Rock of CashelA limestone outcrop above the town carries a round tower, a Romanesque chapel and a roofless Gothic cathedral.
Abbey
Hore Abbey
Cashel, County Tipperary
Cistercian ruins in a field directly below the Rock of Cashel, close enough to walk to from the town.
Hore Abbey, Ireland’s last medieval Cistercian monastery, was founded in 1272 in County Tipperary, just west of Cashel.
- Where
- Cashel, County Tipperary
- Address
- Loughnafina
- Official site
- megalithicireland.com
- 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.
Athassel AbbeyThe large ruins of an Augustinian priory in fields by the Suir near Golden. You cross a field on foot to reach it.
Holycross AbbeyThe Cistercian abbey on the Suir near Thurles was re-roofed in the 1970s and is back in use as a parish 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.
Cahir CastleCahir Castle sits on a rock island in the Suir, keep and walls and towers all still standing.
Mitchelstown CaveThe cave runs under the Galtee foothills at Burncourt, walked on a guided route through three large chambers.On nearby
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