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Travelling predecessors of yours, Mr. and Mrs. Hall, wrote in Ireland - Its scenery and character: 'Cahir has a remarkably cheerful aspect and its prosperity is not alone upon the surface: it is derived principally from the extensive flour mills …conducted almost exclusively by people called Quakers. Cahir enjoys the advantage of an encouraging and considerate resident landlord, Lord Glengall, whose beautiful seat adjoins it'. In present-day Cahir the mills which are long established, scaled down now remain. A bakery, with its pyramid roof, and a range of modern industry flourish.

St. Paul's church - an 1820 Nash design. Note the church's magnificent tower and rare cruciform diamond-paned windows in its twin entrance towers.

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Located to the south of the Silvermine Mountain range is Cappawhite, the Multeen river passes close by.

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10 km from Poulakerry brings one to the outskirts of the town having passed the Miloko milk products plant (1950) and the Deerpark area where the Davin brothers lived. Maurice was first president of the G.A.A. and its main draftsman of playing rules, an Irish and English champion in hammer throw and shot putt, and world-record-holder in the 56 lbs. throw with follow - a noted Suir oarsman too. Pat broke that record in the now obsolete event and earned immortality with a never-duplicated combination of world records in high jump and long jump, 1880-3.

'Carrick-on-Suir has now left forever the poverty-stricken and depressed past' (power, 1976). Its historian's claim has been proven by the 1981 Census showing an increase of over 11% since 1971. The name which became synonymous with Ireland throughout France and much of Europe following the Tours de France and Paris-Nice races of the early 1980s - ' Ah, Irlande - Sean Kelly' - has been affixed to a square.

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Cashel was once seat of the Kings of Munster and capital of this southern province. The Rock, which rears above the plain, dominated the land routes southward. Kings of Ireland as well as Munster came to this spot and St Patrick is said to have preched here. King Cormac built his superb Royal Chapel in the 12th century and it is now one of the remarkable buildings to be seen on the Rock. Nearby were Cistercian, Dominican and Franciscan abbeys, two of which may still be viewed.

A visit to Cashel must include the town to experience and understand the historical reationship between the Rock and the town. Cashel City Hall will be your first port of call wherein you can turn the key to the rich heritage in Cashel such as the archaeology, fine architecture, fascinating history and folklore of this remarkable town.

The Heritage Centre, located on Main Street, Cashel, will provide the visitor with a series of changing exhibitions, and a model of Cashel in 1640's. A unique collection from the house of the MacCarthy Mor is a rare gem in this centre and a must to see.

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Clogheen has an attractive complex of sandstone, brick-trimmed buildings: the convent of the Sisters of Mercy, and St. Teresa's.

Go left through this pleasant village. The Catholic church has inside the gate an octagonal stone font with two sections. The Celtic cross was erected in the grounds in 1870 in memory of Fr. Nicholas Sheehy, one of the five people hanged in Clonmel in 1776 on perjured evidence for an alleged murder.

The shaft, in the mode of the early Christian high crosses, bears a wide range of religious cum nationalist themes including the Good Samaritan, and Daniel O' Connell with the Catholic Emancipation Act. St. Patrick is shown baptising King Aengus at Cashel and accidentally piercing his foot with the crozier - the King never flinched, presuming it was part of the ceremony.

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