Clonmel

Clonmel, a municipal borough in Tipperary and Waterford counties, on the Suir, 135 miles SW. of Dublin by rail. It has flour-mills, and a trade in agricultural produce, especially butter. In 1650 Cromwell besieged the town, and demolished the castle. Clonmel gave birth to Sterne and Lady Blessington, and was the chief scene of Smith O'Brien's attempted rising in 1848. Till 1885 it sent a member to parliament. Here Bianconi (q.v.) first established his jaunting-cars; and Clonmel is still a great tourist centre. Pop. (1891) 8480.