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Encyclopedia Britannica



CAHER (or CAHIR)

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 947 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BUN-CAL
CAHER (or CAHIR) , a market-town of Co. Tipperary, Ireland, in the
south
  parliamentary division, beautifully situated on the river Suir at the foot of the Galtee Mountains. Pop. (1901) 2058. It stands midway between
Clonmel
  and Tipperary town on the
Waterford
  and Limerick line of the
Great
  Southern and Western railway, 124 M. S.W. from Dublin. It is the centre of a rich agricultural
district
 , and there is some industry in flour-milling. Its name (cat
hair
 , stone fortress) implies a high antiquity and the site of the castle, picturesquely placed on an
island
  in the river, was occupied from very early times. Here was a fortress-palace of Munster, originally called Dun-iasgach, the suffix signifying " abounding in fish." The present castle
dates
  from 1142, being built by O'
Connor
 , lord of Thomond, and is well restored. It was besieged during the wars of 1599 and 1647, and by Cromwell. Among the fine environs of the town the demesne of Caher Park is especially noteworthy. The Mitchelstown stalactite caverns, Io m. S.W.,and the finely-placed Norman castle of Ardfinnan, on a precipitous crag 6 m. down the Suir, are other neighbouring features of
interest
 , while the Galtee Mountains, reaching in Galtymore a height of 3015 ft., command admirable prospects.


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