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Frank Cawley
Burrishule Abbey Turlough Round Tower
By Frank Cawley
12, Jun 2005 - 22:11

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Main abbey window.



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Wide angle view of the ruins.



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Manys the monk walked these cloisters



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I think it's tragic in a way that they allow people to be buried in the middle of these ruins.



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The annual purple blast of Rododendrons, one of the few foreign invaders that thrives in the boglands of the west of Ireland.



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Turlough Round Tower.



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Purple filtered east view of Turlough Round Tower.





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