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Dublin Airport Or Dublin City To Cashel Private Luxury Car Transfer
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Your chauffeur will meet you at the arrivals hall at Dublin Airport or at your Dublin City location, take care of the luggage, and drive you south to Cashel in around two hours. It’s a private transfer - just your group in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle with WiFi and a bottle of water for the road. All fees and taxes are included in the price, so there’s nothing extra to think about when you arrive.
Need a return journey? You can book the same service from Cashel back to Dublin City or the airport - just let the operator know your pick-up details when you’re booking.
The drive south from Dublin to Cashel takes about two hours on the M8 motorway, passing through the flat midland counties before Tipperary starts to roll and the Rock of Cashel appears on the horizon ahead of you. That first glimpse of the Rock from the road is genuinely arresting - a cluster of medieval towers and walls perched on a limestone outcrop rising out of the plain. It never quite looks real.
Cashel town sits directly below the Rock, and the two are practically inseparable in most people’s minds. The Rock of Cashel - sometimes called St Patrick’s Rock - was the seat of the Kings of Munster for centuries before it was handed over to the Church in 1101. What you see now is a mix of Romanesque chapel, Gothic cathedral, round tower, and high cross, all roofless and open to the sky. Plan at least 90 minutes if you want to do it properly.
The town itself is small but worth more than a quick stop. There are some good places to eat and a couple of decent pubs on the main street. Hore Abbey, a ruined Cistercian monastery, sits in a field just below the Rock and is free to visit - most people walk straight past it on the way to the main site, which means you often have it to yourself. The Bru Boru cultural centre near the car park also has regular evenings of traditional music and dance.
If you’re using Cashel as a base for Tipperary, you’re well placed. The Glen of Aherlow is about 30 minutes away, Cahir Castle is 20 minutes south, and the Swiss Cottage at Cahir is one of the odder things in Irish heritage - a thatched cottage orne designed by John Nash in the early 19th century. Clonmel, the county town, is about 25 minutes south-east and has a good farmers’ market on Saturdays.