Ireland S Round Towers
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Ireland S Round Towers
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Author : Tadhg O'Keeffe
language : en
Publisher: Tempus Publishing, Limited
Release Date : 2004
Ireland S Round Towers written by Tadhg O'Keeffe and has been published by Tempus Publishing, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Architecture categories.
The round tower is Ireland’s most distinctive medieval monument. This book explores the towers’ qualities as works of architecture as well as examining their relationships with other buildings at the sites on which they stand. The author suggests how the towers were employed in ceremonies and other ritualised activities of the Viking Age church in Ireland. They prove to be crucial evidence in a new history of Irish Christianity between the Viking raids and the late 12th-century invasion.
The Round Towers Of Ireland
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Author : Lennox Barrow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Round Towers Of Ireland written by Lennox Barrow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Ireland categories.
The Round Towers Of Ireland
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Author : Henry O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-05-21
The Round Towers Of Ireland written by Henry O'Brien and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-21 with Literary Collections categories.
“When all is dark, who would object to a ray of light, merely because of the faulty or flickering medium by which it is transmitted? And if those round towers have been hitherto a dark puzzle and a mystery, must we scare away O'Brien, because he approaches with a rude and unpolished but serviceable lantern?”—Fraser's Magazine for August 1835.Henry O'Brien, the most daring and ingenious explorer of that recondite mystery, the origin and purpose of Irish Round Towers, was born in 1808. On both his father's and his mother's side he came of good descent, being connected with two of the oldest and most influential families in the west of Ireland. At the time of his birth that branch of “the O'Briens” to which he belonged were settled in Kerry, where his father resided in a wild, mountainous district, known as Iveragh, forming a portion of the Marquis of Lansdowne's Irish estates. That his family were in affluent circumstances is improbable, for up to the age of twelve the boy's education seems to have been neglected in a way very uncommon with Irish people who are well off. “Though I could then tolerably well express myself in English,” he says, referring to this portion of his life, “the train of my reflections always ran in Irish. From infancy I spoke that tongue; it was to me vernacular. I thought in Irish, I understood in Irish, and I composed in Irish”; and again, “I was twelve years of age before ever I saw a Testament in any language.”
Irish Round Towers
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Author : Roger Stalley
language : en
Publisher: Town House Trinity House
Release Date : 2000
Irish Round Towers written by Roger Stalley and has been published by Town House Trinity House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
From Glendalough in Wicklow to Kilmacduagh in Galway, and from Tory Island off the Donegal coast to Ardmore in Waterford, so-called round towers punctuate the Irish landscape in a memorable and often dramatic way. We know of the existence of over eighty examples, though it is likely that there were once many more, perhaps over a hundred in the country as a whole. While some have been restored, many survive as ruins, and a few are only known from historical sources. Most scholars believe that the Irish round tower must have been based on prototypes abroad, and there are depictions of round towers in ivories and manuscript illuminations, both European and Byzantine, from the sixth century onwards. But a century or more ago, the purpose of the towers was the focus of much speculation and eccentric theorising. For some they were fire temples, designed for sun worship; others saw them as primitive astronomical observatories. In Irish Round Towers Professor Roger Stalley looks into this and the other questions that surround these unique monuments to a lost time. Establishing the historical context of the towers, he asks: when were the towers built, who built them, and how were they built
Ireland S Round Towers
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Author : Brian Lalor
language : en
Publisher: Collins Books
Release Date : 2016
Ireland S Round Towers written by Brian Lalor and has been published by Collins Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Architecture categories.
A guide to Ireland's unique form of architecture, the round tower. Fully illustrated, this book examines the architectural design, setting, and function of these towers.
The Round Towers Of Ireland
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Author : Henry O'Brien
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1834
The Round Towers Of Ireland written by Henry O'Brien and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1834 with Ireland categories.
The Round Towers Of Ireland
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Author : Henry O ́Brien
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2018-05-23
The Round Towers Of Ireland written by Henry O ́Brien and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-23 with Fiction categories.
Reproduction of the original: The Round Towers of Ireland by Henry O ́Brien
The Irish Round Tower
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Author : Brian Lalor
language : en
Publisher: Origins and Architecture Explo
Release Date : 1999
The Irish Round Tower written by Brian Lalor and has been published by Origins and Architecture Explo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Architecture categories.
The remains of over 70 Christian/early-medieval Round Towers survive in Ireland, with the bulk of them located north of the Dingle Peninsula and south of Lough Neagh. Many of those that remain are in association with surviving monastic settlements and are sited in some of the most beautiful and historic areas of the country.
A New Interpretation Of Irish Round Towers
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Author : Barbara Freitag
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
A New Interpretation Of Irish Round Towers written by Barbara Freitag and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Archaeology categories.
This study presents evidence to establish a secular origin and function for the towers and to situate them as products of the period between the 10th to 12th centuries.
The Mysterious Round Towers Of Ireland
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Author : Thomas Sheridan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-04-03
The Mysterious Round Towers Of Ireland written by Thomas Sheridan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-03 with categories.
This book will attempt to demonstrate-regardless of various scientific and other methods claiming to confirm the Christian origin of the Round Towers of Ireland-that the debate surrounding their actual history and function is still far from conclusively proven. There exists enough shadow and vagueness within the topic to suggest a far more profound and ancient mystery-when we incorporate a polymath-style approach-by examining the history of the Round Towers without ecclesiastical eyes. Peeling back the layers of accepted narratives surrounding the towers reveals a very different story below the numerous facades and fables which have been placed upon the Round Tower story. Facades and fables designed to hide their true origins.