||[[Connacht]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="16.5" |{{convert|16.5|m}}||

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|[[File:RoundTowerKilcoona.jpg|150px|Round Tower Kilcoona]]||[[Kilcoona]]||[[County Galway|Galway]]||[[Connacht]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="3" |{{convert|3|m}}||

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|[[File:Kildare Irish Round Tower, County Kildare, Ireland.JPG|150px|Photo of Kildare Irish Round Tower in the town of Kildare, in the County of Kildare Ireland]]||[[Kildare Cathedral|Kildare]]||[[County Kildare|Kildare]]||[[Leinster]]||Complete to cornice
| data-sort-value="32" |{{convert|32|m}}||Climbable; the conical cap has been replaced with battlements; romanesque decoration around doorway

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|[[File:Saint Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny - geograph.org.uk - 1538927.jpg|150px]]||[[St Canice's Cathedral|Kilkenny]]||[[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]]||[[Leinster]]||Complete to cornice
| data-sort-value="30" |{{convert|30|m}}||Climbable; the conical cap has been replaced with battlements

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|[[File:KillalaRoundTower.jpg|150px]]||[[Killala]]||[[County Mayo|Mayo]]||[[Connacht]]||Complete
| data-sort-value="25.5" |{{convert|25.5|m}}||There is a noticeable bulge about halfway up the tower
|-
|[[File:Killashee Round Tower.jpg|150px]]||[[Killashee Round Tower|Killashee]]||[[County Kildare|Kildare]]||[[Leinster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="7.3" |{{convert|7.3|m}}||Has a square base, only becoming round about halfway up. Incorporated into the fabric of a church.

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|[[File:RoundTowerKilleany-Aran.jpg|150px|Ireland Roundtower Killeany Aran Islands]]||Killeany/[[Aran Islands]]||[[County Galway|Galway]]||[[Connacht]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="3.02" |{{convert|3.02|m}}||

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|[[File:Kilmallock Irish Round Tower, County Limerick Ireland.JPG|150px|Photo of Kilmallock Irish Round Tower, County Limerick, Ireland]]||[[Kilmallock]]||[[County Limerick|Limerick]]||[[Munster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="3" |{{convert|3|m}}|| Only the lower 3 m of the tower is original, what stands above (tower of the Collegiate church) is a late medieval addition/reconstruction

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|[[File:RoundTowerKillnaboy.jpg|150px|Round Tower Killinaboy Co.Clare]]||[[Kilnaboy|Killinaboy]]||[[County Clare|Clare]]||[[Munster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="3.5" |{{convert|3.5|m}}||

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|[[File:Kilmacduagh05(js).jpg|150px]]||[[Kilmacduagh monastery|Kilmacduagh]]||[[County Galway|Galway]]||[[Connacht]]||Complete
| data-sort-value="34.5" |{{convert|34.5|m}}||The tallest standing of the ancient round towers. It has 11 windows (more than any other tower) and the door is 8m from the ground (higher than any other tower). Leans 1.02m from the vertical.

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|[[File:Kilree.jpg|150px]]||[[Kilree]]||[[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]]||[[Leinster]]||Complete to cornice
| data-sort-value="27" |{{convert|27|m}}||The conical cap has been replaced with battlements

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|[[File:Kinneigh Round Tower - geograph.org.uk - 537605.jpg|150px]]||[[Castletown-Kinneigh|Kinneigh]]||[[County Cork|Cork]]||[[Munster]]||Complete to cornice
| data-sort-value="24.5" |{{convert|24.5|m}}||Has a hexagonal base and a sealed top

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|[[File:RoundTowerLiathmore.jpg|150px|Round Tower Liathmore]]||[[Liathmore Churches|Liathmore]]||[[County Tipperary|Tipperary]]||[[Munster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="0.01" |{{convert|0.01|m}}|| Discovered in 1969; only the 2.6 m foundations remain (unusually deep for an Irish round tower)

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|[[File:Church and Round Tower at Lusk - geograph.ie - 1833150.jpg|150px]]||[[Lusk, Dublin|Lusk]]||[[County Dublin|Dublin]]||[[Leinster]]||Complete to cornice
| data-sort-value="26.6" |{{convert|26.6|m}}||Full height but without cap; is attached to a church (which was built later)

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|[[File:Maghera Round Tower, May 2011 (02).JPG|150px]]||[[Maghera Churches and Round Tower|Maghera]]||[[County Down|Down]]||[[Ulster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="5.4" |{{convert|5.4|m}}||Stump with a large hole in the side

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|[[File:MeelickRoundTower.jpg|150px]]||[[Meelick, County Mayo|Meelick]]||[[County Mayo|Mayo]]||[[Connacht]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="21" |{{convert|21|m}}||

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|[[File:DysertRoundTower.jpg|150px]]||[[Mollaneen]] ([[Dysert O'Dea Monastery]])||[[County Clare|Clare]]||[[Munster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="15" |{{convert|15|m}}||

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|[[File:RoundTowerNendrum.jpg|150px|I]]||[[Nendrum]]||[[County Down|Down]]||[[Ulster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="4.4" |{{convert|4.4|m}}||

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|[[File:DysertMonastery.jpg|150px]]||[[Dísert Óengusa (County Limerick)|Dísert Óengusa, Croom]]||[[County Limerick|Limerick]]||[[Munster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="21" |{{convert|21|m}}||Romanesque decoration around doorway

