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**Cahir**
	Cahir; An Chathair
	Location
Coordinates:; 52°23′09″N 7°55′18″W / 52.385868°N 7.921658°W
Irish grid reference; S051252
	Statistics
Province:	Munster
County:	County Tipperary
Dáil Éireann:	Tipperary South
Dialling code:	052 744, +000 353 (0)52 744
Population (2007)	3,904

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	%±
1821	3,288	—
1831	3,408	3.6%
1841	3,668	7.6%
1851	3,694	0.7%
1861	2,926	−20.8%
1871	2,694	−7.9%
1881	2,469	−8.4%
1891	2,046	−17.1%
1901	2,058	0.6%
1911	1,930	−6.2%
1926	1,709	−11.5%
1936	1,638	−4.2%
1946	1,652	0.9%
1951	1,589	−3.8%
1956	1,731	8.9%
1961	1,662	−4.0%
1966	1,740	4.7%
1971	1,747	0.4%
1981	2,120	21.4%
1986	2,118	−0.1%
1991	2,055	−3.0%
1996	2,236	8.8%
2002	2,794	25.0%
2006	3,381	21.0%
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Cahir (English pronunciation: /ˈkɛər/; Irish: Cathair Dhún Iascaigh, meaning the stonefort of the fishing, or An Chathair ^[6], "the stone fort"), often spelled Caher in older accounts, is a town in South Tipperary, Ireland. The town is best known for its castle and the Swiss cottage.

It was known for much of its history as being a defence town (Main article: Siege of Cahir Castle), and was one of the first towns to be linked by stagecoach in the nineteenth century, when Charles Bianconi commenced services between Clonmel, Cahir and Cashel. The building at The Square, where The Galtee Inn is now sited, was the stopping point in the town for Bianconi's coaches.

[edit] Tourist attractions

Cahir Castle, which is situated on a small island in the River Suir, is the town's main tourist attraction. Cahir has a fine Church of Ireland parish church, still in use, designed by John Nash, one of only three ecclesiastical buildings he designed in Ireland. Another major attraction is the Swiss Cottage along with numerous specialty heritage walks. The nearby Galtee Mountains form the largest inland range in Ireland and are home to Glengarra Wood, which is a popular walking area. The Knockmealdown Mountains stand south of the town, while to the southwest lies the Mitchelstown Caves. The salmon weir, on the opposite side of the bridge from the castle, is a popular location to fish.

[edit] People

John Noel Dempsey (1915–89), Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut 1959–61 and Governor of Connecticut 1961–71.
Michael Murphy (1831–93), awarded the Victoria Cross, which he later forfeited.

[edit] Services and Leisure

Cahir is a small heritage town. A small shopping precinct is centred around the town square adjacent to Castle Street. The town has a leisure centre (Duneske), an all-weather soccer pitch, all weather tennis courts, a Downhill mountainbiking track, and a GAA pitch. An 18 hole Golf course lies a few kilometres outside the town.

[edit] Transport

For much of the twentieth century, Cahir stood at an intersection of two busy national roadways: the Dublin to Cork N8, and the Limerick to Waterford N24. The N8 was realigned in 1991 to run west of the town, while the old road through it was renumbered the R670. Traffic from the N24 still left the town badly congested, however, until October 2007 when this road was also realigned to bypass Cahir to the north and east. The same road improvement scheme saw major changes to the N8 corridor: a new motorway, the M8, was constructed west of the town between 2006 and 2008. Access to Cahir from this motorway is gained at Junctions 10 and 11. Bus Eireann run regular services to Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford through the town; the bus stop is located in the town centre, on Castle Street. Cahir is on the Limerick–Waterford regional railway line. The town's railway station opened on 1 May 1852.^[7] Services are infrequent.