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4 unusual facts about Clonmel


Lawrence Bullock

Among his works are the plays The Journey Through The Fire (set in Clonmel) and Autopsies which was a finalist in the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Play Festival in 1998.

Limerick Suburban Rail

As of March 2011, commuting from east of Limerick Junction is hampered by the current arrangement where the train arriving from Cahir, Clonmel and Waterford at 0818 does not proceed onward to Limerick and a shuttle train to Limerick does not depart until 0847.

Malcomson family

The Malcomsons business began with corn milling at Clonmel between 1793 and 1800, stores being subsequently acquired at Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir and Waterford.

Sarah Pim Grubb

In 1778, Sarah Pim married John Grubb, a wealthy flour miller from Clonmel in Ireland.


Bridget Cleary

The writer E. F. Benson took a considerable interest in the case, publishing a scholarly commentary on it, "The Recent 'Witch-Burning at Clonmel'", in the influential periodical The Nineteenth Century in June 1895, before the trial itself began.

Hugh O'Neill

Hugh Dubh O'Neill (1611–1660), Irish soldier who commanded the defenders in the Siege of Clonmel and Siege of Limerick

Manchester Martyrs

Monuments erected in honour of Allen, Larkin, and O'Brien stand in Limerick, Kilrush (County Clare), Clonmel (County Tipperary), Birr (County Offaly), Ennis (County Clare), Glasnevin Cemetery (Dublin), and in St Joseph's Cemetery, Moston, Manchester.

Sir Richard Morrison

Among his public works were alterations to the cathedral at Cashel, the court-house and gaol at Galway, court-houses at Carlow, Clonmel, Roscommon, Wexford, and elsewhere, and St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, the Catholic Pro-cathedral at Dublin.

The Galtee Mountain Boy

The Galtee Mountains are in Tipperary; the lyrics include farewells to both this county and the town of Clonmel.

William Savery

Before leaving Britain, Savery visited Ireland and stayed at Anner Mills, Clonmel, the home of the Irish Quaker businesswoman and social benefactor, Sarah Pim Grubb.


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