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{{short description |Town in County Tipperary, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| area_code = 052 744, +000 353 (0)52 744
| elevation_m = 50
| population_as_of = [[2016 census of Ireland|2016]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name=cso2016>{{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=25485A7B-4DAF-4C04-8E5F-2DEEFFB42718 | title = Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Cahir | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] | access-date = 22 April 2019 | archive-date = 24 September 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210924172021/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=25485A7B-4DAF-4C04-8E5F-2DEEFFB42718 | url-status = live }}</ref>
| population_total = 3593
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|2011|3578
|2016|3593
|footnote=<ref name=cso2016/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cso.ie/census |title=Census for post 1821 figures. |access-date=1 August 2009 |archive-date=20 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920090814/http://cso.ie/census |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histpop.org
|last=Lee|first=JJ| author-link =John Joseph Lee|editor-last=Goldstrom|editor-first=J. M.|editor2-last=Clarkson
|editor2-first=L. A.|title=Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell
|year=1981|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford, England
|chapter=On the accuracy of the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Pre-famine]] Irish censuses}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |
| author-link = Joel Mokyr | last2 = O Grada | first2 = Cormac
| author2-link = Cormac Ó Gráda | title = New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850 | journal = The Economic History Review | volume = 37 | issue = 4
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For much of the twentieth century, Cahir stood at an intersection of two busy national roadways: the [[Dublin]] to [[Cork (city)|Cork]] [[N8 road (Ireland)|N8]], and the [[Limerick]] to [[Waterford]] [[N24 road (Ireland)|N24]]. The N8 was realigned in 1991 to run west of the town, while the old road through it was renumbered the [[R670 road|R670]]. Traffic from the N24 still left the town badly congested, however, until October 2007 when this road was also realigned to bypass Cahir to the north and east. The same road improvement scheme saw major changes to the N8 corridor: a new motorway, the [[M8 motorway (Ireland)|M8]], was constructed west of the town between 2006 and 2008. Access to Cahir from this motorway is gained at Junctions 10 and 11.
Cahir is on the [[Limerick–Waterford railway line]]. The town's [[Cahir railway station|railway station]] opened on 1 May 1852.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cahir station | work=Railscot — Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | access-date=2007-09-07 | archive-date=
[[Bus Éireann]] runs regular services to Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford through the town.
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==Amenities and features==
[[Cahir Castle]], which is situated on a small island in the [[River Suir]], is one of the town's main tourist attraction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/culturenet/landscape-heritage/tipperary/cahir-castle/|title=Cahir Castle|publisher=Ask About Ireland|access-date=5 January 2018|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105233747/http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/culturenet/landscape-heritage/tipperary/cahir-castle/|url-status=live}}</ref> Cahir has a fine [[Church of Ireland]] parish church, still in use, designed by [[John Nash (architect)|John Nash]], one of only three ecclesiastical buildings he designed in Ireland. Another major attraction is the [[Swiss cottage, Cahir|Swiss Cottage]]; there are also numerous specialty heritage walks. The nearby [[Galtee Mountains]] form the largest inland range in Ireland and are home to [[Glengarra Wood]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discoverireland.ie/Activities-Adventure/glengarra-wood/8519|title=Glengarra Wood|publisher=Discover Ireland|access-date=5 January 2018|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106063938/https://www.discoverireland.ie/Activities-Adventure/glengarra-wood/8519|url-status=live}}</ref> which is a popular walking area. The [[Knockmealdown Mountains]] stand south of the town, while to the southwest lie the Mitchelstown Caves. The salmon weir, on the opposite side of the bridge from the castle, is a popular fishing location.
Cahir is a small [[Cultural heritage|heritage]] town. A shopping precinct is centred on the town square adjacent to Castle Street. The town has a leisure centre (Duneske), an all-weather soccer pitch, all weather tennis courts, a Downhill and Enduro mountain-biking track and a [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] pitch. An 18-hole golf course lies outside the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cahirgolfclub.com/|title=Cahir Park Golf Club|access-date=21 September 2020|archive-date=3 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903004314/https://cahirgolfclub.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Education==
Schools in the
==Sports==
Cahir has a number of teams in various sports. [[Cahir GAA]] are the local [[Gaelic football|Gaelic]] team and play on the GAA pitch located on the [[Ardfinnan]] road. They were [[Tipperary Senior Football Championship|Tipperary Senior Football Champions]] in 2003. Cahir Park AFC are the local junior soccer team. Formed in
==International relations==
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