You're unlikely to miss CAHIR . The town sits on a major crossroads on the routes between Clonmel, Cork, Cashel and Tipperary. Its castle (daily: mid-March to mid-June & mid-Sept to mid-Oct 9.30am5.30pm; mid-June to mid-Sept 9am7.30pm; mid-Oct to mid-March 9.30am4.30pm; €2.50; Heritage Card; tel 052/41011), set on a rocky islet in the River Suir, beside the road to Cork, is Cahir's outstanding attraction even the name Cahir means "fort". In essence the building is Anglo-Norman, and goes back to the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, though the … more »