Cahir Castle

Cahir Castle in County Tipperary is one of our favorite castles. Prounounced "care," it's well-preserved, but lightly attended, so you don't have to worry about fighting the crowds. It makes a great day trip when combined with the Rock of Cashel as it's probably less than a half-hour from one to the other... and Cahir's right on the way.

Cahir Castle is a great one for having lots of little buildings and rooms to poke around in. And you can climb up some maybe 10" wide steps that stick completely unprotected out of the wall to get to the top of part of it! There are scary dark steps down to a dungeon-y area and a tower top that looks right over the main road. In addition, there's a room that has the coolest little model of the Siege of Cahir Castle.

(Also, according to the guides, the sound of the portculis here was used in Braveheart.)


Heritage of Ireland's link to Cahir Castle
Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it (with a couple of nice photos).
The town of Cahir even has its own website, which includes the castle.
Travel Directories Ireland says this, which also has photos from angles not usually seen.