The Round Towers of Ireland; or, The History of the Tuath-De-Danaans

INTRODUCTION

“When all is dark, who would object to a ray of light, merely because of the faulty or flickering medium by which it is transmitted? And if those round towers have been hitherto a dark puzzle and a mystery, must we scare away O’Brien, because he approaches with a rude and unpolished but serviceable lantern?”--_Fraser’s Magazine_ for August 1835.

Henry O’Brien, the...