towers historical clare

Scattery Churches and Round Tower The island of Scattery is just off the small port of Kilrush. The monastery on the island was founded in the 6th century by St. Senan, who like, St. Kevin of Glendalough, had a notorious dislike of women! One of his pupils was St. Ciaran of Clonmacnois. It was attacked and looted by the Vikings in 816 and 835 and it is thought the Vikings occupied the monastery from 972 to 975, but were captured by Brian Boru. The most distinguishing characteristic o...

Just north of Lahinch, on the coast of West Clare, are the famous Cliffs of Moher, defiantly standing as giant natural ramparts (over 200m high) against the agressive might of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Cliffs of Moher (the Great Wall of Thomond) and O'Brien's Tower, which stands out on a headland, shows the extent of the O'Brien influence on the history of the Celtic Tribes. The Cliffs are 8km long and 214m high. It is there that one can most easily get a feel for the wildness of the terr...