Cahir Castle

Cahir Castle is a medieval castle on an island in the River Suir, in the middle of the town of Cahir in County Tipperary, Ireland. According to Wikipedia, building began in 1142 under Conchobar Ua Briain, King of Thomond, although other passages date the core to the 13th century; the castle was extended and remodelled between the 15th and 17th centuries. In 1375 it passed to James Butler, Earl of Ormond. It fell in 1599 after a three-day siege by the Earl of Essex’s army, and in 1650 it surrendered to Oliver Cromwell without a fight. The river island gives it a natural moat. It has been a National Monument since 1964, and the Office of Public Works restored it and opened it to visitors in 1971.

The castle has served as a film location several times, for example for “Excalibur” (1981) and “The Green Knight” (2019). According to Wikivoyage, you can walk from the town centre to the castle, Cahir Abbey and the Swiss Cottage, which lies about 1 km south of town and was built in 1810 to a design by John Nash.