Cashel

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Cashel (An Caisleán in Irish, meaning "the castle") is a town in County Tipperary, in the southern midlands of Ireland.

The town is particularly renowned for the Rock of Cashel, a site hosting a ruined church and fortifications, formerly the seat of the Irish kings of Munster. In the 4th century, the Clan of the Eóghanachta, later known as the MacCarthys, lived on the rock. In the times following, the kings of Munster reigned here. In 450, St. Patrick baptized king Aengus in Cashel. In 977 Brian Boru was crowned here as a king of Cashel and Munster. In 1101 king Muircheartach O'Brian gave the place to the bishop of Limerick. The bishops had a very famous school in Cashel and sent priests all over the continent, especially to Regensburg in Germany, where they had their own church.

The town is just off the N8 route from Dublin to Cork.

See also: List of towns in the Republic of Ireland