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CAHER (or CAHIR)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 947 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAHER (or CAHIR) , a See also:market-See also:town of Co. See also:Tipperary, See also:Ireland, in the See also:south See also:parliamentary See also:division, beautifully situated on the See also:river Suir at the See also:foot of the Galtee Mountains. Pop. (1901) 2058. It stands midway between See also:Clonmel and Tipperary town on the See also:Waterford and See also:Limerick See also:line of the See also:Great See also:Southern and Western railway, 124 M. S.W. from See also:Dublin. It is the centre of a See also:rich agricultural See also:district, and there is some See also:industry in See also:flour-milling. Its name (See also:cat See also:hair, See also:stone fortress) implies a high antiquity and the site of the See also:castle, picturesquely placed on an See also:island in the river, was occupied from very See also:early times. Here was a fortress-See also:palace of See also:Munster, originally called Dun-iasgach, the suffix signifying " abounding in See also:fish." The See also:present castle See also:dates from 1142, being built by O'See also:Connor, See also:lord of See also:Thomond, and is well restored. It was besieged during the See also:wars of 1599 and 1647, and by See also:Cromwell. Among the See also:fine environs of the town the See also:demesne of Caher See also:Park is especially noteworthy. The See also:Mitchelstown stalactite caverns, Io m.

S.W.,and the finely-placed See also:

Norman castle of Ardfinnan, on a precipitous See also:crag 6 m. down the Suir, are other neighbouring features of See also:interest, while the Galtee Mountains, reaching in Galtymore a height of 3015 ft., command admirable prospects.

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