One of the finest round towers in the west of Ireland

Meelick Round Tower was built between 923 and 1013AD on a monastic site attributed to St. Broccaidh. It is one of 5 round towers in the county and stands 66 feet high with the doorway at 11 feet above ground level. This was once the principal abbey in the Barony of Gallen.  The tower was ‘restored’ in 1880 however the conical cap is still missing! At the base of the tower, you can see an early interlaced cross and an 11th-century gravestone bears the inscription OR DO GRICOUR which translates to mean ‘A prayer for Grigour’.