Islands of Ireland: Tower of strength on Devenish

By Dan MacCarthy

Approaching Devenish in Co Fermanagh through the rolling hills, rather than the rolling waves, the conical tip of a round tower peeps above the green fields. This is a great vantage point from which to inspire the faithful or watch out for the invader. And invaders there were too to this island monastery established by St Molaise in the sixth century.