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Abbeyfeale (Irish: Mainistir na Féile, meaning "Abbey of the Feale") is a historic market town in County Limerick near the boundary with County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The town is situated on the banks of the River Feale in the foothills of the Mullaghareirk Mountains, some 21 kilometres south of Newcastle West on the N21; the main road from Limerick to Tralee.


The main feature in Abbeyfeale's Square is the statue of Father William Casey. Father Casey was born in 1840 and ordained as a priest in 1868. He was appointed permanently as a curate to Abbeyfeale in 1871 and later became the parish priest of Abbeyfeale, a position he held between 1883 and his death in 1907. Fr. Casey became a leader in Abbeyfeale and its surrounding areas in the land league and helped the tenant farmers fight against their landlords. The local Gaelic football team is named in his honour (Fr Caseys GAA Club Link ).