A Conversation for GG: Irish Round Towers
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Gnomon - time to move on Started conversation Feb 26, 2015
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bobstafford Posted Feb 26, 2015
Nice entry In Clonmacnoise these locations for clarity another winner, I did not know the towers were solid at the base
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Feb 26, 2015
Not really, as I don't know much about it.
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Bluebottle Posted May 8, 2015
As no-one else has asked, what is the Island of Ireland Peace Park and what is the connection with Irish round towers?
A couple of years ago I went to an exhibition of paintings by a local artist who had visited all of England's round tower churches, which are mainly located in Sussex, Suffolk and Norfolk. They were mainly old, flint churches, many late Saxon.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted May 8, 2015
The Island of Ireland Peace Park is a memorial park in Belgium to the Irish that were killed in the Great War. It was opened in 1998. It features a modern Irish Round Tower.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted May 8, 2015
I'm reconsidering whether I should mention modern round towers built as memorials - there's the Peace Park one, there's one in Wexford commemorating the Crimean War, I think, and there's one in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin for the people who died in the cause of Irish freedom. There's also one in America somewhere.
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Florida Sailor All is well with the world Posted May 17, 2015
The modern Round Tower might best be left as a follow up Entry, as this one focuses more on the historical lore.
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Recumbentman Posted May 19, 2015
Another incisive, interesting and informative Gnomon production
It doesn't really seem worth the effort to build these as refuges when they are so patently unsafe, especially from fire. The urge to build them must surely have been the ecstasy of height, that makes all the most striking mountains holy places.
I have a suspicion that building a high structure in any age is justified by various rational explanations, but undertaken largely from a desire to show importance.
Do 'modern round towers' include the Dublin Spire? Maybe a link would be no harm anyway
Excellent entry!
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Bluebottle Posted May 19, 2015
I agree with FS that if you open this up to anything in existence that is Irish, Round and potentially towering you could be looking at infinite possibilities.
This is short and sweet.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted May 20, 2015
An Irish round tower is a very specific thing. I would not be making the Entry too general by including modern ones. I'll add a short section mentioning the four I know of. When I get home.
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Cool Old Guy (ex-SockPuppet) Trying not to post for the next 200 days ! Posted May 21, 2015
Cool old Guy circling towers
"As expected, very well written.
Just one aspect I do not comprehend
>>there are two outstanding high crosses as well as the shaft of a third. The crosses have been moved into the visitor centre to protect them
Are these crosses standing tall, or in the visitor centre?
As well, are the crosses in the visiting centre to protect them from the Vikings, local Irish or from the weather?
It will be me not fully comprehending this phrase "
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted May 21, 2015
I've changed it to "protect them from the weather". I'll reword the part about moving the crosses to make it clearer once I get home.
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Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor Posted May 23, 2015
A very interesting Entry. I would advise against writing about modern towers in this Entry, i's good as it is.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted May 25, 2015
Cool Old Guy, I've reworded the paragraph about Clonmacnoise to make the bit about the high crosses easier to understand.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted May 25, 2015
OK, since people think that adding a section on modern Irish memorial Round Towers would not really be in keeping with this entry, I'll leave it as it is.
I now consider this entry complete, unless anyone has any more suggestions. I'll try and dig up a photo of a round tower, or will go out and take one.
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Bluebottle Posted Jun 1, 2015
I'd give you a round of applause, but you might be over-towered with emotion...
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Peer Review: A87846772 - Irish Round Towers
- 1: Gnomon - time to move on (Feb 26, 2015)
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- 4: Gnomon - time to move on (Feb 26, 2015)
- 5: bobstafford (Feb 26, 2015)
- 6: Bluebottle (May 8, 2015)
- 7: Gnomon - time to move on (May 8, 2015)
- 8: Gnomon - time to move on (May 8, 2015)
- 9: Florida Sailor All is well with the world (May 17, 2015)
- 10: Recumbentman (May 19, 2015)
- 11: Bluebottle (May 19, 2015)
- 12: Gnomon - time to move on (May 20, 2015)
- 13: Cool Old Guy (ex-SockPuppet) Trying not to post for the next 200 days ! (May 21, 2015)
- 14: Gnomon - time to move on (May 21, 2015)
- 15: Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor (May 23, 2015)
- 16: Gnomon - time to move on (May 25, 2015)
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