The gardens to the rear of Cashel Palace contain the descendants of the original hop plants used by Richard Guinness’, an agent for Archbishop Price of Cashel in the 1740’s to brew the first “Wine of Ireland”. Mr. Guinis and his son Arthur went on to brew this beer in Dublin and to found the famous Guinness Brewery at St. James’ Gate. We are proud of this ancient connection with a Brewery, which has become synonymous with everything that is Irish, hence we have named our bar “The Guinness Bar”. We look forward to tutoring you in the finer points of sampling a pint of Guinness. The garden also contains a private walk (The Bishops Walk) to the Rock of Cashel, the 13th Century Cathedral and the ancient seat of the Kings of Munster.