Afternoon Activities & Night-time Traditional Irish Music Sessions

The Golden Vale is a luscious plain of rich green land that sweeps through County Tipperary thus making it the best agricultural land in the country. The Comeragh and Galtee Mountains and the Glen of Aherlow bound the area.

The Galtee Mountain range offers scenic
hill-walking opportunities with some of the most spectacular inland views in the country. The

Glen of Aherlow has many popular walking trails.

The Silvermine Mountains provides the highest peak in Tipperary , 694 metres at Keeper Hill. The Templederry Hills link the Silvermine Mountains to the Devil’s Bit, which is only 10km from Loughmore.

The River Suir finds it’s origin on the Devil’s Bit and many of the county’s attractions are found along the river’s banks. The river is noted for its brown trout.

Lough Derg is situated on the River Shannon and is the biggest lake on the river measuring some 32,000 acres of water. It has many lovely villages along its shores namely Dromineer, Garrykennedy, Ballina and Terryglass, which has won the coveted 1 st place on two occasions in the Irish Tidy Towns Competition.

 

Historical sites

Cashel

The famous Rock of Cashel proudly sits 200 ft high on the hillside and dominates the landscape for miles around the town. The site contains a stunning Romanesque church, a medieval Cathedral, a Tower House, a Round Tower , St. Patrick’s High Cross and the 15 th century ‘Hall of Vicars’. Indeed an architectural wonderland.

Bru Boru Heritage Centre and home of the internationally known Irish music, song and dance group. The centre has 2 performance theatres, restaurant, craft and information centre and also a genealogy centre.

G.P.A. Bolton Library, Cashel , holds a collection of antiquarian books and rare manuscripts dating from the 12 th century. There is also the altar ware that was used in the original cathedral on the Rock of Cashel.

The Cashel Palace Hotel where Arthur Guinness brewed his first pint of Guinness.

Cahir Castle is one of Irelands largest and best-preserved castles situated on the rocky island on the river suir.

The Swiss Cottage Cahir , a fairytale ornate cottage was built in the 1800’s by Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall, and was designed by Regency architect John Nash as a fishing and hunting lodge.

Holy Cross Abbey was erected on the banks of the river suir in 1169, located just outside the town of Thurles .

National G.A.A. Museum documenting the hurling and football association of Ireland that was founded in Thurles in 1884.

St.Mary’s Famine and Military museum , Thurles, is on the site of the original 12 th century church built by the Normans .
Night Time Activities at the Traditional Irish Music Sessions.

During your time at Fiddlers Retreat you will be taken out to many great Traditional Irish Music Sessions where you are welcome to join in and play, sit back and enjoy a relaxing drink, soak up the atmosphere and have a chat with the locals.

Daily music classes at Fiddlers Retreat.

The daily music classes take place after breakfast.