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Rh CASHEL. 606 - are held hero in "1 July, aiul petty sessions v. The nn-hl.i-hi'piie of C'ashel 1 to a v Hi. Church Temporalities Act, passed in William I V. The diocese, united with ,iv, Wat. i : 'ice of lmh!in,an>i most of the ben. i .unty i't' Tii>perary, with several in Limerick. The it i,f thu sec i"s fixed at -J,<>00 per annum. The chapter consists of a dean, archdeacon, precentor, chancellor, treasurer, mid iivo prebendaries, who, with the parochial v, divide an income of 22,000, to provide for less 'i.OOO worshippers, the number of churchmen within the diocese according to the returns of 1861. The living is an union of the three parishes of Cashel, BaUyclerihan, and Coleman, val. top >, in the patron, of the crown, and forms the corps of Cashol deanery. Tho pariah church of St. John, which is also the modern cathedral, is a large and handsome edifice of stone, with a fin. It was completed about 1783, and stands on th of an earlier church. The rest of the town is in the pari-h of St. 1'atriik's liock, which is the cathedral parish, and is served by the vicars choral or their deputy. There are handsome chapels belonging to the Roman Catholics and Wesleyan Methodists, a nun- nery of the order of the Presentation, a National and several endowed schools. The episcopal palace is a spacious mansion with pleasant grounds, in the centre of the city, and now the residence of the dean. The library <1 to the see is kept in a building close to the cathedral. The chief point of attraction and interest is the liock of Cashel, crowned with the ruins of > ut structures, which, from their position above the surrounding country, have a grand effect. The rock is a precipitous mass of limestone, rising boldly from the plain, and in ancient times was the site of the palace of the kings of Minister. On its sumn-.it, which is approached by a narrow lane from the principal street, are the ruins of the ancient cathedral, Cormac's Chapel, the episcopal palace, or vicar's hall, and a round tower. The cathedral, founded about the middle of the 12th century by Donald O'Brien, was cruciform, with a central tower, and in the i ;irly English style. It lias a monument to Archbishop Magrath, who died about 1621. Cormac's Chapel is a I, but singularly interesting example of early Nor- man architecture. It was built about 1127 by Cormac M'Carthy, King of Munster, and first bishop of Cashel, and consists of a nave and choir, with a small square tower. The roof is of stone, and groined. The chapel is in i MTvation. Its dimensions are length, et ; breadth, 18 feet ; height of the tower, 68 feet. Some fresco paintings were discovered on the walls by Archdeacon Cotton. Tho episcopal palace, or vicar's hall, was erected about 1420 by Archbishop O'Hedian. The round tower, which stands close to the N. transept of the cathedral, is built of stone, and is still well pre- served. It is about 90 feet high. There are remains of a friary near the rock ; and not far from the city are the ruins of Horo Abbey. Wednesday and Saturday are the market days. Fairs are held on the 26th March and tin 7th August, besides customary fairs on the second Wednesday in every month. CASHEL, a hmlt. in the bar. of Ballymoe, in the co. of Galway, prov. of Connaught, Ireland, not far from Glennamail'ly. < ASHEL AND ISLANDS, a par. in ,r. of I; ithclinc, in the co. of Longford, pi Leinstcr, Iroland, 7 miles to the S. of l>an. >!,,. .n-h. It lies in a boggy country, on the eastern shore of Lough Ree, and was the site of a monastery, subordinate to the abbey of Seven < IUM There are some pic- turesque remains of the building. The parish contains some beds of limestone. Tie hini;i- a vie. in the dioc. .ilmiirc, Ardagh, and Elphin, val. jE'J'.'S, in tin jmtron. of (he bishop. The church stands n< f the Tin' I'lim -i|':il m.!t;-ion j-i Newpark r. spreads il. in Ini.-hmmi.iy I -land, in the '. Ctrbury, and . ... of Sii'_-o, in ,,. ],vov. <>t ( 'onnnught, Iroland, 6 miles. connell. . Mil. or r.SHI'>l;U;Y, a hmlt. in the par. of Vatlord, hund. of Cashio, in the co. of Hertford, 1 milo from Watford, which is a station on the l.oi. ortli-Vi .-tern railway. 1 an important town of the ami, nt British tribe < Cauii, and afterwards a s> at of the Mi ni an kr manor of Cashio was given by tr.: the abbey of St. Albajrs, which held it till th i !M It was then conferred by Ilonry V 11 1. on : by whom the mansion w: !>om the estate came to the Earl of Essi n 1'ukisa spacious and well-wooded demesne, thr< .n-h which paasM i Gade and the Grand Junction canal. 1 a castellated building in : lecture, is the seat o of Essex. 1 .it, and contains a large coll including among others, works by Vandyke. Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Gainsborough. It has some specimens of carving by Gibbons. CASlllo HUNDRED, or LIBERTY OF ALDAN'S, one of the 8 hunds. of the co. of 1 situated in tin- south-western quarter of the CO., and I bounded on the N. by the hund. of Dacornm, < E. by the hund. of Broadwator, on the S of Middlesex, and on the W. by the hund. <: and the co. of Buckingham. Several portioi huud., which was a possession of the monks f^Bj Alban's, lie detached in v;. hund. contains the pars, of Abbot's Lam/i. y, Aiden- ham, Chipping Barnet, East Barnct, Braiiit St. I'aul's Valden, Kedbourn, Kickmansw. ; St. Alban's, Sandridge, Sarrat, and Watford, about S7 CASHLOUUA, a hmlt. in the bar. in the co. of Cork, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 7 m 3^H| > . W. of Rosscarb' CASINO, a hmlt. in the bar. of Kinalea, in the Cork, prov. of JIunster, Ireland, Kinsalo. It is not far from the river Da: CASSAGH, a vil. in the 1 of Wcxford, prov. of Leinster, Ireland, 5 n S.E. of New Ross. CASSINGTON.apar. in the hnnd. o: ' Woott.m.. co. of Oxford, 6 miles to the N.W ot ( ixtord, its port town. It is situated on the banks of tin- river Thames (here called Isis), and contains tie hn.lt. It was the site of a castle, a >oat of th. Montacu whom the manor belonged. The living is a dioc. of Oxford, val. 166, in th. and Canons of CTirist Church < church, part of which is of very ancient d il cated to St. Peter. It was erected in 11 II. by his chamberlain, Geoffrey I'lin: in the Norman style, and cent brasses, one of which is dated 142o I down- parish, consisting ohi.lly of a lw U ington, in the co. palatine of Durham. I n S.E. of Durham. It is situ new the North-Kasti m railway. 1 and many hands an employed in working the mine* MM the neighbourhood. CAsTKI/l,, a tnsh]i. in the ]iar. of Man hund. of I'enllyn, in tho co. of Merioneth, North WaRS, I to the S.V. ot I rAS'lT.U.AN, a. h].lry. in the par. 1'rniith. liiind. of Kil-.iran. i:i Mill. S to th- ' tii'inityof the I'reecl!y range ol iins. at the loot ol Vn-niu i l.M A I. a vil. in the par. of I ''.and _ orvai, in tin- eo. of Carnarvon, lot, 5 1 amarvon. CAS'I Kl.l.Miicli. I tashp, in thcpar.of I yn-.Mochnant. hund. of Llanfyllin, ill the (o. of l^V gomer)-, North 'ales, 3 miles to the N. of LI
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