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Tipperary Town – Hore Abbey & Rock of Cashel loop from Tipperary

Tipperary Town – Hore Abbey & Rock of Cashel loop from Tipperary

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Tipperary Town – Hore Abbey & Rock of Cashel loop from Tipperary

04:01

96.4km

550m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 28, 2026

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After 20.3 km for 211 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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100 m

Tipperary train station

Highlight • Structure

Beautiful old railway station in the centre of Tipperary.

Tip by

463 m

Tipperary is a colourful and historic market town, featuring Georgian streets and traditional shopfronts. Famed in a song adopted by WW1 soldiers as a marching song - I challenge you not to sing it at least once.

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623 m

Tipperary

Highlight • Settlement

Explore wonderful Tipperary town, located in the stunning Golden Vale on the gateway to the Galtee Mountains. The town is just a stone's throw away from many beautiful castle and some of the best landscapes Ireland has to offer.

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20.4 km

Path from Rock of Cashel to Hore Abbey

Highlight • Trail

The Sheep Pasture Walk is the most scenic and shortest route from the Rock of Cashel to Hore Abbey. You can enjoy a fantastic view of both highlights and have the sheep around you. There are crossings at the fence to get over the fence that the sheep cannot go through.

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20.4 km

Views toward the Rock of Cashel

Highlight • Viewpoint

Feast your eyes on the mighty iconic Rock of Cashel on this stretch of running. As well as being magnificent to look at, the rock has a huge historic significance. If you have time, why not go all the way up and check it out?

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20.5 km

Hore Abbey & Rock of Cashel

Highlight • Historical Site

To the west of this point you can see Hore Abbey, Irelands last medieval Cistercian monastery which was founded in 1272. The Abbey was originally a Benedictine monastery, however in 1272 the archbishop of Cashel expelled the monks and Cistercians arrived from Mellifont Abbey.

Today you can see the stunning remains of the church and parts of the east range.

To the east you can see the majestic Rock of Cashel. Sitting on a dramatic outcrop of limestone in the Golden Vale, is an impressive cluster of medieval buildings. This includes a round tower, a high cross, a Romanesque chapel, a Gothic cathedral, an abbey, the Hall of the Vicars Choral and a fifteenth-century Tower House.

The surviving buildings are remarkable. Cormac's Chapel has the only surviving Romanesque frescoes in Ireland.

Both of these historic sites can be views from the road. If you would like to get a tour you should book on:
heritageireland.ie/places-to-visit/rock-of-cashel

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55.6 km

Byrnes's Woods

Forest

58.4 km

Barry's castle

Castle

58.8 km

Thurles Castle

Highlight • Castle

There is nothing left of walls that enclosed the town, or of the manor known as Durlas Castle and later the Croak Castle on the west end of the town.

What has survived is two tower houses the first of these being Black Castle (shown in the photo) and the second is hidden behind housing in the centre of the town.

It makes an impressive sight amongst the smaller modern buildings.

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65.4 km

Holycross Abbey

Highlight • Religious Site

Holycross Abbey was founded in 1182 AD by Dónal Mór Ó Briain, King of Limerick and reconstructed between 1400-1450 with the abbey being dissolved in 1540. It is a stunning building in very good condition.

The village also has a popular local pub should you fancy a refreshment.

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73.4 km

Archaeological Site

96.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

76.3 km

19.2 km

428 m

206 m

177 m

124 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

88.3 km

7.88 km

206 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (180 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

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Tipperary Town – Hore Abbey & Rock of Cashel loop from Tipperary

Tipperary train station

Tipperary Town

Tipperary

Path from Rock of Cashel to Hore Abbey

Views toward the Rock of Cashel

Hore Abbey & Rock of Cashel

Thurles Castle

Holycross Abbey

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