According to Dr. Callahan, the Celtic monks and their skilled stone masons built Keenaghan Abbey and possibly a round tower as one of their “stone observatories at earth's harmonious points.” ...

The round tower in Milford, built appropriately enough with Milford granite, was constructed as a memorial to central Massachusetts’ Irish immigrants, many of whom are buried at St. Mary’s ...

The origins of the Irish round tower remain an open question. Were they copied from the towers of Ravenna, ... which was pulled in through the doorway by a petrified monk.

The Milford Round Tower at St. Mary's Parish in Massachusetts, created by Irish parish priest Father Patrick Cuddihy, was completed in 1896 as the focal point of the church's new cemetery.

Elizabeth Stack is the executive director of the American Irish Historical Society based in New York, and while she hasn't visited the round tower in Milford, it's on her list.

Cloneen Cottage is just metres from the tower, which was built by monks from St Kevin's monastery, and within Wicklow Mountains National Park, a magnet for tourists and walkers all year round.

An Irish round tower fashioned out of matchsticks by deputy first minister Martin McGuinness when he was a prisoner in Portlaoise Jail is to be auctioned in Dublin.

"You'll have to do a double take," when you first see Milford's Round Tower. The Irish memorial stands nearly 75-feet-tall at St Mary's in Milford ...

"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 Patrick Cuddihy, the tower was ...