Information about Kilbannon Round Tower and Old Church

The Ordnance Survey Letters are letters between John O'Donovan and his supervisor, Thomas Larcom, regarding the work of compiling the Field Books. These letters provide further discussion on many of the places listed in the Field Books.

References to this place can be found in the following letters.

• Volume 1 page 11 to page 12
• Volume 1 page 92 to page 93
• Volume 1 page 95

Kill alone is the name of more than a score of places in various counties: in most cases it stands for cill, a church: but in some it is for coill, a wood.

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Kilbannon Round Tower and Old Church

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