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Imagine someone stopping at Kelly's Monument in Killeroran to read the Irish inscription aloud, with a friend quietly helping over a difficult word. By the end, the friend has taken over the reading entirely and is enjoying himself far too much to hand it back.
Freestanding five-stage round tower, dated 1877. Ashlar limestone with string courses between stages and having conical stone cap. Dummy windows to top stage. Second stage has pointed arch doorway with label-moulding and recessed inscribed limestone plaque commemorating Denis Henry Kelly.
This monument is an interesting example of the Gaelic Revival, thirty years before the flowering of the Hiberno-Romanesque style. It is a well executed structure in good-quality limestone. The doorway echoes medieval types and the inscribed plaque in Irish gives important historical context.
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It is a well executed structure in good-quality limestone.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30403309
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
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