Cashel is an Anglicised form of the Irish language word Caiseal, meaning "stone ringfort". Cashels were typically built on rocky outcrops.
It has given its name to the following places:
In Ireland:
- Cashel, County Tipperary
- The Rock of Cashel, an ancient, hilltop fortress complex for which Cashel is named
- Archbishop of Cashel
- Cashel (Parliament of Ireland constituency) before 1800
- Cashel (UK Parliament constituency) (1801–70)
- Cashel, County Galway
- Cashel, a village on Achill island, Co. Mayo
- Cashel, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
- Cashel, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
- Cashel, County Londonderry, a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
- Cashel, County Tyrone, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
In Canada:
- Cashel, Ontario: neighbourhood in Markham
- Tudor and Cashel, Ontario: township in Hastings County
Elsewhere:
- Cashel Township, Minnesota, United States
- Cashel, Zimbabwe
Famous quotes containing the word cashel:
“On the grey rock of Cashel I suddenly saw
A Sphinx with woman breast and lion paw,
A Buddha, hand at rest,
Hand lifted up that blest;
And right between these two a girl at play
That, it may be, had danced her life away....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)