Rock of CashelA limestone outcrop above the town carries a round tower, a Romanesque chapel and a roofless Gothic cathedral.
Abbey
Holycross Abbey
Thurles, County Tipperary
The Cistercian abbey on the Suir near Thurles was re-roofed in the 1970s and is back in use as a parish church.
Explore magnificent Holycross Abbey, a restored Cistercian abbey on the scenic River Suir in County Tipperary.
- Where
- Thurles, County Tipperary
- Address
- Holycross Abbey, Holycross
- Official site
- holycrossabbey.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Rock of CashelA limestone outcrop above the town carries a round tower, a Romanesque chapel and a roofless Gothic cathedral.
Hore AbbeyCistercian ruins in a field directly below the Rock of Cashel, close enough to walk to from the town.
Athassel AbbeyThe large ruins of an Augustinian priory in fields by the Suir near Golden. You cross a field on foot to reach it.
Devil's BitThe gap in the rock ridge above Templemore is reached by a looped hill walk from the car park at the foot of it.
Kilcooley AbbeyThe Cistercian ruin near Gortnahoe is reached across a field, and there are carved tomb slabs inside the church.
Fethard Horse Country ExperienceA museum in the 17th century Tholsel covers the horse breeding country around it, in a town that kept most of its medieval wall.More in Tipperary
Cahir CastleCastle · CahirCahir Castle sits on a rock island in the Suir, keep and walls and towers all still standing.
Swiss CottageHouse and gardens · CahirBuilt for the Butler family as a thatched cottage orne, in woodland by the Suir a short walk outside Cahir.
Mitchelstown CaveCave · CahirThe cave runs under the Galtee foothills at Burncourt, walked on a guided route through three large chambers.
Glen of AherlowWalk · Tipperary TownAherlow runs between the Galtees and the Slievenamuck ridge, with a nature park and trails at Newtown.
Galtee MountainsMountain · CahirA sandstone range on the Limerick border, with Galtymore the high point at 917 metres.
Ormond CastleCastle · Carrick-on-SuirA Tudor manor house was built onto the older castle here, and the long gallery has the plasterwork ceilings.
Nenagh CastleCastle · NenaghThe circular Norman keep stands in the middle of Nenagh and is open to climb for the view over the town.- Roscrea Castle and Damer HouseCastle · RoscreaA gate tower and curtain walls in the middle of Roscrea, with a Queen Anne house standing inside the courtyard.