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Carrick-on-Suir derives its name from Carraig na Siuire meaning the Rock of the Suir. It is a picturesque town situated on the river Suir. Carrick castle (Tudor Manor) is an Elizabethan fortified mansion and is the only one of its kind in Ireland.
It was one of the principal seats of the Butlers, Earls and Dukes of Ormonde. The castle was said to have been built by Black Tom Butler the 10th Earl to receive his cousin Queen Elizabeth the first. She never made the visit.
The bridge has seven arches and was built in the mid 15th C. The town once had a thriving woolen industry and was also noted for brewing and distilling. The town clock dates from 1784.
There are three Catholic churches St. Nicholas', is a romanesque building, the Franciscan church built in 1822 is gothic in style. And Carrickbeg church incorporates features of a 1336 friary never completed. It has a doorway with carved heads.
Tudor Manor Carrick on Suir front entrance.
Tudor Manor Carrick on Suir side view.
Kilkieran:
The remains include three stone crosses two of them High Corsses of the type at Ahenny and one other carved cross (image right). The Western cross (image left) is covered on all faces with interlaces, frets, and spirals. On the East face of the base ia a procession of horsemen. The East cross is not decorated. In 1858 these two crosses then broken were restored.
Ahenny:
These are two very early possibly eight century high crosses elaborately decorated on the heads and shafts. On the base of the larger North cross Christ is depicted giving his mission to the Apostles. There is an uncertain animal scene and two processions. The South cross has a carving of the mission again, Adam and Eve and Daniel in the lions den.
Slate Quarries Ahenny.
A unique festival in 1992 generated the creation of a large number of modern, outdoor sculptural displays in this most suitable of settings, the former extensive Slate Quarries.
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