Clonmel

/ klɒnˈmɛl /

noun

the county town of Co Tipperary, Republic of Ireland; birthplace of Laurence Sterne; meat processing and enamelware. Pop: 16 910 (2002)

At Clonmel food riots assumed a formidable appearance, and the military had to guard the flour mills.

He made himself master of Kilkenny and Clonmel, the only places where he met with any vigorous resistance.

That appalling tragedy, the witch-burning case that occurred near Clonmel in 1895, is altogether misnamed.

They brought me into Clonmel, and I was in the heaviest irons in the jail before two hours were over.

Dinah was a girl that wud ha' taken the imperiousness out av the Duchess av Clonmel in those days.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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