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|[[File:Monasterboice 05.jpg|150px]]||[[Monasterboice]]||[[County Louth|Louth]]||[[Leinster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="28" |{{convert|28|m}}||

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| [[File:Old Kilcullen Irish Round Tower, County Kildare, Ireland.JPG|150px|Photo of Old Kilcullen round tower, County Kildare, Ireland]]||[[Old Kilcullen]]||[[County Kildare|Kildare]]||[[Leinster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="11" |{{convert|11|m}}||

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|[[File:RoundTowerOran.jpg|150px|Round Tower Oran]]||[[Oran, County Roscommon|Oran]]||[[County Roscommon|Roscommon]]||[[Connacht]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="3.9" |{{convert|3.9|m}}|| Largest base diameter of any known original Irish round tower at 6 m

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|[[File:Oughterard Irish Round Tower County Kildare.JPG|150px|Photo of Oughterard Irish Round Tower, County Kildare, Ireland]] ||[[Oughter Ard]]||[[County Kildare|Kildare]]||[[Leinster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="9.5" |{{convert|9.5|m}}||

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|[[File:RoundTowerRamsIsland.jpg|150px|Round Tower Ram's Island]]||[[Ram's Island, Northern Ireland|Ram's Island]]||[[County Antrim|Antrim]]||[[Ulster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="12.8" |{{convert|12.8|m}}||

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|[[File:Round Tower at Old Rathmichael Church.jpg|150px|left|The remains of the round tower]]||[[Rathmichael]]||[[County Dublin|Dublin]]||[[Leinster]]||incomplete
| data-sort-value="1.9" |{{convert|1.9|m}}||Said to have been a place to place bodies after they had been buried in the graveyard for a number of years.

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|[[File:Rattoo Round Tower - geograph.org.uk - 12548.jpg|150px]]||[[Rattoo]]||[[County Kerry|Kerry]]||[[Munster]]||Complete||27.4 m||Includes a [[Sheela na Gig]]
|-
|[[File:Roscam Irish Round Tower, County Galway Ireland.JPG|150px|Photo of Roscam Irish Round Tower County Galway Ireland]]||[[Roscam]]||[[County Galway|Galway]]||[[Connacht]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="10.98" |{{convert|10.98|m}}|| 7 levels of [[putlog hole]]s clearly visible

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|[[File:Roscrea Round Tower 2010 09 03.jpg|150px]]||[[Roscrea]]||[[County Tipperary|Tipperary]]||[[Munster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="20" |{{convert|20|m}}||

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|[[File:Scattery Island 01.jpg|150px]]||[[Scattery Island]]||[[County Clare|Clare]]||[[Munster]]||Complete to cornice, with a partially truncated cap
| data-sort-value="26" |{{convert|26|m}}||Doorway is at ground level

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|[[File:Seir Kieran Round Tower and Priory Wall 2010 09 09.jpg|150px]]||[[Saighir|Seir Kieran]]||[[County Offaly|Offaly]]||[[Leinster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="2.6" |{{convert|2.6|m}}||

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|[[File:RoundTowerSt. Mullins.jpg|150px]]
||[[St Mullin's]]||[[County Carlow|Carlow]]||[[Leinster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="1" |{{convert|1|m}}||

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|[[File:Rock of Cashel - 33.jpg|150px]]||[[Rock of Cashel|St Patrick's Rock]] (near [[Cashel, County Tipperary|Cashel]])||[[County Tipperary|Tipperary]]||[[Munster]]||Complete
| data-sort-value="28" |{{convert|28|m}}||Attached to a church (which was built later)

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|[[File:AntrimRoundTower.JPG|150px]]||Steeple (near [[Antrim, County Antrim|Antrim]])||[[County Antrim|Antrim]]||[[Ulster]]||Complete
| data-sort-value="28" |{{convert|28|m}}||

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|[[File:Swords Round Tower - geograph.org.uk - 526767.jpg|150px]]||[[Swords, Dublin|Swords]]||[[County Dublin|Dublin]]||[[Leinster]]||Complete
| data-sort-value="26" |{{convert|26|m}}||Has a deformed top floor, which is topped by a stone cross

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|[[File:Taghadoe Irish Round Tower County Kildare.jpg|150px|Photo of Taghadoe Irish Round Tower County Kildare, Ireland]] ||[[Taghadoe]]||[[County Kildare|Kildare]]||[[Leinster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="19.8" |{{convert|19.8|m}}||

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|[[File:TimahoeRoundTower2.JPG|150px]]||[[Timahoe]]||[[County Laois|Laois]]||[[Leinster]]||Complete
| data-sort-value="29" |{{convert|29|m}}||Romanesque decoration around doorway

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|[[File:RoundTowerToryIsland.jpg|150px]]
||[[Tory Island]]||[[County Donegal|Donegal]]||[[Ulster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="12.8" |{{convert|12.8|m}}||

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|[[File:Round tower and ruined church, Tullaherin, Co. KIlkenny - geograph.org.uk - 207642.jpg|150px]]||[[Tullaherin]]||[[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]]||[[Leinster]]||Incomplete
| data-sort-value="22.5" |{{convert|22.5|m}}||
|-
|[[File:Turlough Round Tower and Church 2007 08 14.jpg|150px]]||[[Turlough Abbey]]||[[County Mayo|Mayo]]||[[Connacht]]||Complete
| data-sort-value="22.9" |{{convert|22.9|m}}||
|}

Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20210927162149/http://roundtowers.org/ roundtowers.org]