After our tour of the Cahir Castle, we drove over to the Swiss Cottage. The two are linked through ownership. It was built in the early 1800's and is considered an ornamental cottage. It is one of the only cottages like this left in Europe. It was only used for entertaining and has a whimsical… Continue reading Swiss Cottage, Cahir, County Tipperary
Category: County Tipperary
Castles at Cahir and Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary
Monday was spent checking out a couple of castles. Our main goal was Cahir (pronounced care). Our confidence with the car was growing and since we did have all day ... We drove on to Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir. Sara and I managed to navigate, locate and find parking at Cahir Castle. It is one of… Continue reading Castles at Cahir and Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary
Cashel, County Tipperary
We are approaching this trip a bit differently. After listening to different people explain how they have traveled, I decided that I wanted to have one location and call it 'base camp'. I didn't want to pack or unpack every day or two. So, after reading a lot of reviews and studying maps, it looked… Continue reading Cashel, County Tipperary
Church of Ireland, Cashel, County Tipperary
Since we are in Republic of Ireland, I thought it would be interesting to go a Catholic mass. 'Irish Catholic' represents a significant portion of the population. Like many countries, wars have been fought over religion. I was raised Catholic …. So, after a good night sleep and a great, traditional Irish Breakfast, we headed… Continue reading Church of Ireland, Cashel, County Tipperary
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