Hoare Abbey and the Rock of Cashel on a summers evening. This photos was taken on 08.04.2008 F9 1/200secThe Rock of Cashel also known as Cashel of the Kings and St. Patrick’s Rock. It served as the traditional seat of the Kings of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman invasion, though few remnants if any of the early structures survive. The majority of buildings on the current site date from the 12th and 13th centuries. Cashel is reputed to be the site of the conversion of the King of Munster by St. Patrick in the 5th century A.D. This view is taken from Hore Abbey a nearby 11th century Cistercian monastery
