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The Bulletin
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Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 76—No. 3916
Fix this textWednesday, March 2, 1955
Fix this textPrice 9d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for transmission by Post as a Newspaper
Fix this textTHE ROCK OF CASHEL, TIPPERARY, EIRE
Fix this textNo. 235: the Homeland Series by The House of Seppelt.
Fix this textCourtesy Irish Tourist Association Inc .
Fix this textTHE ancient town of Cashel, twelve miles from Tipperary, was for many
Fix this textcenturies the stronghold and capital of the kings of Munster and has
Fix this textbeen a famous shrine in Irish history ever since that period. Today it is a
Fix this texttown of three thousand inhabitants and is the seat of a Protestant bishop.
Fix this textIt was there that Dean Swift, author of “Gulliver’s Travels,” was born.
Fix this textDominating the “city of Kings” is the Rock of Cashel, a limestone rock
Fix this textrising three hundred feet above the plain and is crowned by the ruins of a
Fix this textsplendid cathedral. From earliest times there has been a fortification on
Fix this textCashel rock, and during the 10th century it was a stronghold of Brian Boru
Fix this text(926-1014). Before that time, however, a church was established there by
Fix this textSt. Declan, a disciple of St. Patrick. The Bishopric, founded soon afterwards,
Fix this textis now united with Waterford, Emly and Lismore. It was there in 1171
Fix this textthat Henry II received the homage of Donal O’Brien, King of Thomond,
Fix this textand his chieftains. One hundred and forty-four years later, in 1315, Edward
Fix this textBruce held a Parliament at Cashel.
Fix this textThe first cathedral was founded on Cashel Rock in 1169 but no trace
Fix this textof this building remains today; the present cathedral was built in the 13th
Fix this textcentury. In 1495 it was damaged by fire started by Gerald, Earl of Kildare,
Fix this textwho excused himself to King Henry VII for this deed by saying “he thought
Fix this textthe archbishop was in it.” This honest and candid explanation so pleased
Fix this textthe king that he re-appointed the Earl in the office of Lord Deputy.
Fix this textThe roofless cathedral is strongly defensive in character with embattled
Fix this textparapets and is entered through a Gothic doorway. In the north transept
Fix this textis a series of sculptures representing the Apostles and other saints. Adjoin-
Fix this texting the north transept is a perfect Round Tower, eighty feet high and dating
Fix this textfrom the 10th century. It could be reached from within the Cathedral by
Fix this texta staircase turret which ascends the central tower. From the top of the
Fix this textcentral tower the view extends far aoross the rich Vale of Tipperary to the
Fix this textlofty heights of the Galty Mountains and b'eyond to Slievefelim.
Fix this textA remarkable building on the south side of the Cathedral is Cormac’s
Fix this textChapel, founded in 1124, by Connac MacCarthy, King of Desmond. It is a
Fix this textunique example of Rich Romanesque architecture —a style which entirely
Fix this textdisappeared after the Anglo-Norman invasion of the 12th century.
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