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| | Cashel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland : Lewis 1837©Jane Lyons |
 | | CASHEL, a city (being the seat of an archbishoprick and diocese), borough, market and post-town, in the barony of MIDDLETHIRD, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 12 miles (N.N.W.) of Clonmel, and 75 miles (S.W.) from Dublin city; containing, within the corporate lands, 12,582 inhabitants, of which number, 6971 are in the city. |
 | | The mayor, deputy mayor, and recorder are justices of the peace for the city of Cashel and the county of Tipperary; and they are judges of the Tholsel court, the attachments and other process of which are executed by the bailiffs. |
 | | The Rock of Cashel is an extraordinary mass rising on every side with a precipitous and rugged elevation, and consisting of concentric strata of limestone; the remains of the ancient structures by which it is crowned have an imposing and highly romantic appearance. |
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