The bulletin

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Sydney, N.S.W.: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880-1984
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Vol. 76 No. 3916 (2 Mar 1955)
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The Bulletin  

THE JET â€”PAGE 25  

“The Bulletin,” Vol. 76—No. 3916  

Wednesday, March 2, 1955  

Price 9d.  

Registered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for transmission by Post as Newspaper  

THE ROCK OF CASHEL, TIPPERARY, EIRE  

No. 235: the Homeland Series by The House of Seppelt.  

Courtesy Irish Tourist Association Inc  

THE ancient town of Cashel, twelve miles from Tipperary, was for many  

centuries the stronghold and capital of the kings of Munster and has  

been famous shrine in Irish history ever since that period. Today it is  

town of three thousand inhabitants and is the seat of Protestant bishop.  

It was there that Dean Swift, author of â€œGulliver’s Travels,” was born.  

Dominating the â€œcity of Kings” is the Rock of Cashel, limestone rock  

rising three hundred feet above the plain and is crowned by the ruins of  

splendid cathedral. From earliest times there has been fortification on  

Cashel rock, and during the 10th century it was stronghold of Brian Boru  

(926-1014). Before that time, however, church was established there by  

St. Declan, disciple of St. Patrick. The Bishopric, founded soon afterwards,  

is now united with Waterford, Emly and Lismore. It was there in 1171  

that Henry II received the homage of Donal O’Brien, King of Thomond,  

and his chieftains. One hundred and forty-four years later, in 1315, Edward  

Bruce held Parliament at Cashel.  

The first cathedral was founded on Cashel Rock in 1169 but no trace  

of this building remains today; the present cathedral was built in the 13th  

century. In 1495 it was damaged by fire started by Gerald, Earl of Kildare,  

who excused himself to King Henry VII for this deed by saying â€œhe thought  

the archbishop was in it.” This honest and candid explanation so pleased  

the king that he re-appointed the Earl in the office of Lord Deputy.  

The roofless cathedral is strongly defensive in character with embattled  

parapets and is entered through Gothic doorway. In the north transept  

is series of sculptures representing the Apostles and other saints. Adjoin-  

ing the north transept is perfect Round Tower, eighty feet high and dating  

from the 10th century. It could be reached from within the Cathedral by  

staircase turret which ascends the central tower. From the top of the  

central tower the view extends far aoross the rich Vale of Tipperary to the  

lofty heights of the Galty Mountains and b'eyond to Slievefelim.  

remarkable building on the south side of the Cathedral is Cormac’s  

Chapel, founded in 1124, by Connac MacCarthy, King of Desmond. It is  

unique example of Rich Romanesque architecture â€”a style which entirely  

disappeared after the Anglo-Norman invasion of the 12th century.  

 

 

SWEET OR  

 

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