One of the biggest castles in Ireland, Cahir Castle was built in 1142 by Conor O'Brien, Prince of Thomond, on an island in the river Suir. Now situated inside the town centre of Cahir, the castle is well preserved and has guided tour and audiovisual shows in multiple languages.
In 1375, the castle was granted to Butler, newly-created Baron of Cahir, for his loyalty to Edward III. The Butlers of Cahir sided with the Irish in the Elizabethan wars, and in 1599 the castle was captured after a three day siege by the army of the Earl of Essex.
In the wars in Ireland in the late 1640s that accompanied the English Civil War the castle was beseiged twice. In 1647 George Mathews, the guardian of the young Lord Cahir, surrendered to Lord Inchiquin and in 1650 he surrendered again to Oliver Cromwell without a shot being fired.
In 1961 the last Lord Cahir died and the castle revert to the state.
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