Cashel, County Tipperary
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Cashel Caiseal
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Panorama of town from the Rock of Cashel
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 Cashel
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| Coordinates: 52°31′00″N 7°53′22″W / 52.516717°N 7.889428°WCoordinates: 52°31′00″N 7°53′22″W / 52.516717°N 7.889428°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Tipperary |
| Elevation | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Town | 4,051 |
| • Urban | 2,275 |
| • Environs | 1,776 |
| Eircode | E25 |
| Irish Grid Reference | S075408 |
| Website | www |
Cashel (/ˈkæ.ʃəl/; Irish: Caiseal, meaning "stone ringfort") is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 2,936 at the 2006 census. The town gives its name to the ecclesiastical province of Cashel. Additionally, the cathedra of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly was originally in the town prior to the English Reformation. It is part of the parish of Cashel and Rosegreen in the same archdiocese. One of the six cathedrals of the Anglican Bishop of Cashel and Ossory, who currently resides in Kilkenny, is located in the town. It is in the civil parish of St. Patricksrock which is in the historical barony of Middle Third.
The town is situated in the Golden Vale, an area of rolling pastureland in the province of Munster.
It is located off the M8 Dublin to Cork motorway. Prior to the construction of the motorway by-pass (in 2004), the town was noted as a bottleneck on the N8 Dublin to Cork route.
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