Cashel, County Tipperary
Cashel
Caiseal | |
|---|---|
Town | |
Panorama of town from the Rock of Cashel | |
Cashel Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°31′00″N 7°53′22″W / 52.516717°N 7.889428°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Tipperary |
| Barony | Middle Third |
| Elevation | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 4,805 |
| Time zone | UTC0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode | E25 |
| Area code | 062 |
| Irish Grid Reference | S075408 |
| Website | www |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1821 | 5,974 | — |
| 1831 | 6,971 | +16.7% |
| 1841 | 7,036 | +0.9% |
| 1851 | 4,650 | −33.9% |
| 1861 | 4,327 | −6.9% |
| 1871 | 4,562 | +5.4% |
| 1881 | 3,961 | −13.2% |
| 1891 | 3,216 | −18.8% |
| 1901 | 2,938 | −8.6% |
| 1911 | 2,813 | −4.3% |
| 1926 | 2,953 | +5.0% |
| 1936 | 3,028 | +2.5% |
| 1946 | 3,063 | +1.2% |
| 1951 | 2,829 | −7.6% |
| 1956 | 2,817 | −0.4% |
| 1961 | 2,679 | −4.9% |
| 1966 | 2,682 | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 2,692 | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 2,754 | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 2,829 | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 2,814 | −0.5% |
| 1996 | 2,957 | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 2,770 | −6.3% |
| 2006 | 2,936 | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 4,051 | +38.0% |
| 2016 | 4,422 | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 4,805 | +8.7% |
Cashel (/ˈkæʃəl/; Irish: Caiseal, meaning 'stone ringfort') is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 4,805 in the 2022 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. Patrick's Rock which is in the historical barony of Middle Third.