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Dwellings, Fortresses, Ecclesiastical Buildings

Above: The Fortress DWELLINGS AND FORTRESSES Before the introduction of Christianity, buildings of every kind in Ireland were almost universally round. The quadrangular shape, which was first used in the churches in the time of St. Patrick, came very slowly into use and round shaped structures finally disappeared only in the thirteenth or fourteenth century. [...]

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