Sightseeing in Tipperary & Surrounding Area

Cashel Holiday Hostel is an ideal location for your holiday.  It located in the "Sunny South East" of Ireland and a great location for touring around Tipperary and the South East, Midlands and West of Ireland.  We have a great number of Castles and Monuments to visit and great nature walks and trails to discover. Why not spend a few days discovering the natural heritage of Tipperary.

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Welcome to this audio tour of Cashel featuring all of the colour and history of the area, with a few anecdotes thrown in from locals. Download the tour on to your MP3 player and bring it along on your forthcoming tour of the town. Press "play" to hear each about each of the places of interest. Simply press "stop" along the way when you are being guided to the next place of interest. We hope you have a great time!
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Rock of Cashel

The Rock of Cashel (Carraig Phádraig), more formally St. Patrick's Rock, it is also known as Cashel of the Kings. Reputedly the site of the conversion of Aenghus the King of Munster by St. Patrick in the 5th century AD. Long before the Norman invasion The Rock of Cashel was the seat of the High Kings of Munster, although there is little structural evidence of their time here. Most of the buildings on the current site date from the 12th and 13th centuries when the rock was gifted to the Church. The buildings represent both Hiberno-Romanseque and Germanic influences in their architecture.

 
Hoare Abbey

Hore Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery near the Rock of Cashel. 'Hore' is thought to derive from 'iubhair' – yew tree. The former Benedictine abbey at Hore was given to the Cistercians by Archbishop David MacCearbhaill (in 1270), who later entered the monastery. He endowed the Abbey generously with land, mills and other benefices previously belonging to the town. The story goes that he evicted the Benedictines after a dream that they were about to kill him.

 
Bolton Library

The Bolton Library contains a unique collection of antiquarian books and is the finest collection outside of Dublin. The books were collected by Archbishop Theophilis Bolton, Archbishop of Cashel from 1730 to 1744. The collection contains a wide range of subjects and includes a 12th century manuscript, the Nuremnberg Chronicle and works by Dante, Swift, Calvin, Erasmus and Machiavelli.

 

 
Brú Ború Cultural Centre and Genology

A national cultural centre at the foot of the Rock of Cashel. This cultural village is designed around a village green and is a home to the study and celebration of native Irish music, song, dance, theatre and Celtic studies. It has a folk theatre, genealogy centre, restaurant and other amenities. Brú Ború traditional group have performed worldwide.

 

 

Folk Village

Cashel folk village is a delightful series of informal reconstructions of various traditional thatched village shops, a forge, and other businesses, together with a penal Chapel situated in a confined area within the town of Cashel, near to the famous Rock Of Cashel. There is also an old IRA museum and audio-visual presentation (1916 -1923).

 

 

Kearny's Castle

Kearney's Castle is a fifteenth century castle. In the past it was used as a garrison by Lord Inchiquin's army. The Kearney family lived in the building for many years. Fr. John Kearney was hanged in the castle in 1652. The building now operates as a hotel.

 

 

Other heritage and cultural sights include:

• Dominics Abbey
• Athassel Abbey
• Cahir Castle & Swiss Cottage
• Holycross Abbey
• Ormonde Castle
• Cashel Heritage Centre & Tourist Office
• Fethard Walled Town
• Mitchelstown Caves