Derrynaflan Loop Walk
This circular loop walk visits the Derrynaflan Church in County Tipperary.
The ancient ruined church is a designated National Monument located near Littleton. The church is famous as the discovery site of the Derrynaflan Hoard of gold and silver objects of the 8th–9th century
Additionally the route passes the Grallagh Castle, a tower house and another National Monument.
The route starts and finishes at the Horse and Jockey Hotel and follows country lanes to the two ancient sites. On the way there are also some fine views of the surrounding Tipperary countryside.
You can continue your walking in the area in nearby Thurles on the Thurles River Walk.
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Derrynaflan Church view northwest. The surviving stone church is a pre-Norman cell with a chancel later added. The east, north and south walls of the chancel with five windows and the foundations of the nave survive.
Derrynaflan Church view southwest. The Derrynaflan Chalice is an 8th- or 9th-century chalice that was found as part of the Derrynaflan Hoard of five liturgical vessels. The discovery was made on 17 February 1980 near Killenaule, County Tipperary in Ireland. According to art historian Michael Ryan the hoard "represents the most complex and sumptuous expression of the ecclesiastical art-style of early-medieval Ireland as we know it in its eighth- and ninth-century maturity."
Castles of Munster: Grallagh, Tipperary
Horse and Jockey Hotel, September 2024