The Rock of Cashel.Cashel, Co. Tipperary Ireland.

Rock of Cashel. The Rock of Cashel also known as Cashel of the Kings and St. Patrick's Rock, is an historic site located at Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland. According to local legends, the Rock of Cashel originated in the Devil's Bit, a mountain 20 miles (30 km) north of Cashel when St. Patrick banished Satan from a cave, resulting in the Rock's landing in Cashel.[1] Cashel is reputed to be the site of the conversion of the King of Munster by St. Patrick in the 5th century.
The Rock of Cashel was the traditional seat of the kings of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman invasion. In 1101, the King of Munster, Muirchertach Ua Briain, donated his fortress on the Rock to the Church. The picturesque complex has a character of its own and is one of the most remarkable collections of Celtic art and medieval architecture to be found anywhere in Europe. Few remnants of the early structures survive; the majority of buildings on the current site date from the 12th and 13th centuries. The oldest and tallest of the structure is the well preserved round tower (28 metres, or 90 feet), dating from c.1100. Its entrance is 12 feet (3.7 m) from the ground, necessitated by a shallow foundation (about 3 feet) typical of round towers. The tower was built using the dry stone method. History of the Rock of Cashel
It is thought that the first main structures to be built on the site of the Rock of Cashel were erected in the fourth or fifth century AD. Said to have been founded by Conall Corc, King of Munster, it would become the royal residence of the Eóganacht Dynasty, rulers of Southern Ireland between the seventh and tenth centuries. This was the only dynasty at the time whose members were eligible to become overkings.
Brian Boru, the legendary High King of Ireland who drove out the Vikings, was crowned at Cashel in 978, and made it his capital.
However, most of the structures found today at the Rock of Cashel date not to the time of the Eóganacht Dynasty, but to between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries. These were built after the Eóganacht were ousted from power by the kings of Dál Cais in the tenth century. In 1101, the then king of Dál Cais, Muircheartach Ua Briain, gave the Rock of Cashel to the Church. Most of the historic sites seen there today were built under the remit of the church.
The sites include the twelfth century Round Tower and Cormac’s Chapel, the latter being a pretty Romanesque church with remarkable frescoes. However the largest structure is the cathedral, initially constructed in the thirteenth century.
Tradition has it that King Aengus was converted at Cashel by St. Patrick, who travelled there and performed the monarch’s baptism. The story goes that St. Patrick pierced the king’s foot accidentally during the ceremony, but that the king remained silent, thinking it was part of the ritual.
Cormac's Chapel, the chapel of King Cormac Mac Carthaigh, was begun in 1127 and consecrated in 1134. It is a sophisticated structure, with vaulted ceilings and wide arches, drawing on contemporary European architecture and infusing unique native elements. The Irish Abbot of Regensburg, Dirmicius of Regensburg, sent two of his carpenters to help in the work and the twin towers on either side of the junction of the nave and chancel are strongly suggestive of their Germanic influence,
The Cathedral, built between 1235 and 1270, is an aisleless building of cruciform plan, having a central tower and terminating westwards in a massive residential castle. The Hall of the Vicars Choral was built in the 15th century. The vicars choral were laymen (sometimes minor canons) appointed to assist in chanting the cathedral services. At Cashel, there were originally eight vicars choral with their own seal. This was later reduced to five honorary vicars choral who appointed singing-men as their deputies, a practice which continued until 1836.
In 1647, during the Irish Confederate Wars, Cashel was sacked by English Parliamentarian troops under Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin. The Irish Confederate troops there were massacred, as were the Catholic clergy, including Theobald Stapleton. Inchiquin's troops looted or destroyed many important religious artefacts.
In 1749, the main cathedral roof was removed by Arthur Price, the Anglican Archbishop of Cashel.Today, what remains of the Rock of Cashel has become a tourist attraction. Queen Elizabeth II visited the Rock of Cashel during her 2011 visit to Ireland. A special thanks to Tomas o’ Sullivan {Tomas - Aerials } for showing me around.
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[@DavesEpicPhoneShots]

Loved the fly around of this wonderful twelfth century ruin! I’m so pleased to see what’s left of it preserved . Beautiful medieval architecture 👍😃

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Cheers Dave thanks for watching and feedback much appreciated

[@DennisLovelady]

beautiful imagery, smooth flight, ages-old castle. great music for the mood. I'm always fascinated by (especially) Ireland's centuries-old architecture. In this country, the oldest structures are rarely over 150 years. Loved it!

