How come Cashel is full of garish murals?

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2000 / December 02 2000: How come Cashel is full of garish murals?

The Rock of Cashel is visible from most points in the small Co Tipperary market town. Yet at the same time it can also appear to sneak up on the viewer, and certainly does so while standing in the forecourt of the Church of Ireland cathedral and parochial church of St John the Baptist, in John Street, an attractive side street. Built between 1750 and 1783, to replace the cathedral on the Rock, St John's is a small classical building - and a very fine one. The churchyard possesses an impressive series of medieval tomb effigies, among them that of a 14th-century armoured knight, as well as the effigies of three ladies.

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