Kelly's Monument

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.