A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
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A vision of Ireland through time
A vision of Ireland from 1821 onwards.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Cashel.-- ancient episcopal city and township, in pars. of St John Baptist and St Patrick's Rock, mid. co. Tipperary, 6 miles SE. of Goold's Cross and Cashel ry. sta., 8 miles N. of Caher, and 96 miles SW. of Dublin -- township, 317 ac., pop. 3961; P.O. T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. The city stands in the centre of a plain. It was the ancient seat of the kings of Munster. Once the see of an archbishop, it was reduced to a bishopric in 1834. C. was a parl. bor. till 1870. The diocesan library contains 16,000 volumes. The far-famed Rock of Cashel (300 ft. high), a stupendous mass of limestone, is crowned with the ruins of a cathedral, a chapel, and a round tower. Dean Swift (1667-1745) was a native.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "ancient episcopal city and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Tipperary IrlC |
| Place: | Cashel |
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