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Tipperary Crystal
Waterford-Limerick Rd
Ballynoran
Co Tipperary
353 (0)51/641188
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Visitors can take a tour of the Tipperary Crystal Factory close to the River Suir, where they can see Tipperary Crystal being made in the time honoured way.
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Cahir Castle
Castle St
Cahir
Co Tipperary
353 (0)52 41011
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Cahir Castle is situated on a rocky island on the River Suir and is one of Ireland’s largest and best preserved castles. Formerly the stronghold of the Butler family, today the castle features an audio-visual show outlining the main sites of the area, as well as several exhibitions.
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Mitchelstown Cave
Burncourt
Cahir
Co Tipperary
353-(0)52-67246
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Mitchelstown caves is a well developed cave network with passageways leading to the Tower of Babel formation deep underground. Filled with drip stone formations, calcite curtains and crystals, stalactites and stalagmites, a full guide service is available.
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The Rock of Cashel
Cashel
Co Tipperary
353 (0)62 61437
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The Rock of Cashel is one of the most magnificent Medieval edifices in all of Ireland, dominating the surrounding plains. The fortress was formerly the seat of the Kings of Munster and is also believed to be the site where St Patrick picked a shamrock to explain the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.
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The Bru Boru Centre
Rock of Cashel
Cashel
Co Tipperary
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The Bru Boru Centre is located by the Rock of Cashel, and features a folk theatre, craft and information centre and a genealogy suite, with traditional Irish music, singing and dancing provided by the world renowned Bru Boru group of Irish musicians.
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The Celtic Plantarum
Dundrum
Co Tipperary
353 (0)62 71303
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The Plantarum at Dundrum contains more than 60,000 plants of more than 2,000 varieties and covers an area of eight acres. With a Celtic theme running throughout the site, a number of dolmens, crannogs, fairy forts, lakes and waterfalls are to be found.
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Holy Cross Abbey
Thurles
Co Tipperary
353 (0)504 43241
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Holy Cross Abbey, founded in 1169 by the King of Thomond, is one of Europe’s most significant early monastic sites. A relic of the true cross on which Christ was crucified was given to the abbey, making it a place of pilgrimage for people from all over Ireland.
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