Killashee Round Tower

Killashee
Cill Uasaille
The round tower with modern doorway at base
Killashee Round Tower is located in Ireland
Killashee Round Tower
Location within Ireland
Monastery information
Other namesKillussy, Kyllusty, Killossy, Cell-Usall, Ceall-Usall, Cill-Ausaille[1]
OrderCeltic
Knights Hospitaller
DenominationChurch of Ireland (church, 1540–1965)
Catholic (monastery, 450–1540)
Establishedc. AD 450s
Disestablishedc. 1540
Dedicated toAuxilius[2]
DioceseKildare and Leighlin
People
Founder(s)Auxilius
Architecture
StatusRuined
Functional statusInactive
StyleCeltic
Site
LocationKillashee, Naas, County Kildare
CountryIreland
Coordinates53°11′20″N 6°40′20″W / 53.18894207241587°N 6.6722195047092185°W / 53.18894207241587; -6.6722195047092185
Visible remainsround tower, church, walls, graveyard
Public accessNo

Killashee Round Tower is an Irish round tower that forms part of the monastic remnants of Killashee, County Kildare, Ireland.[3][4] On the Record of Monuments and Places its number is KD024-003.[5]

  1. ^ "Cill Uasaille/Killashee". Logainm.ie.
  2. ^ "Killashee - Irish Place Names". www.libraryireland.com.
  3. ^ Survey, Great Britain Ordnance; O'Donovan, John (25 April 1930). "Letters Containing Information Relative to the Antiquities of the Counties [of Ireland: Kildare" – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "McCabe, B., "Rediscovery at Killashee", Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 139 (2009) • CODECS: Onlinr Database and e-Resources for Celtic Studies". codecs.vanhamel.nl.
  5. ^ "The Earth Moved at Killashee". www.kildare.ie.