The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . e, wasid., p. 398. possibly erected previously to the year 563. We annex from Dr. Petries work, a repre-sentation of one of the windows of theRound Tower of Kells (No. 33) which alsoresemble those of our tower. Kells towerwas in existence before the year from these criterions, we cannotbe far astray if we place the date of ourRound Tower between the sixth and theninth centuries: and it is possible that toSt. Canice himself, who lived to the closeof the sixth century, its erection may beassi
The history, architecture, and antiquities of the cathedral church of StCanice, Kilkenny . e, wasid., p. 398. possibly erected previously to the year 563. We annex from Dr. Petries work, a repre-sentation of one of the windows of theRound Tower of Kells (No. 33) which alsoresemble those of our tower. Kells towerwas in existence before the year from these criterions, we cannotbe far astray if we place the date of ourRound Tower between the sixth and theninth centuries: and it is possible that toSt. Canice himself, who lived to the closeof the sixth century, its erection may beassigned; none of that saintsLives,however,make any mention of Kilkennyb. We fear that by many we shall be thought to show ourselves, in these con-clusions, insensible to the poetry which clings round our pillar towers as natu-rally as the mosses and themany-hued lichens incrusttheir time-stained would we, too, likemany of our antiquarianbrethren, who are staunchsupporters of the Pagantheories, trace their originfrom the distant plains ofNo. 32. Asia or Hindustan, or be- No. No. 31.
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