Tipperary has loads to offer the visitor and Cashel's central location (and historic nature) make it the perfect spot from which to explore this part of Ireland.

Whether your interests lie in activities, sports or cultural events and sites, Cashel and it's surrounding towns will make sure you are never left idle (unless you want to be, of course!) - and don't forget the cozy pubs, ideal spots to round off a fabulous day.

Top Visitor Attractions
• Rock of Cashel
• Cashel Heritage Centre
• Bru Boru Heritage Centre
• Cahir Castle
• Clonmel Motor Museum
• Fethard Town Walls -
the fethard churches and town walls retain
a remarkable number of medieval remnants.
• Glen of Aherlow
• Mitchelsown Caves
• Ormonde Manor Hosue
• Carrick-on-Suir
• Holy Cross Cistercian Abbey

Eating Out
The town of Cashel is great for eating out by day and night. Good pub grub is available all day and there are many award winning restaurants to eat out in at night if your tastes run to the finer things. There are many excellent pubs (good craic!) - perfect places for a lively (or quiet) pint or two. Click here to check out the dining guide for Cashel>>

Walking
Established long distance marked walkways include (amoungst many others):
• The Tipperary Heritage Way - takes in forest, country roads and the River Suir with a large number of historial sites en route. Call Ms Jane Twomey on 062-33360 for details.
• Slievenamon / Kilcash - A series of 4 scenic routes, mapped and signposted, call Ms Margaret O' Keeffe, 052-33456
• The East Munster Way - This links Carrick-on-Suir with the Vee
• Saint Declan's Way - An ancient Pilgrims trackway, signposted.
• Galtee Mountains - both high and low level guided tours avalaible, call Jimmy Barry on 062-33878 after 6pm.

Angling
The River Suir is a noted trout river, with good salmon runs. Trout season opens on the 1st of February and salmon season on 17th March. Both close at the end of September. Permits are available from local tackle dealers.

Bird Watching & Wildlfe
The area abounds with good sites, including Cappamurra Bog, Dundrum, Clonmel Wilderness Gorge, the Galtee Mountains, Glengarra Wood, Marl Bog, Gortdrum lake and Marfield lake near Clonmel.

Golf
A wide variety of excellent courses are open to the public. These include the challenging course at Dundrum (062-71116), Ballykisteen (062-33333), Carrick-on-Suir (051-640047) Clonmel (052-21138), Slievenamon (052-32213) and Lisonagh (062-51119)

Horse Racing
There are courses at Clonmel, Tipperary and Thurles.