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St Annes Tower

Religious house, Franciscan nuns (Poor Clares)

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Convent of St. Anne, founded c. 1190 (Hayman 1855, 327); the nuns tended the beacon tower (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 325). Convent no longer standing by 1644; circular tower survived (H c. 24ft; diam. c. 10ft) until 1848 when it was demolished to build present lighthouse (Hayman ibid., 328-9).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO067-027

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  • Will McGoldrick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • john berry, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Maurice Cronin / Youghal GAA Club, www.youghalgaa.ie
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