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Cheers Dennis thanks so much for your feedback and taking the time to watch and comment

[@LovemyDrones]

The footage is always awesome but love how he also puts a very detailed history of the place, I enjoy reading that as well.

[@disinfinity]

Beautiful footage. Amazing to see this historic location. Great to see.

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

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[@davestredulinsky]

Lovely smooth flying giving wonderful aerial views of this beautiful old castle and surrounds and nice relaxing music. I enjoyed to the end. Thank you my friend.

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[@henningb.1707]

Another great "Fly around"! Many thanks for sharing and greetings from Germany!

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[@EnglishTurbines]

Another amazing site....and so much history.....😳😳🐈🤔🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

It’s a beautiful place thanks for watching cheers

[@gerrymcveigh]

Rod, that is what you would call a commanding position👍 A beautiful old building perched high above the surrounding countryside and the town. looks in pretty good shape, less the roofing of course.

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[@Bertil_Lundin]

Stunning scenery and a great place to visit! Awesome footage and a relaxing edit. Thanks for sharing my friend and have a great weekend! // Bertil.

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[@SJMDronesMedia]

Love historic places, well done, thanks & regards Steve

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[@peterhewitson71]

WOW another great flight and what a view , there seems to be an endless supply of castles , thanks for sharing really enjoyed it .

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[@WanderingwithWatto]

Wow what a beautiful setting. Stood proudly overlooking the city. Great footage really well put together. 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻🚶🏻‍♂️🚶‍♀️

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[@LincolnCid]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful and historic cinematic view.

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[@davidharle952]

Such a beautifully shot video and amazing relaxing music and what a fantastic location I wish mine were half as good as that. Thank you for also putting the history of the place, I love reading it almost as much as watching the video.

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[@DapsDiary]

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[@kim-copen]

Hi~~~my dear friend~~~very nice place flight view and nice video~~~Thank you for sharing your drone video~~~have a good time~~~my dear friend~~~^^👍😊

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[@hdi4eva-castlesbydrone531]

Wonderful aerial shots of this beautiful historic site and nice video production, mate.🤘👍

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[@SmartJung-Drone]

I enjoyed fantastic and beautiful scenery and great flight videos Have a happy time Friend😃😄👍👍

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[@bigstoozeradventures]

Another stunning video. Great flight and footage. Fascinating history. Nice music to compliment such a beautiful place

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[@Millerium-MichaelMiller]

Very nice smooth flight and great shots! Have a wonderful day my friend!👍

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[@johnnymac26]

What a lovely and peaceful video total class loved it.

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[@VideoProduction100]

Fantastic Rock of Cashel and view my friend!👍Greetings

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[@MyTravelChannel-RO]

Excellent video and beautiful music! A wonderful movie creation! One more high-quality presentation. Well done!👍

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[@ATJHTRAVELS]

Absolutely fantastic place sledgehammered that like button stay safe and blessed sharing out full watch

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[@ABirdInTheHand]

Wonderful footage . I can imagine what it looked like in all its glory.

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

So true I wonder myself what it would have been like back in the day cheers

[@tdrdronesebikesandscooters8377]

Fantastic Rod, that place is off the charts amazing

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Cheers Bryan it’s some place

[@DroneCowboy.59]

Thanks for sharing cheers!

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[@travelpl66]

beautiful drone footage. amazing castle👍 congratulation my friend👍

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[@jldronepics1593]

Went there last year amazing place love the footage you've captured it brilliantly.. 🙂👍

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[@FXWalesAnnaAlf]

Hi Rod this was very beautiful. The castle looks amazing and you got great footage along with lovely music. Thanks ~ Anna

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much Anna very nice of you to take the time to watch and comment cheers

[@juppjung]

Hello,
very nice shots, nice music, great video that I like very much. Thumbs up.
Regards
Joseph

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Cheers thanks for watching and feedback much appreciated

[@PeDron62]

Nice flight and footage!!! Thank you so much for sharing: the castle is so awesome.

