the old parish church and graveyard

The ruins of the Old Parish Church of Cahir which last saw use in the 1820's, stands just off the Square in Old Church Street. This church is unusual in that it is divided by a conspicuous "Curtain Wall" which was used after the Reformation to allow both Catholics and Protestants to worship simultaneously under the one roof.

The left side of the cemetery is given over mostly for military burials, a vestige from the last century when Cahir was an important garrison town. Richard Pennyfeather, Baron of the Exchequer (d. 1859) who presided over the trial of Daniel O'Connell in 1843 is buried here.