The Rock of Cashel
The Rock of Cashel, a large outcrop mass of limestone, rises steeply above the rich pastures of the Golden Veil. The medieval buildings which crown the rock catches the eye of the visitor in the distance.
The traditional founder of the Eoghanacht kingship of Cashel was Conall Corc, said to be a son of a British mother and to have returned from long exile in Pictland. 
The name Cashel derives from the Latin castellum . This suggests that it may have been established as a dynastic seat by Irish colonists returning from Britain. 
The ruling Eoghanacht of Cashel seems to have to have been firmly established by the second half of the fifth century.
His name is traditionally associated with St. Patrick who is said to have pierced the kings foot with a pastoral staff while he was baptising him. 

The king believing this was an essential part of the ceremony, suffered it without comment.
The kingship passed from one to another of the dynastic groups all of whom claimed descent from a legendary Eoghan Mor. 
Cashel remained the royal seat of Munster even when the kingship was held by one of the other branches of Eoghanacht. 
In the 10th century the Dal Cais of West Munster ousted the Eoghanacht from the kingship of Munster. 
Brian Boru and his dynasty continued to rule as kings of Cashel, though their real power-base was further west. 
In 1101 Muirchertach O'Brien handed over Cashel to the church.
From this time on the Rock of Cashel was no longer a royal seat, but that of the bishop and from 1152 , the archbishop of Cashel. 
The Rock of Cashel is one of many beautiful figures still lying on the River Suir Valley.