“It’s a long way to Tipperary,” as the famous World War I song goes, but that’s no reason to miss out on the great fun and wonders the Munster county has in store. Here are our top five places to visit in County Tipperary . After the Cliffs of Moher, the Rock of Cashel is one of the most iconic images of Ireland – a spectacular complex of medieval buildings upon a limestone outcropping in Tipperary’s Golden Vale.
The Rock of Cashel is steeped in mythology. Legend has it that it formed when St. Patrick banished Satan from a cave in Devil’s Bit, the nearby mountain.
Prior to the Norman Invasion of Ireland, it was the seat of the Kings of Munster. Most of the buildings that survive today date to the 12th and 13th centuries, in particular the round tower, which dates from 1100, Cormac’s Chapel, the chapel of King Cormac Mac Carthaigh, which was consecrated in 1134, and the Cathedral, which was finished in 1270. Stunning examples of Celtic art are also contained within.
The Rock of Cashel is open year-round, and guided tours are available. Some parts may be off-limit due to ongoing preservation work. For more information, click here St.
Patrick’s Holy Well, Clonmel. Just outside the town of Clonmel sits St. Patrick’s Well , one of the most famous and largest holy wells in all of Ireland.
Legend has it that St. Patrick himself stopped there to bathe or even perform baptisms, and today the well remains a site of pilgrimage and historic interest, as well as of exc.