Suir Blueway TipperarySurfaced towpath along the Suir between Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir, with a marked paddling route on the water beside it.
Town
Clonmel
Clonmel, County Tipperary
Clonmel is the largest town in the county, on the Suir under the Comeraghs, with the West Gate, rebuilt in 1831 on the line of the medieval one, still crossing O'Connell Street.
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- Clonmel, County Tipperary
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Suir Blueway TipperarySurfaced towpath along the Suir between Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir, with a marked paddling route on the water beside it.
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.
Mitchelstown CaveThe cave runs under the Galtee foothills at Burncourt, walked on a guided route through three large chambers.
Galtee MountainsA sandstone range on the Limerick border, with Galtymore the high point at 918 metres.
Nire Valley Coumduala LoopWaymarked hill walk from the Nire car park up into the Comeragh corries above Ballymacarbry.
Swiss CottageBuilt for the Butler family as a thatched cottage orné, in woodland by the Suir a short walk outside Cahir.More in Tipperary
Rock of CashelMonastic site · CashelA limestone outcrop above the town carries a round tower, a Romanesque chapel and a roofless Gothic cathedral.
Cahir CastleCastle · CahirCahir Castle sits on a rock island in the Suir, keep and walls and towers all still standing.
Hore AbbeyAbbey · CashelCistercian ruins in a field directly below the Rock of Cashel, close enough to walk to from the town.
Holycross AbbeyAbbey · ThurlesThe Cistercian abbey on the Suir near Thurles was re-roofed in the 1970s and is back in use as a parish church.
Glen of AherlowWalk · Tipperary townAherlow runs between the Galtees and the Slievenamuck ridge, with a nature park and trails at Newtown.
Athassel AbbeyAbbey · GoldenThe large ruins of an Augustinian priory in fields by the Suir near Golden. You cross a field on foot to reach it.
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.