Things to see and do Cashel

Opened in 1984, this museum contains artifacts related to the past life of Tipperary County. Several rooms and themes, including rebuilding scenes of villages from the th to the th centuries. For lovers of Irish history.

Without doubt, it is a small wonder; considered the oldest Romanesque church in Ireland still standing (1127-1134), built by Cormac maccarthy, prince bishop of Cashel. The chapel of the chapel is populated with heads and mouth of animals, in a style extremely close to that of Dysert O 'Dea Castle, in the county of Clare (the same artists have worked there?).

The frescoes over 800 years old in the choir, the oldest of its kind in Ireland, are the subject of careful restoration work. You will certainly distinguish some remains of colors, very expensive at the time, including the clear blue that comes from Venice. The pillars are composed of geometrical patterns entirely typical of the Irish Romanesque and without a really apparent order: lodges, stars, broken lines… Facing the choir, a magnificent sculpted tomb may be the tomb of Cormac himself. Take a closer look: delicate ornaments representing interlaced animals and snakes would be Viking style.

In the distance, the ruins of Hore Abbey, the last Cistercian Abbey in Ireland, was founded by the Archbishop of Cashel in 1272. A small path from the Rock of Cashel allows you to go directly.

Abbey in the Celtic brothers'plan founded for the Dominican brothers in 1243 by Archbishop David MacKelly, whose ruins now lie in the city centre.