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CLONMEL
, a municipal See also:borough and the See also:county See also:town of Co
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See also:Tipperary, See also:Ireland, in the See also:east See also:parliamentary See also:division, 11 z m
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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
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Pop
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(1901) 10,167
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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
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The See also:principal buildings are the See also:parish See also: 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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