CLONMEL

Irish Cluain Meala municipal borough and seat of Tipperary South Riding, Ireland. It lies on the River Suir. A noted sporting centre, it has fine scenery, with the Comeragh Mountains to the south and the Slievenamon peak to the northeast. Clonmel received its charter in the reign of Edward I (12391307). The novelist Laurence Sterne was born there in 1713. Industries include the making of pharmaceuticals and cider. Pop. (1991) 14,531.