A Taste of Cahir FREE Family Fun – Easter Weekend

• Hot Air Balloons destined for Cahir to be a real spectacle
• Prepare to be away with the fairies in Cahir th...is Easter
• Educational and sports activities for older children
A Taste of Cahir will take place on Easter Weekend in Cahir Town Centre. This entirely free family fun event is a collaboration of local community groups to showcase the very best of Cahir and all it has to offer. An action-packed schedule of activities has been created and will take place on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th of the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend.
Family fun activities include a Fairy Trail, Easter Egg Hunt, various water activities, hot air balloons, markets and much more for all the family to enjoy. All activities will take place around Cahir Castle with Inch Field, the Castle Car Park, the Coronation Walk from the Castle Car Park to Swiss Cottage and the River Suir all being utilised.
Cahir is very proud of its local food, culture, history, art, natural surroundings and community spirit and A Taste of Cahir encompasses all these wonderful assets into a real showcase event for the town, ideal for those with young families during an iconic family oriented weekend on the social calendar.
Saturday will host a traditional Farmers Market from 9am - 1pm followed by the official opening of the magical Fairy Trail and Ice House from 1pm - 5pm. The Fairy Trail is really worth noting as it has come about thanks to a positive collaborative effort between Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Cahir (VTOS) and the Cahir Men's Shed. This is a designated wooded area with various path options where children can engage in a real adventure to search for fairies and fairy doors. Children can even bring along their own fairies and fairy doors and add to the Fairy Trail if they wish on the day. The Fairy Trail is adjacent to the Memorial Garden and is the starting point of the Coronation Walk from the Castle Car Park to Swiss Cottage, will remain open as a child-friendly visitor attraction in Cahir going forward.
Sunday is an action packed day with lots of family friendly activities including more visits to the Fairy Trail and the Ice House. From 1pm - 4pm visitors can also enjoy the chance to meet and mingle with the Tipperary Food Producers Network and local traders, engage in a variety of water sports and the Environmental Roadshow or meet Philip Quinn the renowned Sculptor, not to mention, the exciting tethering of no less than four hot air balloons. There will also be a free Easter Egg Hunt with Cahir Community Youth Project in association with the Bank of Ireland which will take place at Inch Field from 3pm.
Community groups have come together to create A Taste of Cahir and make this a great event to showcase the very best of Cahir to the local community and its many visitors this Easter Weekend. The committee would like to thank the following groups and organisations for their support; Cahir Tidy Towns Association, VTOS, Cahir Men's Shed, Tipperary Sports Partnership, Cahir Community Youth Project, Cahir Traders Association, Tipperary County Council, Local Enterprise Office Tipperary and Cahir Development Association.
Speaking at the launch Cllr. Andy Moloney said “This event simply could not happen without the hard work of the many community groups that we are so lucky to have in our area. From the initial planning stages, I was keen to have this as a completely free not-for-profit event for families to enjoy and I would like to acknowledge the financial support received from CEDRA Rural Innovation and Development Fund secured with the help of Tipperary County Council and the Local Enterprise Office which made this a possibility. Many of the elements of this event are here for the long-term, for example, the Fairy Trail, the Ice House and Philip Quinn's sculptures and I hope that families will embrace these and come to Cahir more often because of their introduction.”
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The medieval walls of Fethard still standing strong! 💪

The charming Tipperary town of Fethard is one of Ireland's best examples of a medieval walled town. There... are records of grants of money to the townspeople to maintain the walls in the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The town is absolutely full of fascinating medieval features and it is certainly worth exploring!

Lovely day here in Tipperary, we're just back from a nice walk along the banks of the River Suir to see the magnificent Cahir Castle.

Cahir is one of Ireland's ...best-preserved medieval castles, and we highly recommend a visit! You can discover its story and find lots of other great places to see nearby in Neil's guidebook to Ireland's Ancient East. Available in all good bookshops, as an ebook or order online through The Collins Press: http://www.collinspress.ie/irelands-ancient-east.html

Year after year it keeps getting better and better.You know it's Christmas in Cahir , Tipperary , Ireland and beyond when Josie and Lar turn on the Christmas li...ghts. Josie and Lar O' Dwyer from Cahir, have been lighting up our Christmases for 18 or 19 years now. Lar starts putting up the lights at the end of September when the weather is still fine. On behalf of everybody we once again want to thank Josie and Lar for the joy they bring to people year in year out. Happy Christmas everyone :)

Official Switching On Of Cahirs New Christmas Lights

As you all know we got a major upgrade of the town's seasonal lights this year.
This enormous project was ...undertaken by Cahir Development Association, Cahir Tidy Towns and the Promoting Cahir Group. Nellie Williams of CDA took on the task of purchasing the lights and overseeing the project.
The funding came by way of two major sponsors in Cahir Credit Union and Tipperary Co Co who together agreed to pay for the lights over three years along with the CDA Community Lotto, Cahir Community Bingo, Cahir Tidy Towns and the Cahir Meet and Train Group.
A loan was secured from the credit union to purchase the lights and we are very grateful to the two members of Cahir Development Association who guaranteed this loan.
There is a considerable positive reaction to this new light project from Cahir Traders who have contributed very generously once again this year. It is their continuous support that ensures the erection of the lights each year.
Thanks to the members of Cahir Tidy Towns and to the staff of the County Council for their traffic management throughout the town over the past number of days.
A very sincere thank you to Kieran Burke of Burke's Ironworks who stepped in at the last minute and made the frame for the Christmas tree that now shines so brightly on the square and to Niall Grogan of Tree Fields Nurseries for supplying the tree planted at the Mall entrance.
The hard task of erecting the lights was completed very professionally by Stephen Flannery who has ensured that the town will look very festive over the coming weeks.