Cahir
stone ringfort, and in the longer form town of the fort of the fishery; Joyce gives Cathair-duna-iascaigh, the circular stone fortress of the fish-abounding dun, on the island now taken by the castle
A Tipperary heritage town on the Suir, long shaped by the Butlers, whose Cahir Castle sits on a small island in the river. The Church of Ireland parish church is one of only three church buildings John Nash designed in Ireland, and the Swiss Cottage is close by. It was one of the first towns on Bianconi's coach routes, and Quaker milling families built a meeting house on Abbey Street in 1833.
- St. Patrick's Well, Clonmel · holy well · 12 km
- St. Berrihert's Kyle · high cross · 12 km
- Cahir Castle · castle · under 1 km
- Moorstown Castle · castle · 7 km
- Ardfinnan Castle · castle · 8 km
- Burncourt Castle · castle · 12 km
- Shanbally Castle · castle · 12 km
Straight-line distances from the town centre, from each site's documented coordinates.
- Fethard town walls · Ireland's most complete medieval town walls — and set into them, a sheela-na-gig facing the road, a fertility figure guarding a Norman town.
- Soloheadbeg · 21 January 1919: two policemen escorting gelignite are shot dead — the same day the First Dáil meets. The War of Independence begins in a country lane.
All of these are pinned on the Hidden Ireland map.
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