CONTENTS. 



ANTIQUITIES. 



PAGE. 



The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman 

 Invasion; comprising an Essay on the Origin and Uses of the Round 

 Towers of Ireland, 1 



INTRODUCTION, 3 



PART I. 



ERRONEOUS THEORIES WITH RESPECT TO THE ORIGIN AND USES OF THE 

 ROUND TOWERS CONSIDERED. 



SECTION I. Theory of the Danish Origin of the Towers, 7 



II. Theory of the Phoenician or Eastern Origin of the Round 



Towers, 13 



III. Theories of the Pagan Uses of the Round Towers, .... 14 

 IV. Theories of the Christian Origin and Uses of the Round 



Towers, 109 



PART II. 



TRUE ORIGIN AND USES OF THE ROUND TOWERS. 



SECTION I. Introduction, 121 



II. Antiquity of Irish ecclesiastical Remains, 125 



III. General Characteristics of the ancient Irish ecclesiastical 



Buildings, 159 



SUBSECTION 1. Churches, 160 



2. Oratories, 340 



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