Cashel
a town in Tipperary county, Ireland, about 49 miles N. E. of Cork; noted as containing the most interesting ruins in Ireland. These consist of a cathedral, founded in 1169; a stoneroofed chapel, built in 1127; Hore Abbey, founded in 1260; the palace of the Munster Kings; and a round tower, 90 feet in height and 56 feet in circumference. They are built on the summit of the slope which the town occupies, and called collectively "Rock of Cashel."
Here was held the great synod, in 1172, when the Irish priests first acknowledged the authority of the English Church and State. Cashel is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese. Pop., about 3,000. CASHMERE. See KASHMIR.