A unique round tower in Massachusetts built by 19th-century Irish immigrants stands as one of the only round towers in the United States. The Milford Round Tower at St. Mary's Parish in ...

"It's absolutely stunning." "I've visited a lot of Irish memorials around the state, but the round tower is definitely the most unique in the state, maybe even New England." Designed by Father ...

Clonmacnoise, for example, most likely had an earlier tower than the one recorded as finished in 1124. The origins of the Irish round tower remain an open question. Were they copied from the ...

St Caimíns Church and round tower on Inis Cealtra ... spiritual homes of the O’Brien kings of Munster who dominated the Irish political stage at that time. The king Murtagh O’Brien had ...

Outside of Worcester stands a unique Irish Round Tower in Milford, built in 1895, as well as several Civil War statues created by an Irish immigrant, 19th-century Sligo sculptor Martin Milmore ...

It is an Irish round tower made entirely from matchsticks. Mr McGuinness made it while he was a prisoner in Portlaoise Jail in the Republic of Ireland. It was given to a friend, Father Jimmy Shiels.

His vision was to recreate the core structures of an early Christian Irish monastic site, the Round Tower, Church and High Cross. O’Connell was interred in the crypt, which took the form of a ...

Milford Round Tower, located at St. Mary's Cemetery in Milford. "When you see it, standing nearly 75 feet high, you have to do a double take," said Mike Quinlin, co-founder of the Boston Irish ...