Cahir Castle, built in 1142, is one of the largest and best preserved castles in Ireland. Some of the castles in Ireland come with a hefty entrance fee (Blarney), so I was pretty excited during my research of the castle when I saw that our family could get a guided tour for less than $20 USD. Sadly for us, we dilly dallied around too long at Rock of Dunamase earlier that morning, so we arrived at Cahir right when they were closing for the day. Thankfully, we could still walk the perimeter at take in views of the exterior portion of the castle. There's a stream of water that runs alongside the castle that leads to the River Suir, and you'll find many beautiful swans lazing on the bank between the castle and the stream.
Cahir Castle is still in really great shape, retaining its tower and most of its original defensive stronghold.
We found this little Sword in the Stone prop on the side of the castle and couldn't resist the photo opp:
Even though we were late to tour inside, there's a gorgeous park you can walk through that's located right beside the castle, so all wasn't completely lost on our stop. Even if you miss the cutoff time to tour Cahir Castle, Co. Tipperary has quite a few charming spots to see, so I'd totally recommend scheduling a stop into your itinerary to check out all that they have to offer!
I absolurely adore places like this one, stunning☺
ReplyDeleteMe too, Natalia!
DeleteTwenty bucks to see scorched ruins? Guess they need monies to clean all that rock :) Love the photo with Jason, such a hit! Yours is good too, but he is a better actor, we shall find him a role in one of our period set dramas :)
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't thrilled when I told him to hop on the rock for a photo. He was actually quite sick there, after picking up a bug in Paris. He slept a lot the day before. The girls were just getting ill that day after catching the bug from him and remained that way for the rest of the trip. Thankfully, I managed to escape it, but they were miserable most of our vacay. We're used to just running to the grocers and buying what we need day and night for a cold or illness. In Europe, we learned you have to go to a pharmacy, and the hours are open late, close early. And, the remedy selection is quite limited. We made a note to pack our own medicines as a precaution when traveling out of the country from now on.
DeleteYes, we don't crack pills like candy like you over in USA, dahlink :)) Our pharmacies are usually open till 5 or 6 in the evening, maybe 7, but there is always one opened non stop. Medicines are not sold in supermarkets next to groceries (except vitamins and such dietary supplements) and I think that is good. Keeps nasty evil pharma less reachable to most gullible buyers. In some European countries some shops are even closed for a few hours in the middle of the day for siesta LOL And Croatia, for example, who strives to be a bigger Catholic than pope, even has a law according to which shops are closed on Sunday, all of them, that I don't agree with even though I've never been in a shop on Sunday. I spend Sundays starring at the wall trying to collect energy for my six day long working week LOL
DeleteI can see where keeping the drugs away from the more susceptible addicts is a good thing. For us though, not understanding how pharmacies work in Europe, it was a huge headache. We went 2 days before we hit found an open pharmacy to get some relief. I do almost all of my shopping on Sunday, so I'd be miffed if every store was closed. It's one of the only times Jason and I can get out and shop together because we have such busy weekdays. Saturdays are for him to workout, do things around the house, or just be lazy.
DeleteI guess if you can get the sword it's yours.
ReplyDeleteSadly, it wasn't meant to be for me :(
DeleteReally beautiful pictures Theresa and really nice place , hugs!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gloria ♥
DeleteSure great shots. Stinks that you couldn't get in though. At least you found the sword to try and yank. Guess you weren't the one queen to rule them all?
ReplyDeleteGuess I'll have to remain queen of the Mahoney castle instead of Cahir lol
DeleteIt's amazing all the work that went into building those castles and astonishing that they still look so good still today. The photos with the sword are fun. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree. And they did it without all of the modern equipment we have that would make it so much easier to get done.
DeleteYour husband is really acting the part. I love it! What a fun visit! I think my favorite photo is the 4th one down.
ReplyDeleteHe's quite a character. Never fails to try to get the girls to laugh, even when he's feeling unwell (he was really sick the day we stopped at this castle).
DeleteThose pictures are great. That would be really fun to go see.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great place to visit. If we ever go back, I'd for sure love the opportunity to tour inside since we missed doing that this round.
DeleteSuch a pretty place. Love your husband's face "struggling" for the sword!
ReplyDeleteHe's quite the character lol
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