page_title: Cashel, County Tipperary
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Cashel, County Tipperary / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: The Georgian Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist and St Patrick's Rock on John Street (
context_page_description: Cashel is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 4,422 in the 2016 census. The town gives its name to the ecclesiastical province of Cashel. Additionally, the cathedra of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly was originally in the town prior to the English Reformation. It is part of the parish of Cashel and Rosegreen in the same archdiocese. One of the six cathedrals of the Anglican Bishop of Cashel and Ossory, who currently resides in Kilkenny, is located in the town. It is in the civil parish of St. Patricksrock which is in the historical barony of Middle Third.
context_section_description: The Rock of Cashel is now one of Ireland's most popular tourist sites. The town has several other attractions, including the Bolton Library (which houses many books found nowhere else in the world).
  The Heritage Centre & Tourist Office on Main Street displays a model of Cashel in the 1640s and a multimedia presentation in several languages, and sells Tipperary crafts. The charters granted by kings Charles II (1663) and James II (1687) are on display in the Heritage Centre.
  The Georgian Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist and St Patrick's Rock on John Street (which replaced that on the Rock in the 18th century) and its adjacent Chapter House (which housed the Bolton Library from the 1980s till the 2000s), city walls, and the former Deanery. The former Church of Ireland Archbishop's palace which is now being restored to be a leading hotel off Main Street.
  St. Dominic's Abbey's ruins are visible southeast of the Rock.
  The Cashel Folk Village includes replica displays of country life in early Ireland, including an old public house, a butcher's shop, a farmhouse, a Traveller's caravan, and a chapel.  It also includes republican monuments commemorating Tipperary's role in the Anglo-Irish War and Irish Civil War.
  A street in Christchurch, New Zealand, is named after the bishopric.
caption: The Georgian built Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist and St Patrick's Rock on John Street, Cashel
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