Suir Blueway TipperarySurfaced towpath along the Suir between Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir, with a marked paddling route on the water beside it.
Museum
Fethard Horse Country Experience
Fethard, County Tipperary
A museum in the 17th century Tholsel covers the horse breeding country around it, in a town that kept most of its medieval wall.
- Where
- Fethard, County Tipperary
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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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.
ClonmelClonmel 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.
Rock of CashelA limestone outcrop above the town carries a round tower, a Romanesque chapel and a roofless Gothic cathedral.
Hore AbbeyCistercian ruins in a field directly below the Rock of Cashel, close enough to walk to from the town.
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.More in Tipperary
Cahir CastleCastle · CahirCahir Castle sits on a rock island in the Suir, keep and walls and towers all still standing.
Swiss CottageHouse and gardens · CahirBuilt for the Butler family as a thatched cottage orné, in woodland by the Suir a short walk outside Cahir.
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.
Roscrea Castle and Damer HouseCastle · RoscreaA gate tower and curtain walls in the middle of Roscrea, with a Queen Anne house standing inside the courtyard.