The Archbishop of Cashel (Irish: Ard-Easpuig Caiseal Mumhan) is an archiepiscopal title which takes its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The title is still used by the Roman Catholic Church, but in the Church of Ireland it was downgraded to a bishopric in 1838 and united with other sees.
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