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[@AlanMETALMAN]

What an amazing place and very well filmed too, drone footage was superb and what a place to have a tour around, cheers Alan

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Beautiful place thanks for watching cheers

[@hughb40]

Beautifully layed out Rod !!💥❤️

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Thanks so much cheers

[@SCAerialsSteveCarpenter]

Wow, Rod, this was a stunning flight and production👍👍. I’m happy you and Tomas @TomasAerials were able to meet up👍 Absolutely lovely aerial footage and the soundtrack is perfect for this video! Thank You!

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

It was a great weekend Steve and meeting up with tomas was great 👍 he and his family are lovely people really enjoyed it and the scenery and places to go was the icing on the cake. Cheers

[@Fjcc1971]

Love Castles !! Awesome Views and Landscapes !

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[@DroneShowLive]

Love the B&W start 👏🏻 fantastic footage and so smooth 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much something different at the start I love B/W pictures cheers

[@MobyLife]

Beautifully filmed, amazing views..

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thanks so much for watching

[@tootsie-rollingstone]

Gorgeous views as always ☺️ hope all is well your way hun ❤️

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Thanks so much all good here cheers take care

[@brendantaggart3372]

Calming relaxing video ..Nice shots

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[@robodrone5662]

Incredible place. Stunning views. Professional shots 👍

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[@aleksmarkaerialvideosgr2824]

Awesome 👍 shot's and flight my friend Rodpiker!!! Welcome back!! Beautiful location and castle great cinematic flight!!

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[@aleksmarkaerialvideosgr2824]

@@RODPIKERDRONESUK hallo from Greece Ireland!! Hallo my friend ☺️!

[@user-Kenny631]

Outstanding video rod.. thank you ☘☘👍👍👍👍 shared my friend👌👌

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much kenny much appreciated as always

[@AlphaTraveler1]

Hey my friend. Good to see your newest video. Very nice. LIKE 74. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much cheers

[@AirViewChannel]

Whaou, very beautiful place 😍

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

It sure is thanks for watching cheers

[@Mombierella]

You make the most epic videos ❤️ so beautiful! I love seeing the castle 🏰

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Very nice thanks so much cheers

[@indigokalista]

Such a lovely footage of the castle..👍thanks for the description...warm greetings..🙂⚘

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

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[@DRONIXAR]

Impresionante, super cinemático y bellísimo, incredible cinematic and beautiful footage

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[@ervinslens]

Majestic scenery my friend, this dramatic music fits beautifully.👌👌

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much for your feedback and comments music is hard to pick for a video lol

[@DonJoyce]

You do such great work, Rod! Great footage, great editing, great selection of music!

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much Don for your lovely comments and great support very much appreciated cheers

[@EURAMBLER]

amazing flight 👍80

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much cheers

[@jeanfrancoisvandiest9729]

very nice video, the editing is superb and goes harmoniously with the music👏👏👏 thank you for sharing good evening my friend😜✌

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thankyou so much for your lovely comments and feedback makes it worth while cheers

[@mabryatpinnacol]

Beautiful, and quite the history!

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

A lot of history David too much some times thanks so much for your support and feedback

[@FromAboveAndBeyondChannel]

Wow amazing work love this. 👍

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much cheers

[@moritzneubauer]

Beautiful location ad great cinematic Video 😊 enjoyed it.

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much for watching cheers

[@franduncandroneproductions]

Like 50 this place has drew me to it 3 times one off my favorite places. Try doing this place on a foggy morning as its beautiful to see on a foggy day. Excellent footage my friend

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Cheers fran had a few days down there weather a bit unpredictable but you have to make the best of it cheers thanks for watching

[@bikinibabes666]

I absolutely love Cashel, even though I've only been there once.....

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

It’s a beautiful place thanks for watching and feedback cheers

[@dernaturkauz]

Very nice motif and very nicely captured here with the drone. 👏

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much cheers

[@electroddxful]

Beautiful flight and shots👍🙏👍🙏

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

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[@openmindedwonderer]

Wow, what a beautiful place, great footage 👍🏻

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much cheers

[@stevehutchesson1321]

A truly magnificent site Rod and a decent explanation of its history. Video is very slick, a perfect capture of a site like this and the music worked perfectly with it. 👀👍

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Cheers Steve music is the hardest thing to pick for a video sometimes your lucky and other times it take ages to find what your looking for .

[@TOMDRONES]

Lindas imagens meu amigo, parabéns... forte abraço...

