Ireland Luxury Tours

  The name Tipperary is taken from the Irish ‘Tiobraid Arann’, which means ‘the well of Era’, referring to the River Ara. County Tipperary is the largest inland county in Ireland. Because of its size, in 1838, the county was divided into two administrative areas – the North Riding and South Riding which are still managed as separate [...]

Legend associates the Rock of Cashel with St. Patrick, but the name comes from Caiseal, meaning “stone fort,” and the hill was originally the residence of the kings of Munster. Excavations have revealed some evidence of burials and church buildings from the 9th or 10th century, but it was in the early 12th century that [...]