Prince Charles and Camilla visit Cahir Castle and farmers market on trip to Tipperary
The Prince of Wales plays a bodhran during a visit to Cahir Farmers' Market in County Tipperary. Photo : Brian Lawless/PA
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are due to kick off the second of their two-day visit with a trip to a farmers market in Cahir, Co Tipperary.
Among the stalls they were due to visit were Cashel Farmhouse Cheesemakers, Inch House Black Pudding, OāConnellās Crisps, and Compsey Creamery.
The trip to Tipperary followed a visit to Waterford yesterday, where they met members of the city's Ukrainian community, as well as touring the city centre.
Later today, the royals are due to visit the Rock of Cashel, before being led into the Cathedral to hear a recital by the Cashel Community School Choir. They are due to be presented with a copy of by the author, Martin Quinn.
The contents of the prince's speech in Waterford have drawn attention to the visit.
Prince Charles brought up Russiaās invasion of Ukraine.
During a speech at a reception in Waterford, he said his and his wifeās thoughts are with the people of Ukraine suffering ābrutal aggressionā.
The couple, who have vowed to visit every county in Ireland, arrived in Northern Ireland on Tuesday as part of celebrations to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Tipperary and Waterford are now two more counties to cross off what is in effect one of the Royal coupleās bucket lists.
Prince Charles, in his speech in Waterford, joked: āIt has long been one of our great ambitions to visit every county of this majestic land before senility totally overtakes us.āĀ
He has visited 18 in total, and Tipperary is his 12th in the Republic.
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