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Cheers Tom much appreciated as always

[@BonBonBonni]

Beautiful video my friend, thanks for sharing!

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Thankyou for watching cheers

[@optimixxx]

nice flight, amazing castle still standing !

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[@RaiFlyAway]

Wao another great flight very interesting scene

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[@ScoopeddadDrone]

Amazing scenery. A+

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

It sure is a beautiful place thanks for watching

[@LovemyDrones]

Beautiful work as always!

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

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[@DanielGlover]

very nice. See graves inside one of the outer rooms, as no roof!. Later in the day, nice light. Good tourist attraction.

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Weather was very windy and dull at times but had to film it lol thanks so much for watching and feedback cheers

[@Danfoodforest]

Awesome footage
Have a great upcoming week

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much you too

[@durv13]

such beautiful shots . well done

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much cheers

[@islandrc-duke1972]

beautiful place and great flying my friend

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much cheers

[@TomMcClean]

So sad to see this wonderful building almost lost but brilliant eye opening footage. It must have been magnificent building.

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much Tom for watching and feedback cheers

[@KTHKUHNKK]

Most exquisite as all of your films are.
Keith Kuhn

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much very nice of you to say cheers

[@Tomas.O.Sullivan]

hi buddy just after spotting this now and its been up 3 weeks .very nice video u did a great job considering it was a cloudy day .nicely filmed very good video

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Cheers tomas you have to make the best of what the weather gives you . It’s a beautiful place on your doorstep so lucky 🍀

[@ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN]

That was a great flight. Like # 42!!!

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

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[@PhillyDroneLife]

BEAUTIFUL.... 🤙🤙
Mikey

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Cheers Mikey hope your doing good 👍

[@mikesrccorner]

Top notch videos was always. Cheers my friend!

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Cheers Mike much appreciated cheers

[@DroneViral]

Great video! Love it, thanks for sharing!

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[@NatureAndOther]

Wow, such a cool video with stunning views

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Thanks so much cheers

[@LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

Outstanding ! the flight the score Well done TY > 48

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[@009ADVENTURES]

stunning location and great video bud 👍

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[@DronedoVale]

Wow, beautiful castle. Congratulation!

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Thanks so much for watching

[@ChileExpatFamily]

Lovely video. Thanks. Jim

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Cheers Jim much appreciated as always

[@alessioaxelflorioadventure]

Magical Place!! Happy to subscribe. Lovely music

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Thanks for the sub! And comments cheers

[@SalMacProduction]

Nice footage and wonderful place 👍🏻.

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Glad you enjoyed it cheers

[@JustStat]

Amazing video. Beautiful shots!

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Very much appreciated cheers

[@Panos835]

Awesome castle! amazed to read that the first was erected 4th-5th Century AD

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[@sudburydrone466]

Good shooting well done. 👍👍✌️

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Thanks so much cheers

[@mrtclub_gr]

Excellent job

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Much appreciated

[@offaxisfpv]

another great capture. thank you

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Thankyou for watching

[@HDWalkingAdventures]

Beautiful footage, well done video 👍

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Much appreciated cheers

[@jimsdroneing]

beautiful place Rod great flight footage buddy

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Thanks so much Jim for watching and comments

[@IanPerry]

What a lovely find, Rod! A very 'complete' ruin. Stay safe! Ian :-)

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Cheers Ian more too this ruin hope you are keeping well

[@ricksromps]

Great video! True story, I once spent a New Years Eve in Dublin. It was crazy and everyone had an accent but me. LOL

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Very funny lol thanks so much for watching and comments cheers

[@DesmondsDonders]

Nice one Rod. Just back from a trip.

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Hope you had a good one cheers thanks for watching and comments

[@TentoesMe]

Beautiful.

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

So true cheers

[@ToBCreations]

Beautiful video! 😀 You have such great subjects to film there. Truly fascnitaing places. I envy you. 😉

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

So true amazing structures all around us . Thanks so much for watching cheers

[@aircamera400]

Great shots! Keep them coming

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[@aViewFromDownAndAbove]

Amazing location, great footage !

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Thanks so much cheers

[@WindWalkerDrones]

Wow. That is way cool to see

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Thanks so much for watching cheers

[@skywalkerallan1877]

Just the age of The Rock of Cashel amazes me.

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

It’s a old place thanks for watching cheers