Ireland

Rock of Cashel

A limestone landmark above Cashel The Rock of Cashel rises from the Golden Vale in County Tipperary, its limestone outcrop crowned by a close group of medieval buildings. It is not a single castle preserved from one moment, but a compact record of changing power and religious life: a round tower, high cross, Romanesque chapel, Gothic cathedral, abbey, a fifteenth-century tower house and the Hall of the Vicars Choral. Seen from the town, the cluster…...