Cahir Castle County Tipperary

County Tipperary , Ireland
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    Battle scene for King Arthur!!

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    Cahir Castle was another one I had planned to maybe cut off if we had to. I would have been satisfied just swinging in for a few photos since the exterior was the setting for a great battle scene in the 1981 movie "Excalibur".

    What I did not like was parking. We had to pay to park, which I guess is understandable since the castle is in …

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    Paddy wagon Tour

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    ... Joe told us many stories about the landscape and the history of the area. We passed the fields where "Braveheart" was filmed. At Cahir Castle we had a short guided tour from Anne Kennedy, and then we were allowed to wander around the grounds a bit. I ...

  • 2

    The Adventure Begins!

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    ... small towns before getting to Cahir around 11:00. Because we couldn’t check into our b&b until noon, we toured Cahir Castle. It’s quite well preserved, and made for an interesting diversion. Our b&b was Carrigeen Castle, a ...

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    CASTLES!

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    So, today, we got up EARLY (okay, only like eight-ish) to go to the Rock of Cashel and Cahir Castle. Very cool!  Cashel was like an hour and a half ish from here, and Cahir only like 2 km from there.  Cashel was a bunch of ruins, really, ...

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    Cahir, Swiss Cottage, Rock of Cashel

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    ... Swiss Cottage (a la Ireland not north London) is a quaint cottage built by the same family who are of the line of the Cahir castle folk (the Butlers). It was built as a 'play house’ for rich people to entertain their guests. Each room is carefully ...

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    Castle hunting through the Irish snow mountains

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    ... the night. We were able to walk around the edge of it and get great photos of the castle that was mainly still all intact. Cahir Castle (Irish: Caisleán na Cathrach), is one of the largest castles in Ireland. It is sited on an island in the Suir River ...

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    Cashel & Cahir

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    ... around rather than staging an Irsih version of the running of the bulls! We drove south to Cahir for the afternoon and visited Cahir Castle. It sits on an island and was used in filming the Tudors and the movie Excalibur among others. It was restored so ...

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    The County of Unpronounceable Names

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    ... to myself on the final tour of the cottage. The cottage was the summer residence of Robert and Emily Butler. You could see Cahir Castle only a few miles away. It seemed strange to have a summer retreat just down the road. ...

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    Battle scene for King Arthur!!

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    ... like nice visitors, she ran back in to give the woman what we owed. Located on a rocky island on the banks of the River Suir, Cahir Castle seemed to grow out of the stone, which is how it was meant to look to thwart enemies who did not know which part ...

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    Ag show, combine meeting, castle viewing...

    ... supper. The road into the B&B is uphill and narrow...shouldn't be a surprise by now! Off to bed tonight, going to Cahir Castle tomorrow and then on to Kenmare. I have added more pictures to the Picasa picture site, haven't had a chance to go ...