The Ardfinnan Journal
A county of strongholds: the great castles and tower houses of County Tipperary, from Cahir and Cashel to the lesser-known ruins near Ardfinnan.

The Rock of Cashel, Co. Tipperary: seat of the kings of Munster, Cormac's Chapel and its Romanesque frescoes, the round tower, the cathedral and how to visit.

Roscrea Castle, Co. Tipperary: a 13th-century stone castle with a gate tower and curtain walls in the town centre, and the Queen Anne Damer House in its courtyard.

Ormond Castle in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary: the Elizabethan manor house built by Thomas Butler, Black Tom, with its long gallery, plasterwork and OPW tours.

Nenagh Castle, Co. Tipperary: the circular Butler keep raised in the early 1200s, its Butler history, the 2009 to 2013 renovation and how to visit.
Loughmoe Castle near Templemore, Co. Tipperary: a ruined Purcell tower house with a 17th-century fortified house, seen from the Dublin–Cork train. History and visiting notes.
Knockgraffon motte near Cahir, Co. Tipperary, is a 1192 Norman earthwork in state care, said to stand on an inauguration site of the Kings of Munster.
Farney Castle near Holycross, Co. Tipperary, is a 1495 Butler tower described as the only round tower in Ireland lived in as a family home, now a design studio.

Cahir Castle, Co. Tipperary: a Butler stronghold on a rock in the Suir, with a working portcullis, a 1599 siege and an OPW visit. History and what to see.

Burncourt Castle near Clogheen, Co. Tipperary: the fortified house of Sir Richard Everard, burned in the Cromwellian wars, and the tradition of seven years.