Cahir travel guide

Cahir (Cathair Dún Iascaigh, meaning the stonefort of the fish) is a town in South Tipperary, Ireland. The town is best known for Cahir Castle, built on an island in the River Suir, near the centre of the town, and the Swiss cottage.
In addition it has a fine Church of Ireland parish church, still in use, designed by John Nash (architect), one of only three ecclesiastical buildings he designed in Ireland.
It is widely known in history as being a defence town and was also the first town to be linked by stagecoach, in the 1800s when Charles Bianconi commenced services between Clonmel, Cahir and Cashel.
Cahir is an Irish Christian name from St. Cahir (A.D?) who was a little known Donegal saint. The name probably derives from the Gaelic for warlord or chieftain Cathaír or Cathaoir. The word Caher is a type of Ring Fort from the Stone Age (...) more....