Meelick
Míleac | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°55′54″N 9°01′17″W / 53.931564°N 9.021349°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Connacht |
County | County Mayo |
Time zone | UTC+0 ( WET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-1 ( IST ( WEST)) |
Meelick ( Irish: Míleac) [1] is a small village situated some 5 km west-southwest of Swinford in County Mayo, Ireland. It is in a civil parish of the same name. [1]
A 21-metre high round tower next to the cemetery is the sole surviving structure of an early monastery. Restored in 1880, the tower is flat-topped, having lost its original bell-storey and cap.[ citation needed] It is believed to have been built at some time between 923 and 1013 AD on the site of an ecclesiastical foundation attributed to Saint Broccaidh. [2]