Cahir is a small town in South Tipperary with a population of approximately 5,100. It is a central point for tourism and is always busy from morning to night.
It is more fondly known as "The crossroads of the South"
Cahir, derives its name from Cathair Dun Iascaigh, meaning the Town of the Fort of the Fishes.
Today it is a busy tourist town. It is beautifully situated on the river Suir and derived much of its wealth from the flour mills which flourished in times past.
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 Cahir Castle has undergone extensive restoration. The castle was built in 1142 by Conor O'Brien, Prince of Thomond. It came into the hands of the Anglo-Norman Butlers in 1375. They sided with the Irish in the Elizabethan wars and in 1599 after a short siege in which the walls were breached and the Earl of Essex took it for the crown. In 1647 the castle was surrendered to Lord Inchiquin by George Mathews, the guardian of Lord Cahir. It again was surrendered to Cromwell in 1650 and two years later the war ended with the signing of articles in the castle. |
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