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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 556 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLONMEL , a municipal See also:

borough and the See also:county See also:town of Co. See also:Tipperary, See also:Ireland, in the See also:east See also:parliamentary See also:division, 11 z m. S.W. from See also:Dublin on a See also:branch from See also:Thurles of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway, which makes a junction here with the See also:Waterford and See also:Limerick See also:line of the same See also:company. Pop. (1901) 10,167. Clonmel is built on both sides of the Suir, and also occupies See also:Moore and See also:Long Islands, which are connected with the mainland by three See also:bridges. The See also:principal buildings are the See also:parish See also:church, two See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, a Franciscan friary, two convents, an endowed school dating from 1685, and the various county buildings. The beauty of the environs, and especially of the See also:river, deserves mention; and their See also:charm is enhanced by the neighbouring Galtee, Knockmealdown and other mountains, among which Slievenaman (2364 ft.) is conspicuous. A woollen manufacture was established in 1667, and was extensively carried on until the See also:close of the 18th See also:century The town contains breweries, See also:flour-See also:mills and tanneries, and has a considerable export See also:trade in See also:grain, See also:cattle, See also:butter and provisions. It stands at the See also:head of See also:navigation for See also:barges on the Suir. It was the centre of a See also:system, established by See also:Charles Bianconi (1786–1875) in 1815 and subsequently, for the See also:conveyance of travellers on See also:light cars, extending over a great See also:part of See also:Leinster, See also:Munster and See also:Connaught. It is governed by a See also:mayor and See also:corporation, which, though retained under the See also:Local See also:Government (Ireland) See also:Act of 1898, has practically the status of an See also:urban See also:district See also:council.

By the same act a part of the town formerly situated in county Waterford was added to county Tipperary. It was a parliamentary borough, returning one member, until 1885; having returned two members to the Irish See also:

parliament until the See also:union. The name, Cluain mealla, signifies the Vale of. See also:Honey. In 1269 the See also:place was chosen as the seat of a Franciscan friary by See also:Otho de Grandison, the first See also:English possessor of the district; and it frequently comes into See also:notice in the following centuries. In 1641 it declared for the Roman Catholic party, and in 165o it was gallantly defended by See also:Hugh O'See also:Neill against the English under See also:Cromwell. Compelled at last to capitulate, it was completely dismantled, and was never again fortified. Remains of the See also:wall are seen in the See also:churchyard, and the See also:West See also:Gate still stands in the See also:main See also:street.

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