The Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary

June 15, 2008

“Raising high above the fertile Plain of Tipperary, the Rock of Cashel . . .

is one of Ireland’s most historic and evocative sights.

Seat of the ancient kings of Munster (c. A.D. 300-1100),

this is where St. Patrick baptized King Aengus in about a.d.450.” -- Rick Steves

From the bottom of the hill.	The back of the Rock.	Doesn’t it make you wonder how castles could have been built in 300 a.d.?	St. Patrick’s Cross
The town of Cashel as seen from the Rock.	This is the 13^th century Hore Abbey, named for the robes the Cistercian monks wore – they were the color of horefrost.	Entrance to the Hore Abbey.	The Rock of Cashel as seen from the Hore Abbey.