cashel/ˈkæʃəl/EtymologyFrom Irish caiseal, from Old Irish caisel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of castell, castellum, castle, and château.cashel means A town in County Tipperary, Ireland. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.cashel is pronounced /ˈkæʃəl/.nameA town in County Tipperary, Ireland.A village in County Galway, Ireland.A village in County Mayo, Ireland, officially called An Caiseal.A hamlet in Unionville, Markham, Ontario, Canada.A village in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.A surname.nounIn early Ireland, a ringfort or a circular stone structure used for defense.“A cashel is basically a ringfort (a circulr living area surrounded by an earthen bank and ditch) in which the bank surrounding the settlement is a stone wall; often, cashels did not have a surrounding ditch.”