The Rock of Cashel | Home of the High Kings of Munster

09/10/2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

Rising from the Golden Vale of Tipperary, steeped in mythology and immersed in over two millennia of history, the Rock of Cashel, also known as Cashel of the Kings and St. Patrick’s Rock (Carraig Phádraig), is a historic site in Ireland’s province of Munster. The Rock of Cashel served as the traditional seat of the […]

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02/10/2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

1600 – O’Neill engages Mountjoy’s forces in the Battle of Moyry Pass. 1815 – Birth of politician, James Agnew, in Ballyclare, Co Antrim. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1886 to 1887. 1833 – Birth of Father William Corby who became Chaplain of the Irish Brigade in Detroit, Michigan. 1852 – Birth of writer and nationalist, […]

#OTD in Irish History | 28 August:

28/08/2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

1710 – A board of trustees for linen manufacture is established. 1788 – Birth of poet, Sir Aubrey de Vere, in Adare, Co Limerick. 1788 – Birth of banker and philanthropist, James Digges La Touche, in Dublin. 1798 – Cornwallis reaches Athlone; Humbert entrenches in Castlebar. 1814 – Birth of novelist and journalist, Joseph Sheridan […]

Devil’s Bit, Co Tipperary

13/07/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

According to local legend, the mountain got its name because the devil took a bite out of it. There is a small gap in the mountain between one outcrop of rock (known as the Rock) and another small plateau. The bite the devil allegedly took made this gap. The legend suggests that the devil broke […]

Rock of Cashel, Co Tipperary

24/06/2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Rock of Cashel (Carraig Phádraig) is a medieval complex steeped in centuries of history. It is thought that the first main structures to be built on the site of the Rock of Cashel were erected in the fourth or fifth century AD. Said to have been founded by Conall Corc, King of Munster, it […]

#OTD in Irish History | 21 April:

21/04/2023.Reading time 15 minutes.

1738 – A Mr Lorimer, receiver of Sir Arthur Acheson (MP for Mullingar), is killed in a duel. 1816 – Birth of author of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, daughter of an Irish father and eldest of the three Brontë Sisters. 1871 – Birth of Labour leader and Irish nationalist, John Fitzpatrick, in Athlone, Co Westmeath. […]

#OTD in 1172 – The Synod of Cashel | the Bishops of Ireland, under duress, pledge allegiance to Henry II of England.

02/02/2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

Twenty years after the Synod of Kells had received papal confirmation for the new organisational structure for the church in Ireland, another synod took place at Cashel. This, however, was a synod of a different kind; it assembled at the request of King Henry II of England, shortly after his arrival in Ireland on 17 […]

The Rock of Cashel | Home of the High Kings of Munster

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