placenamesClonmel
Cluain Meala
Lewis associated the ruined church with a dramatist and the author of a well-known military elegy.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cluain Meala · Irish · main form · validated name
- Clonmel · English · main form
Place & story
Literary burials
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Great Island identifies Clonmel as its western parish in County Cork. He records two literary burials within the walls of the ruined Clonmel church: the dramatist Tobin, author of The Honeymoon, and the Rev. C. Wolfe. Lewis connects Wolfe with the ballad beginning Not a drum was heard, written about General Sir John Moore’s death. The account locates the writers’ memorial association at the old church, rather than asserting that they were born in the parish. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Clonmel. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Great Island, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.